Karl Rove

May 30, 2008 -- Washington, DC - Today, House Judiciary Commitee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to revelation about the Valerie Plame CIA leak made in former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception:

"I find Mr. McClellan's revelations about attempts to cover-up the Valerie Plame leak extremely troubling. Particularly disturbing is McClellan's assertion that he was specifically directed by Andy Card to 'vouch' for Scooter Libby after the investigation had begun, which, if true, could amount to obstruction of justice beyond that for which Mr. Libby has already been convicted.    » read more »

May 22, 2008 -- (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued a subpoena to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony about the politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's case. Yesterday, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, sent a letter to the committee expressing that Rove would not agree to testify voluntarily, per the committee's previous requests.    » read more »

May 14, 2008 -- (Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, and Reps. Artur Davis (D-AL) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sent a letter to Robert Luskin, attorney for former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, clarifying the committee's request for Rove to testify.

Last week, Luskin responded to the committee's request with a letter stating that Rove would respond to written questioning.    » read more »

April 17, 2008 -- (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Committee Members Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Artur Davis (D-AL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced three critical actions in the Committee's investigation into allegations of selective or poltiically-motivated prosecution in the Justice Department.

Karl Rove protesters: Photo by Ted Swedenburg (CC)    » read more »

New York, New York, December 21, 2007 -- Louise Burke, Threshold Editions' Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced today the acquisition of the highly-anticipated memoir by Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's former Deputy White House Chief of Staff and pivotal architect of modern conservatism. The deal, which includes world rights, was brokered by Washington, D.C. attorneys Robert B. Barnett and Michael O'Connor.

"All of us at Threshold are thrilled to publish the book from the man who had the President's ear for two terms." said Louise Burke.    » read more »

KARL ROVE TELLS NPR:
- "AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BREAK BARRIERS.
- THEY WOULD LOVE TO ELECT A WOMAN PRESIDENT;
- THEY WOULD LOVE TO ELECT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT.”

WASHINGTON (Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007) – In a bipartisan vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday found former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to be in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas issued in connection with the Committee’s investigation into the mass firings of U.S. Attorneys.    » read more »