I don’t know about you, but I’ve been on pins and needles all day.
Via Atrios and Think Progress comes this AP report:
The persons, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy, said Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has not made any decision yet on whether to file criminal charges against the longtime confidant of President Bush or others.
Lawrence O’Donnell (via TalkLeft) predicts “at least three high level Bush Administration personnel indicted and possibly one or more very high level unindicted co-conspirators.”
But he also suggests that it might be a while before we know:
Rove has responded, obviously, so we might have to wait.
In the meantime, we can day-dream, can’t we?
Update: Laurence O’Donnell again (via Billmon):
So, Luskin is sending Rove back into the grand jury to try to get around the prosecutor and sell his innocence directly to the grand jurors. Legal defense work doesn’t get more desperate than this. The prosecutor is happy to let Rove go under oath again–without his lawyer in the room–and try to wiggle out of the case. The prosecutor has every right to expect that Rove’s final under-oath grilling will either add a count or two to the indictment or force Rove to flip and testify against someone else.
Others have speculated that Fitzgerald is trying to get Rove to flip on a higher-up. I have a hard time believing that will happen. Not because he is virtuous, but rather because it isn’t in his self-interest. I doubt he could have much of a career of any kind if he turned on Cheney, Bush, Bolton, or any of the higher-ups potentially involved in this. Even if he’s convicted of perjury, conspiracy, and obstruction, he can still look forward to a long career in Republican circles, as G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North could attest.
3 Comments on "Rove Goes Back to Grand Jury"
drew:
This’ll be his fourth time before the grand jury…if he doesn’t get indicted it’ll be a record!
Suzy Shedd:
Rove could also be looking toward a presidential pardon. Given the amount of money and nastiness floating around the center of power in the Republican Party, I shouldn’t think he’d feel safe to “flip.” Is it too much to hope for that Cheney would be on the list of indictees? I swear, I think he’s more dangerous than Bush.
Kate:
Suzy, I bet you’re right. They love their loyalty, so if he goes to jail over it and then is pardoned, he’ll be no worse for the wear. Hell, FEMA’s hired Brown as a consultant. Why wouldn’t the prez hire a jail bird as a consultant too?
Yuck. I feel dirty just talking about him. I need to go take a shower.
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