BREAKING: FITZ IS IN DC AND GRAND JURY IS SCHEDULED TO MEET

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ABC News' Jason Ryan reports, "The grand jury hearing the leak investigation case is scheduled to meet at 9:30 am ET. Special prosecutor Fitzgerald is in town for a 1:30 pm ET hearing before Judge Walton in the Libby case. The hearing will be a status conference requested by Libby's lawyers after Fitzgerald disclosed in court papers that President Bush had authorized Libby to disclose sections of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq's WMD."
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

:bounce:

:rofl:

:toast:

I stole it from the Keith Olbermann Girls.

:evilgrin:

:bounce:

All together now:

Amanece, lo veis?, a la luz de la aurora?

while we were in New York. Brilliant!

HYSTERICAL!

:spray:

Tiempo del partido a través del país

Party Time across the country

whatever

Sounds a bit nicer, imho.

:toast:

Sinko de Busho

---laughing out loud. Very clever!

LOL! :rofl:

Great Guy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x8271

post # 3.

Es la chica de Steph muy facil?

In all honesty her show has gotten me through living in OH and
seeing the election stolen with my own eyes ...... please I want
Rove to be indicted today ..... I still remember Rove & Bush coming to
Columbus, OH on 11/2/04 and meeting with Blackwell & Matt Damschroder
(head of the Franklin County BOE) .....

Please FITZO DE MAYO, HOY!

Just you wait. Put the champaign on ice cuz we'll be celebrating soon. You Ohioans have been through the ringer these last few years. I can see how Momma would be the balm to soothe the soul. I just loooove our Momma!

I'm so mad about her and all her callers -- she was talking this morning about how any of them could beat the crap out of the RW talk-show host who was apparently a frequent caller before she got her own show.

and I missed it ... again!

Need some help in the shower??????

Fitzo de Mayo! Perfect.

It's going to be tough to concentrate on much of anything today!
:popcorn:

OK, calm down myrna. The net closes ever so slowly...

and deferred a morning prep for the afternoon appearance.

* it = truth, justice, and the American way (not the steenking, traitorous Homelander neoCON republicon culture of corruption way).

Maybe next week or the week after for the release of Rover's indictment.

We'll have lots to read later today.

media.

If the information goes public, that's exactly what is going to happen. Can Walton keep this stuff under wraps from the public?

but the bulk of the evidence is not.

I think we will get a look at it tonight.

this afternoon.

and nadda so far, I will keep checking ;)

Is it Fitzmas?

Roast porker, with an apple. Rove has been singing to the G.J. I think we'll have to wait for the holiday meal part of the festivities for at least a week.

Libby is already indicted. I want to hear some news on Karl Rove.

:rofl:

have already been handed down in that case from all I understand. The current Grand Jury is looking at other evidence, etc, that Fitzgerald has/is presenting in the continuation of the investigation into the leaking of a covert CIA agent which, given Rove having appeared recently, certainly includes him in the mix, imo.

Whether any indictments will be handed down today, who knows. Fitzgerald is under no artificial time line to produce for public gratification. One has only to look at his previous cases to see he seeks indictments when his investigation on the target is complete.

It's entirely possible that the Libby GJ is reconvened for that purpose. Anyone out there know otherwise?

That is not possible.

I wasn't allowing myself to believe THAT. O-h-h-h a-a-a-a.

This IS Exciting!!!!!!!

case. It is not a SGJ used just for this case.

A quick review: there are, in fact, two types of grand juries. The first, which is the most common, hears a prosecutor present the basic outline of a case, then either returns an indictment or does not. These meet regularly, but are not the type in this situation.

The second type is an investigatory grand jury. They are case-specific. Note that the Libby grand jury did not hear drunk driving or burglarly cases in between the Plame hearings. Mr. Fitzgerald convened a second investigatory grand jury on 12-7-05, and that is the one meeting today. It should not be confused with a grand jury that might be hearing other cases. It absolutely, positively is not.

