Having determined what the guidelines should be, I’ll move to what the actual sentence should be.
Fitz: whatever sentence Your Honor imposes, needs ot make a clear statement that truth matters, when we think about how truth matters, as eloquent as SCOTUS is, your honor sees that every day, when people walk into a court room, the whole system depends on truth. If we lose truth in judicial system, then judicial system is lost. That is true in every case, but especially true in this cse. High level person,he knew he was going to be questioned, he had time to meet with an attorney, extended period of time, from October, instead of saying, you know what, I lied, he persisted in that lie. He walked into GJ, he raised his hand and lied again. When I read the sentencing letters that are quite eloquent, they describe someone who would not do such a thing. But the truth is, he did do such a thing. In a case such as that, we need to make the statement that truth matters ever so much.
[Libby looking off into wilderness. ]
Fitz: One’ station in life does not matter. Many defendants are first offenders, most defendants have family. We need to make clear that the truth matters and one’s station in life does not matter.
Fitz: We need to make sure we don’t make a special category of person who is not liable for their behavior. That is a terrible precedent, when we talk abotu govt corruption, if he doesn’t have to tell the truth, that is dangerous. I don’t think we should make a decision based on the policy decisions has made. We put that out the window and say, whatever policy decision he did in good faith, but many others have sacrificed for govt, but they all have to follow the truth. I don’t think it’s appropriate to consider impact of prosecution on him. No doubt it has impact on him, no defendant has stood before court, no defendant has better prospects for employment, even wihtout a law license Libby has many people who wrote letters who would said he would trust him. He has better employment prospects than any other defendant, and he has means.
Fitz: I don’t think he qualifies for aberrant behavior. The record here shows someone who lied in Oct, lying precisely about critical issues. Persisted in lies despite training as lawyer, has shown absolute no contrition. We’re not going to recommend any sentence. I do think the sentence has to make clear and loud that truth matters and one’s station in life does not.
10:57
checking in briefly, thanks for the updates.
Both the judge and Fitz sound like flaming moonbats. Walton brings up murder FGS.
But the lying scumbag FitzFong can keep telling THE BIG LIE that Libby leaked the name, when he knew from the start that was false.