Corallo Blasts DOJ Reporter Subpoenas
Former DOJ spokesman Mark Corallo, now in his own consulting firm, has filed an affidavit with the Court hearing the motions to quash subpoenas served by the government on San Francisco Chronicle reporters in the baseball steroid case, saying that the subpoenas represent "a reckless abuse of power." Ashcroft, he says, never would have allowed them to be issued.
He said Mr. Ashcroft's successor, Alberto R. Gonzales, had acted improperly in issuing the subpoenas. "This is the most reckless abuse of power I have seen in years," Mr. Corallo said in an interview. "They really should be ashamed of themselves."
The subpoenas, part of an effort to identify The Chronicle's sources for its coverage of steroid use in baseball, would not have been authorized by Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Corallo said. "You just don't ride roughshod over the rights of reporters to gather information from confidential sources," he added.
Corallo now represents Karl Rove.
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