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On June 13, 2006, prosecutors determined there was no reason to charge Rove with any wrongdoing.[47] Fitzgerald stated previously that "very rarely do you bring a charge in a case that's going to be tried in which you ever end a grand jury investigation. I can tell you that the substantial bulk of the work of this investigation is concluded." In late August 2006 it became known that Richard L. Armitage was responsible for the leak. The investigation led to felony charges being filed against Lewis "Scooter" Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice. Eventually, Libby was found guilty by a jury. One juror announced that she felt that Libby was being used as a scapegoat and wondered why Rove himself wasn't charged.[48] Washinton Post columnist and Prize-winning political reporter David Broder called on the more vocal members of the media who were hyping Rove's involvement to apologize to him | On June 13, 2006, prosecutors determined there was no reason to charge Rove with any wrongdoing.[47] Fitzgerald stated previously that "very rarely do you bring a charge in a case that's going to be tried in which you ever end a grand jury investigation. I can tell you that the substantial bulk of the work of this investigation is concluded." In late August 2006 it became known that Richard L. Armitage was responsible for the leak. The investigation led to felony charges being filed against Lewis "Scooter" Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice. Eventually, Libby was found guilty by a jury. One juror announced that she felt that Libby was being used as a scapegoat and wondered why Rove himself wasn't charged.[48] Washinton Post columnist and Prize-winning political reporter David Broder called on the more vocal members of the media who were hyping Rove's involvement to apologize to him | ||
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Valerie Plame incedent
On August 29, 2003, retired ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV claimed that Rove leaked the identity of Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee,[46] allegedly in retaliation for Wilson's op-ed in The New York Times in which he criticized the Bush administration's citation of the yellowcake documents among the justifications for the War in Iraq enumerated in Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address. It was revealed that Wilson's wife was not a CIA field operative, but rather had a position working solely at CIA headquarters in the United States.
On June 13, 2006, prosecutors determined there was no reason to charge Rove with any wrongdoing.[47] Fitzgerald stated previously that "very rarely do you bring a charge in a case that's going to be tried in which you ever end a grand jury investigation. I can tell you that the substantial bulk of the work of this investigation is concluded." In late August 2006 it became known that Richard L. Armitage was responsible for the leak. The investigation led to felony charges being filed against Lewis "Scooter" Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice. Eventually, Libby was found guilty by a jury. One juror announced that she felt that Libby was being used as a scapegoat and wondered why Rove himself wasn't charged.[48] Washinton Post columnist and Prize-winning political reporter David Broder called on the more vocal members of the media who were hyping Rove's involvement to apologize to him