{"id":2014,"date":"2007-06-05T09:55:11","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T15:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:25","slug":"was-potential-bush-aide-given-heads-up-on-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/was-potential-bush-aide-given-heads-up-on-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Was potential Bush aide given &#8216;heads up&#8217; on investigation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/p20a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/p20a.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Nick Juliano, Raw Story<\/p>\n<p>Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie, who is reportedly being considered as a replacement for White House aide Dan Bartlett, may have had early knowledge of a criminal probe into a potential state Senate candidate in Virginia, where Gillespie is now head of the Republican Party, according to a Virginia political blog.<\/p>\n<p>Blogger Ben Tribbett <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/01\/AR2007060102271.html\">tells<\/a> the Washington Post that he was told about indictments against candidate Mark D. 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