The confusion comes from media reports between the October indictments of Libby, and the new grand jury, when it was noted Mr. Fitzgerald could present information to a "type #1" grand jury for an indictment. That is not what this is. It is, without any question, an investigatory grand jury. And today, it is meeting for one purpose only: the Plame scandal.

How do you know what type of grand jury that's meeting this morning, and that it's about Rove? There could be others? Q: Is it too late to reindict Libby, if new info has been revealed?

The MSM, as usual, is failing to cover this adequately. That's a crime in itself.

up primarily of people who are not well versed in what is happening. There are a few who I think are worthy of recognition for knowing about what is going on. One would be MSNBC's David Shuster.

On my posts here, I try as a general rule to make clear what I know versus when I am speculating. For example, I am going to say that those of us who watch David will recall that exactly one week after Mr. Fitzgerald set up the new grand jury, David was a guest on the Tucker Carlson show. There, he said that Mr. Fitzgerald had set up the new grand jury to address issues that involved Karl Rove. David said on that night that he was under the impression that Mr. Rove was going to be indicted, sooner or later, by that grand jury.

I think that in the next couple of days, people will speculate on what is going on. This will take place on DU and other sites. I think it is interesting to watch how various people channel the excitement. Some will be prone to doubt. Others will find it an opportune time to attack some journalists. Others, like you, will approach it from a positive position, assembling the most important facts for a foundation to base your opinion. We have an interesting group, and I'd like to take the opportunity to say that I always enjoy discussing this case with you.

We are going to have a lot of fun this month.

I never get tired of this.

Back to you.

you guys do a powerful service for DU and the other blogs.

Thank you. I'm looking forward to good things and fun this month.

And Fitzgerald is looking very good!



:-)

That would give us something to bat around over the weekend.

:bounce: :bounce::bounce::bounce:

when it did and could not be further extended. It had already been extended up to the max of a regular Fed grand jury. I recall looking it up at the time. A special grand jury could have been further extended.

As I recall this grand jury is not a special grand jury either. Fitz did not convene a special grand jury but rather is using a regular grand jury that was already sitting in the District.

Thanks for the clarification! you should get a guest blog on fdl

with Judge Walton at 1:30. I read that as two separate appearances by Fitzgerald, assuming Fitzgerald is meeting with the Grand Jury and they are not meeting alone which, if so is very interesting in itself, imo. We know Fitzgerald is meeting with Judge Walton regarding Libby but that doesn't negate the GJ meeting for a separate reason, imo.

The GJ meets every Wednesday and Friday. It may be used by any prosecutor for any case. It is not a Special Grand Jury. Just because they meet does not mean Fitz will be using them today. I would think that PF would be very busy this morning. He has a BIG hearing this afternoon.

cases at the same time ala Plame case, Illinois corruption case, Conrad Black case, so it seems reasonable to assume he could appear at both the GJ this morning and the hearing this afternoon with little difficulty, imo.

I read however, that this hearing was announced (I think) just Tuesday night. I think that only gives Fitzgerald 2 days to cram for it. Christy Hardin Smith talked about that at FDL. You could be very right. Everyone is just guessing. That is the fun and exciting part.

My respect and admiration for Fitzgerald grows more and more each day.

Investigatory GJ is case specific. You are stating the opposite.

They could be hearing something to do with Rove, or they could be meeting to hear something completely unrelated - they serve D.C., not just Fitz.

Hopefully it's Rove, but I trust in Fitz that he will do things methodically and at the right time. Regardless, It will be an interesting day.

It seems to need to be said over and over.

There are two distinct things going on today. In the morning, the grand jury investigating Mr. Rove meets to discuss his future.

In the afternoon, Mr. Fitzgerald meets with Judge Walton and Team Libby to discuss Mr. Libby's future.

There are many things that are cause for happiness, if not mild excitement.

:beer: :grouphug::beer::grouphug::beer:

I think you are correct. :)

Maybe late this afternoon.

We will find out what witnesses are to be called and will be able to figure out some of the mysteries.

