Reply #19: Rove resignation unlikely to hinder Hatch Act investigations

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Rove resignation unlikely to hinder Hatch Act investigations
By Elizabeth Newell - Aug 14, 2007
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=37737&sid=61


The resignation of Karl Rove, President Bush's top political strategist, will not stall ongoing inquiries into potentially improper political activity at agencies ....

The Office of Special Counsel, the independent agency charged with protecting the merit system and investigating Hatch Act violations, is in the middle of a government wide investigation focusing on briefings delivered by White House staffers ..... Rove's departure won't change the course of the agency's probe.

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The ongoing OSC investigation hinges on the question of whether violations occurred at similar political briefings at other agencies.

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A White House spokeswoman refused to comment on whether Jennings or other Rove staffers would be leaving alongside their boss at the end of August.

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