Rove the Fixer?
Be sure to catch R. Jeffrey Smith WaPo story on the Abramoff-Rove connection.
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Timothy E. Flanigan, general counsel for conglomerate Tyco International Ltd., said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that Abramoff's lobbying firm initially boasted that Abramoff could help Tyco fend off a special liability tax because he "had good relationships with members of Congress," including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).Flanigan is Bush's nominee to be Deputy Attorney General.
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Rove's personal assistant at the time, Susan Ralston, formerly worked as Abramoff's secretary.Rove doesn't recall anything about it. I know that gives me a lot of confidence.