Earlier this week the new Ohio Secretary of State, John Husted, filed a request for a status conference for the purpose of setting a case schedule, and expressed his opposition to our proceeding with a discovery deposition of Karl Rove and records production by the US and Ohio Chambers of Commerce. Having regained, by fraud and theft, complete control of Ohio's government, the Rove Republicans want to terminate our litigation--especially our pursuit of the election theft and fraud that continued after the 2004 election.

Yesterday Solomon Oliver, Chief Judge of the Northern Ohio U.S. District Court, granted our motion for full release of the deposition of Michael Connell. We will file this with the District Court here in Columbus on Monday. We will explain the relevance of the deposition to the discovery agreed to by OSOS Jennifer Brunner, and how Connell revealed both the professional work that enabled the theft of the 2004 Ohio and the rationale given to him for that work. This is contained in portions of the deposition that Karl Rove/Ken Blackwell sought to have forever sealed and unavailable for public review. The judge's order is attached.