Update: MSNBC (Hardball) confirms Fitzgerald meeting grand jury

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Fitzgerald_to_present_more_information_to_1213.html



Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present additional evidence to a grand jury Wednesday morning in the CIA leak case that could result in an indictment being handed up against White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, sources close to the investigation told RAW STORY.

MSNBC's Hardball has confirmed the story. To see a video of their report, visit this link; the link to the video is in the third box down on the right-hand column, beneath the rectangle advertisement. Unfortunately, we can't link to the video directly.

Although the grand jury’s term expires in 18 months, Fitzgerald is expected to wrap up the case as it relates to Rove before the end of the year, the sources said.

Fitzgerald intends to present the grand jury with the sworn testimony from Rove’s attorney Robert Luskin, and Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak. The sources close to the case said Fitzgerald is still intent on seeking an indictment against Rove on at least one count of making false statements to FBI and Justice Department investigators when he was first interviewed in early October 2003 about his role in the leak.

:sarcasm:

Shuster was live when he stated 20 minutes ago on the very same MSNBC that there was no meeting today.

Rove making a deal?

Wish these folks could get their facts straight.

I hope the meeting getting cancelled doesn't mean anything. :(

That sounds ominous without a meeting with the GJ.

If the meeting did get canceled, there may be stories in the NYT and WP. When the Libby thing happened without Rove indictment, Fitz filed something sealed with the judge. My instinct then was that it was a sealed indictment for Rove, just tabled for the time being. If he was in court yesterday, could it be that he agreed with the judge to unseal it, having obtained the blessing of the new jury, rather than going through the indicment procedure all over again? Does anyone know how it works?

if it was a sealed indictment there would be no reason to have the GJ hear more re Rove.

Robert Novak saying Bush knows the source... Maybe Fitz is going to look into it?