By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t
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’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.
Debra S. Katz, an attorney representing Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), and the unnamed whistleblowers, sent a letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding saying:
“Multiple conflicts of interest will result if Mr. Bloch continues to lead an investigation of high level officials in the White House while he himself is being investigated, essentially at the direction of the White House.”