White House aide Karl Rove, U.S. President George W. Bush‘s top political adviser, will not be charged in the CIA leak case, his attorney confirmed on Tuesday.
“On June 12, 2006, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove,” Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, said in a statement.
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“We believe the special counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct,” Luskin said.
Funny, I could have sworn “baseless” meant having no reasonable basis. But I guess many words and phrases no longer mean what they used to.