Rove Personally Pressed for Iglesias Firing

Talking Points Memo by Zachary Roth | Aug. 12, 2009 (News Analysis)

Karl Rove claimed recently that he and his staff acted merely as a conduit for passing on concerns about David Iglesias. But it's now clear that Rove's office pushed from 2005 for Iglesias to be canned, and was intimately involved in the decision. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Bush Administration
Member Tags: karl rove, Corruption in the Executive Branch, politicalization of the justice department
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 12, 2009 - 11:00 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Randy Morrow (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 12, 2009 - 11:00 PM PDT

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Aug. 13, 2009

"Turd Blossom" has been back in the news the past couple of days , if you have not already head about it (via MSNBC, etc.) this article will provide some information.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 13, 2009

The short excerpts from the Rove emails are quoted to implicate Rove.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Aug. 13, 2009
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