According to the New York Times, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who is heading the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame’s name, has asked NYT reporter Judith Miller to meet with him next Tuesday. It looks like any imminent indictments will not be forthcoming until at least next week.
Meanwhile, Mr. Fitzgerald has indicated that he is not entirely finished with Judith Miller, the reporter for The New York Times who recently testified before the grand jury after serving 85 days in jail. According to a lawyer familiar with the case, Mr. Fitzgerald has asked Ms. Miller to meet him next Tuesday to further discuss her conversations with I. Lewis Libby, the vice president’s chief of staff.
This is not a summons to reappear before the grand jury, according to the article.
Mr. Fitzgerald’s conversations with lawyers in recent days have cast a cloud over the inquiry, sweeping away the confidence once expressed by a number of officials and their lawyers who have said that he was unlikely to find any illegality.
there’s more…
In coming days, the lawyers said, Mr. Fitzgerald is likely to request that several other White House officials return to the grand jury to testify about their actions in the case – appearances that are believed to be pivotal as the prosecutor proceeds toward a charging decision.
Mr. Fitzgerald is also re-examining grand jury testimony by Mr. Libby, the lawyers said, but it is unknown whether he has been asked to appear again before the grand jury. Mr. Libby’s lawyer, Joseph A. Tate, did not respond to telephone messages left on Thursday at his office.
This ain’t over til it’s over.
