TPMMuckraker Karl Rove: April 2009
Jack Abramoff
Two Thumbs Up! Kevin Spacey To Play Abramoff in Casino Jack
Zachary Roth | April 27, 2009, 3:08PM
Get ready for Jack Abramoff: The Movie.
The well-sourced Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke reported Friday that Kevin Spacey and director George Hickenlooper were visiting the disgraced former lobbyist in prison -- as part of their research for Casino Jack, which will start filming next month, with the man who once played Keyser Soze in the lead role. (Variety had reported last August on plans for the project, then known as Bagman.)
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (8) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (11)Topics: Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Lobbyists, Tom DeLay
Ted Stevens
Justice Picking Up Tab For Stevens Six Defense
Zachary Roth | April 23, 2009, 11:39AM
Guess who's footing the bill for those fancy lawyers the Stevens Six have hired? We are.
The Justice Department confirmed to TPMmuckraker that the prosecutors -- who are being investigated for criminal contempt in connection to misconduct in the Ted Stevens case -- requested representation under a DOJ provision that applies to employees who run into legal trouble while doing their jobs, and that the request was authorized.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (15)Topics: Alaska, Justice Department, Karl Rove, Ted Stevens
Karl Rove
J. Edgar Rove? Bush's Brain Claims He Kept Loyalty File On GOP Rep
Zachary Roth | April 10, 2009, 12:46PM
Did Karl Rove compile a "loyalty file" on former GOP congressman Tom Feeney? That's what Rove himself has reportedly claimed.
Politico reports on a chance encounter at Charlie Palmer's Steak last night between Bush's brain and Jason Roe, a former chief of staff to Feeney, the Florida congressman who was defeated for reelection last fall*.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (41) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (21)Topics: Allen Stanford, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Tom Feeney
Alaska
Keying Off Stevens Decision, Siegelman Steps Up Push To Have His Own Charges Dropped
Zachary Roth | April 7, 2009, 2:23PM
In the wake of the charges being dropped agaisnt Ted Stevens, is pressure building on the Justice Department to make a similar decision on behalf of Don Siegelman?
A lawyer for the former Alabama governor -- who last week told TPMmuckraker that the misconduct in his own case "dwarf[s]" that in Stevens' -- sent a letter Friday to Attorney General Eric Holder, asking that Holder review the evidence of "serious and pervasive" prosecutorial misconduct in Siegelman's case.
Topics: Alaska, Don Siegelman, Justice Department, Karl Rove, Ted Stevens, U.S. Attorneys
Alaska
Siegelman: Stevens Case Is Dropped, So Why Not Mine?
Zachary Roth | April 1, 2009, 7:04PM
For Don Siegelman, DOJ's decision on Ted Stevens just adds insult to injury.
"There seems to be substantial evidence of prosecutorial and other misconduct in my case, that would dwarf the allegations in the Stevens case," the former Alabama governor told TPMmuckraker in an interview moments ago.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (26) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (35)Topics: Alaska, Don Siegelman, Justice Department, Karl Rove, Ted Stevens
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