{"id":1738,"date":"2007-05-14T09:32:44","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:27:39","slug":"special-counsels-ties-to-white-house-mar-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/special-counsels-ties-to-white-house-mar-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Counsel&#8217;s Ties to White House Mar Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/scottbloch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/scottbloch.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Public interest groups and anonymous whistleblowers are charging that Scott Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), has irreconcilable conflicts of interest in his much-trumpeted investigations of Karl Rove&#8217;s missing emails and the firing of a US attorney, and are calling on the top White House lawyer to force Bloch to recuse himself.<\/p>\n<p>Debra S. 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