Perhaps he wasn't joking...

Karl Rove at an appearance 2 weeks ago at the University of Iowa,

"I haven't been indicted yet, but I fully expect to be by the end of the year," Rove responded to a question about his refusal to participate in the trial of exposed CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson.

Scott Horton yesterday writing at Harper's,

After a series of hearings at which senior members of the Administration committed acts of perjury, there was a public uproar. In its wake the entire senior echelon of political appointees at the Justice Department were forced to leave office under a cloud and subject to an investigation into potentially criminal misconduct, as were a number of senior White House figures, most prominently including Bush’s senior political advisor, Karl Rove.

The storm has died down a bit now as the Justice Department completes its own internal investigation of what happened. This has been led by Inspector General Glenn Fine and by the Office of Professional Responsibility. I understand that this investigation is approaching its conclusion now, and that a report is likely in the course of the spring. The report will almost certainly be explosive.

When I initially read the Rove quote I thought he was kidding around and egging on a hostile audience. Maybe though there was something to it. I'm not getting my hopes up, all too often Rove and this administration have slipped away from prosecution, but maybe this time there will finally be some consequences for their brazen law breaking.