Via Raw Story:
Olbermann: What are you gathering on these two main points. Is the decision by Mr. Fitzgerald coming soon, would it be an indictment?
Shuster: Well, Karl Rove’s legal team has told me that they expect that a decision will come sometime in the next two weeks. And I am convinced that Karl Rove will, in fact, be indicted. And there are a couple of reasons why. First of all, you don’t put somebody in front of a grand jury at the end of an investigation or for the fifth time, as Karl Rove testified a couple, a week and a half ago, unless you feel that’s your only chance of avoiding indictment. So in other words, the burden starts with Karl Rove to stop the charges. Secondly, it’s now been 13 days since Rove testified. After testifying for three and a half hours, prosecutors refused to give him any indication that he was clear. He has not gotten any indication since then. And the lawyers that I’ve spoken with outside of this case say that if Rove had gotten himself out of the jam, he would have heard something by now. And then the third issue is something we’ve talked about before. And that is, in the Scooter Libby indictment, Karl Rove was identified as ‘Official A.’ It’s the term that prosecutors use when they try to get around restrictions on naming somebody in an indictment. We’ve looked through the records of Patrick Fitzgerald from when he was prosecuting cases in New York and from when he’s been US attorney in Chicago. And in every single investigation, whenever Fitzgerald has identified somebody as Official A, that person eventually gets indicted themselves, in every single investigation. Will Karl Rove defy history in this particular case? I suppose anything is possible when you are dealing with a White House official. But the lawyers that I’ve been speaking with who know this stuff say, don’t bet on Karl Rove getting out of this.
The Grand Jury meets every Wednesday and Friday. This week is no exception. Bring it on.
I saw that on Olberman and have to say my jaw literally dropped.
Can’t believe it took this long for some reporter to go through the transcripts to find this, but how interesting that they finally have.
Shuster said the same thing about Fitz’s use of “Official A” on Tweety’s show last week. For all the speculating that’s been done about a Rove indictment, that was the most convincing thing I’ve heard yet.
Shuster has been practically smoking as far as getting to the goods of this case. Finally, a mainstream reporter who has come out of the swooning pack to lay down the gauntlet. Would he lie about something like this? Hell, no.
It’s Miller Time. Or in my case, it’s blanc des blancs time.
of the analysis done here on the blogs.
I hope Rove is indicted.
I hope Rove’s indictment contains references to yet another Official A.
Or an A+++, reference to a “very high personage” in the Bush Administration…
exactly
While all good and exciting I think we need to start working on how we focus this all back on Bush in a clear, concise way that the average Joe will understand and have no doubts about. yes Boo, I am suggesting a frame of sorts… but more in terms of the kind of message that makes it in 60 seconds or less. An ad pitch.
“Rove was acting on authority of Cheney and Bush. Nothing he does isn’t approved of by them. That’s just a proven fact.”
or something like that.
Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on! Bring it on!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas, Everywhere you go! I hope it comes early this year.
Fitzmas is coming, the geese are getting fat…
Hopefully soon Karl’s goose will be cooked!