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Posted: 6:58 AM Jul 8, 2009
Former Bush aide Karl Rove testifies on prosecutor firings
Washington, D.C. Karl Rove has been questioned by House Judiciary Committee lawyers on the role he may have played in politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys.
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Karl Rove has been questioned by House Judiciary Committee lawyers on the role he may have played in politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys.
Committee Chairman John Conyers confirms the former Bush White House official made the closed-door appearance Tuesday. The committee has been trying to determine who created the list of federal prosecutors who would lose their jobs. Conyers has said he suspects the trail led to the White House, but the Michigan Democrat has not been able to prove it.
Former President George W. Bush asserted executive privilege for Rove and former White House lawyer Harriet Miers and refused to let them testify. But the committee reached an agreement with Rove's lawyer earlier this year that calls for Bush's top political adviser to testify, Conyers says "under the penalty for perjury."
Nine U.S. attorneys were fired. An internal Bush Justice Department investigation concluded that political considerations played a part in at least four of the dismissals.
Some of these results may not be available until Wednesday
Indiana:
Elkhart: Elkhart Truth
Fulton: Rochester Sentinel
Kosciusko: Times-Union
LaGrange: LaGrange County
LaPorte: LaPorte County
Marshall: Marshall County
Starke: Starke County
Michigan:
Berrien
Cass County.
St. Joseph County

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