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Ex-Bush advior fails to testify in Congress
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former top aide to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, failed to show up for subpoenaed testimony before the House of Representatives Thursday in a probe of controversial firings of federal prosecutors, at Bush's request, sources said.
Rove, called to testify in an investigation into the 2006 firings of nine federal prosecutors which some saw as politically motivated, and led to the resignation of then-attorney general Alberto Gonzales, did not show up, the House of Representatives said.
In a letter to the judicial affairs committee Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, argued that his client could not be compelled to testify about the issue because at the time he was working in the White House.
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3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former top aide to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, failed to show up for subpoenaed testimony before the House of Representatives Thursday in a probe of controversial firings of federal prosecutors, at Bush's request, sources said.
Rove, called to testify in an investigation into the 2006 firings of nine federal prosecutors which some saw as politically motivated, and led to the resignation of then-attorney general Alberto Gonzales, did not show up, the House of Representatives said.
In a letter to the judicial affairs committee Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin, argued that his client could not be compelled to testify about the issue because at the time he was working in the White House.
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