White House jitters as Rove faces grand jury

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1592823,00.html

White House jitters as Rove faces grand jury

· Top Bush aide warned he could face indictment
· Charges in CIA leak case could come next week

Jamie Wilson in Washington
Saturday October 15, 2005
The Guardian


President George Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, yesterday made his fourth appearance before a grand jury in what was billed as a final attempt to convince federal prosecutors he did nothing illegal in the CIA leak case that is gripping Washington.
Mr Rove spent more than four hours facing questions from a special counsel investigating the leak two years ago of the name of a covert CIA operative.

Before he gave evidence prosecutors had warned Mr Bush's most trusted aide that there was no guarantee he would not be indicted over the matter. Charges could be brought as early as next week, with the White House said to be racked by uncertainty. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether Mr Rove should be charged, according to his lawyer
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Mr Fitzgerald was expected to press Mr Rove to explain any inconsistencies between his previous testimony and the statements of other witnesses. Zachary Carter, a former US attorney in New York, told Reuters that any time an official testifies multiple times "there's always the risk that they may be perceived as having testified inconsistently

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The Brits are watching the DRAMA of LAW & ORDER

and the last line is the punchline

"The Rove thing has become enormously distracting," one adviser to the White House told the Washington Post.

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