That would be great! When will we hear something?

But if there is paperwork filed it will be available for all to deciminate probably sometime after 6PM.

rather well.....OR the MSM just does not want the public to know.

Nah, that couldn't happen. :sarcasm:



:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:


I know, don't get too exited.....stay calm. The truth will (eventually) set us free.

to be the only one even reporting it (and it is not much).

Patrick Fitzgerald IS the sexiest man in America. Or isn't thorough and honest devotion to duty a turnon for the rest of you?

I see Mr. Fitzgerald as many things. Honest, devoted, diligent, brilliant, HONEST, "The Untouchable", unassuming, down to earth, intelligent, charming, patriotic, sexy, HONEST and a hero, when we need one so badly.

My ire is with the press who tries to sweep him and possibly, The Investigation of the Century, UNDER THE RUG.



Personally, I luv the man, but don't tell anyone. (I'm married) :loveya:






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And devilishly sexy good looks ;-)

He...he...had a fender bender, and...and...he...he...sorta staggered after getting out of his car... C'mon, all of the media is reporting it! Really!

edited to get first name correct

Have you seen a picture of the "crashed" car? He scraped some paint off the bumper and the door.

Okay, it'll probably be 2-3 grand once the body shop is finished. But, this is being misportrayed. Surpise. Surprise.

It's amazing he was able to walk stagger away from it!

Sad, really.

How conveniently distracting. We should keep track which of the MSM whores rides this story hardest, and send out our collective Good Journalism award.

That could go in the Research Forum, if anyone's interested.

with popcorn, chocolates and a good bottle of chilled white wine.
Please Fitz, please don't make me wait too long:popcorn: :popcorn: :applause: :applause:
Sp.

or 'Fitzplay' if you wish. :evilgrin:

Yep I can deal with that :D:

Whether it's about Rove or Plame or not. All that is known for sure is that they are meeting - firedoglake wrote about this the other day, that they have other cases to consider as well.

Not withstanding Leopold's miss again, and the third time he's stated a month old Target Letter as FACT, I'm holding out for major news coverage from many sources, not one with a curious set of sources.

Enough With The Note
By Jane Hamsher @ 1:40 pm



Every Wednesday The Note publishes that Fitzgerald’s grand jury is scheduled to meet in Washington DC at 9:30 that day and everyone jumps on it like my dogs on bacon.

This morning:

The grand jury investigating the CIA leak may meet this morning at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC.

It means that the room is scheduled in case there is any need to call them. As it is every Wednesday. As Christy has noted many times, this is a regular grand jury, not a special grand jury and even if they do meet it may not have to do with the CIA leak investigation — any federal prosecutors in the DC Circuit can use them.

Yet every week, people link to this like it’s some big break in the case. Well one day they might be proven right, one day it just MAY turn out to be the day that they indict someone. Which puts a whole lot of hoopla in play over something that may turn out to be nothing more than a stopped clock that is sure to be right twice a day.

(BTW Christy’s superb analysis of the latest Libby filing was heavily excerpted in Editor & Publisher today, and deservedly so.)

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http://www.firedoglake.com/page/2/

That's the link I was looking for, it's almost 6 am where I am been up all night and groggy, couldn't find it, but had read it and it was superb..

appreciate you posting this, for all those that want to know the true workings... BTW, the folks at firedoglake are actual LEGALS, at least one is a Prosecutor, maybe Christy, not sure, and THESE are the people in the know.. esp since Fitz is TOTALLY tight lipped..

wouldn't surprise me if Fitz wouldn't put ANYONE who leaked from his office in the Clink as well.

Tight ship.

to Chimp's photos, it's startling

You really got to think twice about this twice, you have this guy with a track record like that with him in deep thought about what he is going to do next.
Is there some kind of betting line in vegas about this stuff, I will give them all the points they need and take the bet flat out :evilgrin:

I believe that Leopold was Speculating a great deal on a radio show that's been paraphrased on the DU since.. Target letter received a MONTH ago, Thursday announcement of Friday, "Rove to be Indicted.." same old same old..

