Despite word of at least a handful of meetings between senior White House adviser Karl Rove and fallen GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff (and the fact that Rove hired Abramoff’s personal assistant), so far Rove has been relatively successful in squelching reports that he and Abramoff were friendly.
But a forthcoming book from James Moore and Wayne Slater, the authors of Bush’s Brain, will add more detail to the Abramoff-Rove relationship:
…Information provided to us for the book by an eyewitness and participant in Rove and Abramoff meetings gives lie to Rove and the White House’s claims that Abramoff was barely known by the administration. Karl has always known who has money to spend on politics and how to use those people. Our witness, who also told the same story to federal investigators, details meetings between Rove and Abramoff that show the two were using each other for their own political ends.
Rove, unsurprisingly, is unhappy about the book and has denied the meetings occurred. We look forward to the details.
