US Attorneys

I'm sure the White House response will be that Rove and his aides were just "passing on concerns," but for that defense to work, Kyle Sampson has to be willing to take that weight.

Only weeks before last year's pivotal midterm elections, the White House urged the Justice Department to pursue voter-fraud allegations against Democrats in three battleground states, a high-ranking Justice official has told congressional investigators.

In two instances in October 2006, President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove, or his deputies passed the allegations on to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' then-chief of staff, Kyle Sampson.

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