BLITZER: That's Nick Bailey. He was your aide.
SIEGELMAN: Yes.
BLITZER: And he did, according to several reports, including those on "60 Minutes," he did change his story, didn't he?
SIEGELMAN: He did. The government, according to "60 Minutes," made him rewrite his answers until he got the story the way they wanted him to. They also withheld evidence from us, which we think would entitle us at least to a new trial -- or if not to a reversal.
BLITZER: Well, I also read -- I also read a report -- and tell me if this is true.
Is there a witness who was a self-proclaimed Republican operative who said that she was asked to dig up dirt on you by Karl Rove's office?
SIEGELMAN: She did. Yes. She was -- she was asked to see if she couldn't find me in a sexually compromising position. Fortunately, she said she looked for several months and couldn't find anything. But she went on to say that she was on a telephone conversation when she heard my husband's pros -- the prosecutor -- the husband of my prosecutor say that he had talked to Karl Rove and Rove was pushing my prosecution with the Department of Justice.
BLITZER: So but this -- by the way, just to be clear, she says on the record that it was Karl Rove's office who asked her to do that?
SIEGELMAN: She does.
BLITZER: And then she says she's told by someone in Karl Rove's office, we don't need you anymore, we've got another way that we're going to be able to get at him?
And I guess that other way was, according to her -- again, on the record -- and this is filed in the "60 Minutes" report, as well as several reports in your state -- that they were going to use the state -- the U.S. attorney there, right?
Who is the wife of Karl Rove's best friend and former business partner of some 25 years.
BLITZER: So the wife of Karl Rove's best friend of 25 years is the U.S. attorney in Alabama and she prosecutes you without recusing herself?
SIEGELMAN: She -- well, she actually -- she said she recused herself. But then we have a Department of Justice employee, one of her employees who has now come forward as a whistleblower and given sworn testimony that she never recused herself.
So even though she publicly proclaimed that she had recused herself, she never did.
BLITZER: All right. The key here is -- because it's not just about you. And certainly on its face, I know you've got a lot of supporters. I was reading about your case last night on the Web site. It's not just about you. It's also about whether something -- something perhaps a little more nefarious was going on at the White House itself.
SIEGELMAN: Yes.
BLITZER: And he did, according to several reports, including those on "60 Minutes," he did change his story, didn't he?
SIEGELMAN: He did. The government, according to "60 Minutes," made him rewrite his answers until he got the story the way they wanted him to. They also withheld evidence from us, which we think would entitle us at least to a new trial -- or if not to a reversal.
Is there a witness who was a self-proclaimed Republican operative who said that she was asked to dig up dirt on you by Karl Rove's office?
SIEGELMAN: She did. Yes. She was -- she was asked to see if she couldn't find me in a sexually compromising position. Fortunately, she said she looked for several months and couldn't find anything. But she went on to say that she was on a telephone conversation when she heard my husband's pros -- the prosecutor -- the husband of my prosecutor say that he had talked to Karl Rove and Rove was pushing my prosecution with the Department of Justice.
BLITZER: So but this -- by the way, just to be clear, she says on the record that it was Karl Rove's office who asked her to do that?
SIEGELMAN: She does.
BLITZER: And then she says she's told by someone in Karl Rove's office, we don't need you anymore, we've got another way that we're going to be able to get at him?
And I guess that other way was, according to her -- again, on the record -- and this is filed in the "60 Minutes" report, as well as several reports in your state -- that they were going to use the state -- the U.S. attorney there, right?
Who is the wife of Karl Rove's best friend and former business partner of some 25 years.
BLITZER: So the wife of Karl Rove's best friend of 25 years is the U.S. attorney in Alabama and she prosecutes you without recusing herself?
SIEGELMAN: She -- well, she actually -- she said she recused herself. But then we have a Department of Justice employee, one of her employees who has now come forward as a whistleblower and given sworn testimony that she never recused herself.
So even though she publicly proclaimed that she had recused herself, she never did.
BLITZER: All right. The key here is -- because it's not just about you. And certainly on its face, I know you've got a lot of supporters. I was reading about your case last night on the Web site. It's not just about you. It's also about whether something -- something perhaps a little more nefarious was going on at the White House itself.
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