Karl Rove Subpoenaed to Testify in CIA Leak Trial

Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:02 am
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Will Rove Testify?

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The president's political guru - and counselor Dan Bartlett - have been subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's lawyers. What it means for the most-watched trial in Washington - and who's next on the witness stand.

White House anxiety is mounting over the prospect that top officials - including deputy chief of staff Karl Rove and counselor Dan Bartlett-may be forced to provide potentially awkward testimony in the perjury and obstruction trial of Lewis (Scooter) Libby.

Both Rove and Bartlett have already received trial subpoenas from Libby's defense lawyers, according to lawyers close to the case who asked not to be identified talking about sensitive matters. While that is no guarantee they will be called, the odds increased this week after Libby's lawyer, Ted Wells, laid out a defense resting on the idea that his client, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, had been made a "scapegoat" to protect Rove. Cheney is expected to provide the most crucial testimony to back up Wells's assertion, one of the lawyers close to the case said. The vice president personally penned an October 2003 note in which he wrote, "Not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the other."

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