While Chris Matthews says Rove indictment could be near, no indication of movement

RAW STORY
Published: Friday May 12, 2006

While reporters covering the Rove saga continue to believe an indictment is near, RAW STORY has no independent confirmation of any Rove-related developments in the CIA leak case today.

This morning, the Center for American Progress' ThinkProgress blog caught MSNBC's Chris Matthews on the Imus in the Morning show, where Matthews said a Rove indictment could come as early as today. RAW STORY reported Thursday evening that the networks would be staking out the Washington federal courthouse where Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is holding grand jury sessions in the CIA leak case.

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Transcript:

MATTHEWS: If, however, something happens with Karl Rove, we’re going to go to general quarters around here.

IMUS: What does that mean?

MATTHEWS: Meaning we will be taping probably on Saturday or late night because everything will change. Last time, when he picked up Scooter, when he nailed him 30 years of charges, that happened on 1:00 on a Friday. So we don’t know when it might happen, if it’s going happen.

IMUS: Are we expecting something with Karl Rove today?

MATTHEWS: Well, it could be today. It could be next week. Everybody is buzzing about when or if. It’s a big if, big when. There is a lot of talk because he is still being interviewing by the special prosecutor. He keeps being hauled before the grand jury. So something is going on here with the special prosecutor. We don’t know whether he is going to clear him or nail him.

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