Conyers isn't done with Rove

Conyers still wants word with Rove August 13, 2007 By TODD SPANGLER FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF With news that President George W. Bush’s chief political adviser, Karl Rove, is leaving came word today from John Conyers, the Detroit congressman who chairs the House Judiciary Committee: Not so fast. AdvertisementConyers, a Democrat, has been trying unsuccessfully to get Rove and others to discuss what, if any, White House involvement there was in the forced resignations of at least eight federal prosecutors, saying they may have damaged the independence of the nation’s U.S. attorneys. Today, Conyers said: “The need for Karl Rove to explain his role in the firing of the U.S. Attorneys does not diminish when he leaves the White House. Our investigation to date has revealed the White House’s contempt for the rule of law and its interest in the politicization of the Department