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They're seeking to charge Rove with contempt for disobeying a summons to testify before Congress. Whatever the case may be as to why he's not testifying, the facts of the case are not in dispute here: Congress sent Rove a summons to testify before the Judiciary Committee, Rove refused to do so, Rove is therefore in contempt of Congress.

Now understand: Bush and all his minions might be as pure as the newfallen snow. (That's a severe stretch, but I've been accused of worse.) Rove, the guy whose fingers are in the most dikes here, would be in a perfect position to clear the whole administration by merely answering the summons and proving his group's collective innocence.

He's NOT answering the summons because he knows how crooked they all are. If he does go in there, one of three things is going to happen: he is going to take complete credit for all the malfeasance in this administration (which will cause him to go to jail), he is going to lie his ass off in an attempt to save their collective skins (which will cause him to go to jail) or he's going to tell the truth about how many crimes they committed (which will cause not only Rove, but everyone he knows, to go to jail). Jail isn't to his liking. The only way he can NOT go to jail is to not answer the summons.