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Papers show Rove, Miers to attorney firing

Source: CNN

Washington : DC : USA | 3 months ago

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White House e-mails and transcripts of closed-door interviews with former Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers reveal involvement as early as May 2005 by Rove's office in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. attorneys. The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday released nearly 6,000...

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New Emails Detail Rove’s Role in Attorney Firings

News Source: Truthdig | 3 months ago

Internal emails were released Tuesday show how Karl Rove and other senior Bush aides played an “earlier and more active role” in 2006 U.S. attorney firing scandal. While ultimately unsurprising, the emails do provide concrete evidence of a...
A Vindication for Iglesias?

News Source: Truthout | 3 months ago

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Transcript links Rove, firing

News Source: Tulsa World | 3 months ago

Former White House political adviser Karl Rove played a central role in the ouster of a U.S. attorney in New Mexico, one of nine prosecutors fired in a scandal in 2006 over political interference with the Justice Department, according to transcripts...
Karl Rove took active role in U.S. attorney's firing, documents show

News Source: Los Angeles Times | 3 months ago

Newly released documents show Bush's top political aide focused on GOP calls to oust New Mexico's top U.S. prosecutor. Other Bush aides lobbied the Justice Dept. on other issues, the documents show...Savage August 12, 2009 Iglesias was fired in 2006,...
Bloomberg: Rove's Involvement in Firings of U.S. Attorney Detailed in E-...

News Source: Androscoggin News | 3 months ago

Karl Rove and other aides to former President George W. Bush played a bigger role in the dismissal of federal prosecutors than was previously disclosed, newly released documents show. E-mails and transcripts of interviews with Rove, Bush’s...
Papers show Bond played role in 2006 dismissal of U.S. attorney

News Source: Kansas City Star | 3 months ago

Documents show Sen. Kit Bond was closely involved in the 2006 ouster of U.S. Attorney Todd Graves, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday.
Among the documents are e-mails that show for the first time that the Bush White...