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Rep. Hinchey Says Rove Behind CBS Documents

HeadlineFeb 25, 2005

Democratic Congressmember Maurice Hinchey of New York said he believes that President Bush’s senior advisor Karl Rove was behind the fake documents that brought down several top executives at CBS. Hinchey said “I have my own beliefs about how that happened: It originated with Karl Rove, in my belief, in the White House … . Once they did that, then it undermined everything else about Bush’s draft dodging. … That had the effect of taking the whole issue away.” The documents in question addressed Bush’s military service in Alabama in 1972 while on leave from the Texas National Guard. Ultimately, CBS could not prove that the memos were authentic.

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