Ann Coulter: Bush “Doesn't Need Rove Again, And I Never Heard Of Scooter Libby Until 10 Minutes Ago”…
On the October 27 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter said she did not understand why the investigation into the alleged leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity "would have any effect on the White House." At the time, White House senior adviser Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, were reportedly in legal jeopardy in connection with the case. Libby has since been indicted for obstruction of justice, false statements, and perjury. Coulter reasoned: "If he [Rove] is indicted, I feel for him personally. It has nothing to do with Bush and the Republican Party. He doesn't need Rove again, and I never heard of Scooter Libby until 10 minutes ago."
Coulter then responded to host John Gibson's question about indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) by saying, "I think that is not going to inure to the Democrats' benefit, to be having this obviously political prosecution of a political enemy, that just shows them to be the fascists that they are."
Media Matters | October 31, 2005 05:17 PM