Karl Rove Indicted?

On Saturday Truthout's Jason Leopold reported that Karl Rove had been indicted on charges of perjury and lying to investigators and that Rove had 24 hours to get his affairs in order. Then nothing happened. On Saturday and Sunday none of the major media outlets, left or right, had confirmation from what I could tell. Just now I received the following email:

How Accurate Was the 'Rove Indicted' Story?

On Saturday afternoon, we ran a breaking story titled, "Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators." We assumed that we were well ahead of the mainstream media and that we would be subsequently questioned. Right on both counts.

What everyone is asking right now is how accurate is the story? Has Rove in fact been indicted? The story is accurate, and Karl Rove's attorneys have been served with an indictment.

In short, we had two sources close to the Fitzgerald investigation who were explicit about the information that we published, and a former high-ranking state department official who reported communication with a source who had "direct knowledge" of the meeting at Patton Boggs. In both instances, substantial detail was provided and matched.

We had confirmation. We ran the story.

Obviously I have no inside access, no way of telling whether Truthout, a left-wing source with more than a little desire to see Rove indicted, really does have a scoop or is being willfully obstinate, mistaking sources and confirmation for the truth. Nonetheless, if this is true, if Rove is under indictment as we will soon know about it, this will be an enormous blow to the administration. At this stage, if the rumor is true, one would have to be naive to think that this is the end of the line. These are probably not the best of times at the White House.