{"id":1712,"date":"2007-05-11T09:21:08","date_gmt":"2007-05-11T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:27:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:27:53","slug":"administration-withheld-emails-about-rove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/administration-withheld-emails-about-rove\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration Withheld Emails About Rove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Waas, The National Journal<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/23rove583.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/23rove583.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in installing Timothy Griffin, a protege of Rove&#8217;s, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>The withheld records show that D. Kyle Sampson, who was then-chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, consulted with White House officials in drafting two letters to Congress that appear to have misrepresented the circumstances of Griffin&#8217;s appointment as U.S. attorney and of Rove&#8217;s role in supporting Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the letters that Sampson drafted, dated February 23, 2007, the Justice Department told four Senate Democrats it was not aware of any role played by senior White House adviser Rove in attempting to name Griffin to the U.S. attorney post. A month later, the Justice Department apologized in writing to the Senate Democrats for the earlier letter, saying it had been inaccurate in denying that Rove had played a role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130814115511\/http:\/\/news.nationaljournal.com:80\/articles\/070510nj1.htm\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Waas, The National Journal The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in installing Timothy Griffin, a protege of Rove&#8217;s, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 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