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NOVEMBER 15 2007
Did Karl Rove Help Send an Innocent Man to Jail?
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Did Karl Rove Help Send an Innocent Man to
Jail?
By Lou Dubose of the Washington Spectator
...[Siegelman's case] wouldn't be the first time that Rove used
contacts within the Justice Department to destroy the career of a
political adversary. Siegelman's prosecution bears a striking
familiarity to the FBI investigation of Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower in 1990, and the conviction of two of his aides.
Like Siegelman, Hightower was the "golden boy" of Democratic
politics in his state.... In 1990, Hightower was an incumbent who
couldn't be beat—until two federal agents with search warrants
walked into his Austin office the same day he was kicking off his re-
election campaign in a small rural town in the Panhandle. Hightower's
Republican opponent was Rick Perry, currently the governor of
Texas. Perry's campaign was directed by Karl Rove.
<link to source>
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Did Karl Rove Help Send an Innocent Man to Jail?
..........................................................................................................
Did Karl Rove Help Send an Innocent Man to
Jail?
By Lou Dubose of the Washington Spectator
...[Siegelman's case] wouldn't be the first time that Rove used
contacts within the Justice Department to destroy the career of a
political adversary. Siegelman's prosecution bears a striking
familiarity to the FBI investigation of Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower in 1990, and the conviction of two of his aides.
Like Siegelman, Hightower was the "golden boy" of Democratic
politics in his state.... In 1990, Hightower was an incumbent who
couldn't be beat—until two federal agents with search warrants
walked into his Austin office the same day he was kicking off his re-
election campaign in a small rural town in the Panhandle. Hightower's
Republican opponent was Rick Perry, currently the governor of
Texas. Perry's campaign was directed by Karl Rove.
<link to source>
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| photo: Jim Hightower Website Jim Hightower was the subject of selective prosecution when he ran against Rick Perry - whose campaign manager was Karl Rove. |
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| photo: gov Texas Governor Rick Perry was guided in his race for Texas Governor by Karl Rove. |
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