Prosecutors have agreed to Rove’s request, but have warned Karl Rove that they can’t guarantee that he won’t be indicted. (Breaking, Wolfie Blitzer reading it on CNN right now.)
This will mark Rove’s fourth appearance before the grand jury.
WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors have accepted an offer from presidential adviser Karl Rove to give 11th-hour testimony in the case of a CIA officer’s leaked identity but have warned they cannot guarantee he won’t be indicted, according to people directly familiar with the investigation.
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.
The U.S. attorney’s manual requires prosecutors not to bring witnesses before a grand jury if there is a possibility of future criminal charges unless they are notified in advance that their grand jury testimony can be used against them in a later indictment.[……..]
The prosecutor did not give Rove similar warnings before his earlier grand jury appearances.
