Turd Blossom Comes Up Smelling Like A Rose: No Rove Indictment in Plame Leak

Technorati Tags: Karl Rove or Special Councel Patrick Fitzgerald and Robert D. Luskin or Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr and Vice President Dick Cheney or Bob Luskin and Patrick Fitzgerald or Turd Blossom and Rove or Scooter Libby and Joe Wilson or Valerie Plame and CIA leak

Public Statement by Robert D. Luskin Attorney for Karl Rove: "On June 12, 2006, Special Councel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove.

In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation. We believe the special counsel's decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove's conduct."

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney has been indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

Sources: cybercast news service and Forbes.com

Robert D. Luskin, Partner Patton Boggs LLP Attorneys at Law, Robert D. Luskin, Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1979, Harvard College, A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Rhodes Scholarship, 1972. Concentrating in complex criminal and civil litigation at both the trial and appellate level, Bob Luskin advises clients in civil and criminal RICO actions,

prosecutions under the federal money laundering statutes, civil and criminal forfeitures, and congressional investigations.

Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, Mr. Luskin has extensive experience defending cases involving allegations of official corruption. Formerly Special Counsel to the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Luskin helped to supervise the ABSCAM investigation, and thereafter represented the Justice Department in hearings before Congress concerning the investigation.

Since entering private practice, he has represented witnesses, targets, and a U.S. executive branch agency in investigations by independent counsel, senior White House officials of both parties in criminal and congressional investigations, and the senior staff of a U.S. Senator in the Keating Five Senate Ethics Committee investigation. Mr. Luskin successfully represented a sitting U.S. District Court Judge in a criminal trial and appeal, culminating in victories before the U.S. Supreme Court and the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Mr. Luskin also has extensive experience in developing compliance programs and in representing individuals and corporations in matters involving parallel criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. He conceived and implemented a compliance program for the Laborers’ International Union of North America that the Justice Department has described as its model for internal union reform. Bio: Robert D. Luskin

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