Rove In The Middle Of Another Scandal

Fitzgerald Asked To Re-Open Plame Case
The New York Times SHERYL GAY STOLBERG April 14, 2007 09:03 AM

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Karl Rove, the chief political strategist for President Bush, did not intentionally delete e-mail messages to avoid creating a paper trail detailing his work, his lawyer said on Friday. Rather, he mistakenly thought that the messages were being preserved by the Republican National Committee.

"Karl has always understood that his R.N.C. e-mails were being archived," the lawyer, Robert Luskin, said in an interview. "He has never asked or sought any kind of special treatment to permit him to delete anything."

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