It’s open season on Karl Rove, but lucky for him he has a lot of loyal subordinates to act as human shields (via Raw Story):
A top aide to White House political adviser Karl Rove has ‘cleared out her office,’ according to a report in Monday’s Washington Post. Sara Taylor, Rove’s top lieutenant, has seen her name brought up in recent months in Congressional hearings relating to the firing of 8 US Attorneys. […]
The White House political strategist was first identified as playing a role in the removal of US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas H.E. ‘Bud’ Cummins during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with D. Kyle Sampson, the former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Taylor was also identified by Monica Goodling, Gonzales’s former White House Liaison. After Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) asked Goodling what Karl Rove knew about the firing of the US Attorneys, she suggested Taylor had signed off on the plan.
“There was an e-mail that Mr. Sampson forwarded to me, I think, on December 4, if I’m remembering correctly, that said that it had been circulated to different offices within the White House and that they had all signed off,” Goodling answered. “I think it said that White House political had signed off. Political is actually headed by Sara Taylor but does report to Mr. Rove, so I don’t know for sure.”
The official reason given for her sudden departure? Take a guess in our poll (below the fold).
