Robert D. Luskin (born January 21, 1950) is an attorney and partner in the Washington office of the international law firm of Paul Hastings, LLP specializing in White-collar crime and federal and state government investigations. (wikipedia)
Did Karl purposely set out to disclose Valerie Plame's identity in order to punish Joe Wilson for his criticism? The answer is, 'No,' ... That was his answer in July 2003 and in October 2003 (when he first testified) And it remains his answer today.
Mr. Fitzgerald hasn't made any decision on the charges and I can't speculate what the outcome will be. Mr. Rove has cooperated completely with the investigation.
Mr. Fitzgerald has affirmed to me that he has made no charging decisions, that he believes Karl continues to cooperate fully with the investigation, but beyond that, I don't want to comment at all about any communications with Mr. Fitzgerald's office.
Mr. Rove will continue to cooperate fully with the special counsel's efforts to complete the investigation. We are confident that when the special counsel finishes his work, he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.
Mr. Rove is still a subject of the investigation.
The reason this resolution was delayed had nothing to do with anything Karl did or failed to do.
He always truthfully denied that he was never part of any campaign to punish Joe Wilson by disclosing the identity of his wife,
He always truthfully denied that he was ever part of any campaign to punish Joe Wilson by disclosing the identity of his wife,
he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.
At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony.
