Presidential aide’s testimony a risky legal move, experts say

PRESIDENTIAL aide Karl Rove’s upcoming fourth appearance before a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity is a risky legal move because it opens him up to making statements inconsistent with what he has previously said, experts say.

Mr Rove offered in July to return to the grand jury and Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald accepted last

Friday, lawyers familiar with the investigation said on Thursday.