If I were him I'd be breaking some thumbs about now as his sources seem to be leading his astray more regularly than usual.

And with everyone hoping and praying that Rove Gets what he desearves, the emotions are running quite high here on the DU, lots of arguements, people saying that long time DU'rs are GOP agents just waiting, like five years, just so they could bust everyone's fun license on Rove..

Silly stuff like that.

this would end a perfect week for us progressives!!!!

Plame case in deep discussion today! Grand jury Grand Day!! Good day for Us! Holding Breath!

Bullfight critics ranked in rows
Crowd the enormous Plaza full;
But only one is there who knows,
And he's the man who fights the bull.

Hearing Today in Libby Case
By Christy Hardin Smith @ 8:36 am



There is a 1:30 pm ET status conference scheduled in the Libby case today. ABC’s Jason Ryan reports that it was scheduled at the request of Team Libby:

ABC News’ Jason Ryan reports, "The grand jury hearing the leak investigation case is scheduled to meet at 9:30 am ET. Special prosecutor Fitzgerald is in town for a 1:30 pm ET hearing before Judge Walton in the Libby case. The hearing will be a status conference requested by Libby’s lawyers after Fitzgerald disclosed in court papers that President Bush had authorized Libby to disclose sections of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq’s WMD."

Two things: first, I want to reiterate what Jane said about The Note’s reporting on the grand jury scheduling in this case. This is a regular grand jury — the grand jury room is booked every single Wednesday and Friday for them, in case any US Attorney in the DC Circuit needs to use them for indictment or other grand jury purposes. This jury isn’t reserved solely for Pat Fitzgerald’s use. And as far as I know today, he isn’t meeting with them (he’s got a hearing to prep for this afternoon, after all). Trust me when I say that if we have news that Fitz is meeting with the Grand Jury, we will definitely share it with you guys.

Second, a status conference can be a number of things, but is generally a review of a particular issue that has come up or an evidentiary matter or some other targeted reason for discussion among the adversarial parties and the judge to receive some form of clarification. As I recall, this is actually a hearing on whether or not the information that Libby disseminated "classified" (or secretly declassified, depending on your source of info) information on order of the President from the NIE will be used at trial and, if so, how it will be used. (Have had some difficulty getting my hands on the motion and scheduling order for this, so I’ll amend as I get that in hand this morning if need be, but I’m fairly certain that is today’s argument topic.) Normally, this sort of 404(b) evidence isn’t argued until much closer to trial — but my hunch is that Judge Walton wanted some clarification on this as well, given that he’ll be having to make CIPA classified information determinations after this week’s ruling.

More news on this as I get it.

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http://www.firedoglake.com/

:hi:

WOW!

is not on the calendar as of noon EST. There is speculation that the prosecution may have asked for a continuance given the short notice. The hearing was ordered on Wednesday.

From Wayne Madsen
May 5, 2006 — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is meeting with Grand Jury and the presiding judge this morning in the CIA Leakgate matter. The media is now gathering at the US Court House in DC. WMR will be present awaiting any developments this afternoon.

Which media?

take it with a grain of salt. It is the only place I have seen it.

?

Breaking–W. to make a personnel announcement @ 145pm from Oval Office– is Rove out??????????

can't find it m'self

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2265648&mesg_id=2265648

Here's the LBN thread.

Oh my. I'm actually starting to get my hopes up.

This ties into the report in GD last night, that Rove was already indicted and that Fitzgerald deferred to the WH to make the announcement if they wished. Either way he would be making public the documenets this afternooon.

Seems like awfully short notice. Usually there's a leak of what the announcement will be about, and who it will involve.

(Different scandal no doubt has encouraged Goss to spend more time with his family.)

keep all the scandals straight,LOL!

:toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce:

Tied in with Cunningham-MZM.

Could it be???? Think the new chief of staff would be announcing.......

that might gain him a few popularity points.

Hold her down.

Boy, it must be bad.

Grand Jury is the same one.