From tonight’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, as transcribed by Raw Story — reporter David Shuster confirms Murray Waas’ latest scoop:
[S]ources close to [Karl Rove] are now confirming a story first reported in the National Journal that Rove, who was a source for columnist Bob Novak, later had a separate conversation with Novak after the investigation began.Former federal prosecutors are convinced Fitzgerald has explored whether Rove and Novak coordinated their testimony.
But today, a spokesman for Karl Rove said quote, “Karl Rove has never urged anyone, directly or indirectly, to withhold information from the special Counsel or to testify falsely. Circulating such speculation now is nothing short of irresponsible.”
… Robert Novak was unavailable for comment.