Why was Karl Rove exonerated?
JEFFREY BROWN: And joining us to discuss this investigation are two former independent counsels, Joseph Digenova and Michael Zeldin. Both are now in private practice. And welcome to both of you. JOSEPH DIGENOVA, Former U.S. Attorney: Thank you. MICHAEL ZELDIN, Former U.S. Attorney: Thank you. JEFFREY BROWN: Mr. Zeldin, why don’t you help us first understand more, what was Mr. Fitzgerald weighing in determining what to do with Mr. Rove? MICHAEL ZELDIN: The question was whether or not it was credible that Rove, in his first appearance, had truly forgotten that he had had conversations with the reporters. You remember he came in, he testified, he said, “I didn’t have conversations.” Then, a couple of months later, an e-mail was discovered to Hadley, the national security adviser, deputy national security adviser, and says, “Oh, my, I have now remembered I did have a conversations,” and he went back to correct that, saying, therefore, “My first testimony was an inadvertent error. I’m now c
