Newly released documents show outgoing White House adviser Karl Rove set up an extensive network to steer federal resources toward electing Republican candidates. The Washington Post reports Rove established a so-called “asset deployment team” to help manage public appearances, policy announcements and grant-money allocation that would benefit the GOP’s elections chances. In October 2003, Rove told a gathering of political appointees their public affairs would be coordinated with the Oval Office to promote President Bush’s re-election agenda. The new documents show Rove held at least 100 such meetings in government offices since President Bush’s election. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel and the House Oversight Committee are investigating whether any of the meetings violated the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from using federal resources for political acts.