Posted on 04/27/2006 10:31:35 AM PDT by Laverne
A federal judge refused Thursday to dismiss charges against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former top White House aide who was indicted on perjury and obstruction charges last year in the CIA leak scandal.
In a 31-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton turned down a motion by lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's onetime top assistant, who challenged the authority of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald to handle the case.
Gosh. Who appointed this judge?
case should have been dropped.
Oh, well. It looks like he was a Bush 1 judge.
Decided by a district judge, will Libby appeal to a federal judge? We will see. If Fitzy was an honest prosecutor, he would withdraw the charges and file for dismissal himself. But it appears he is on a witch hunt, so I doubt that will happen.
How do you cover up a crime that was not committed?
Only one of the $64K questions many people are asking.
Ping.
This was a federal judge.
Walton, Reggie B.
Born 1949 in North Charleroi, PA
Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin; Confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 2001, and received commission on September 24, 2001.
Education:
West Virginia State College, B.A., 1971
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1974
Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, PA, 1974-1976
Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, 1976-1981
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989
Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991
Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, The White House, 1991
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001
Race or Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
No, George W.
I was thinking about the associate judge post. It was his first judgeship, yes? No matter, GWB didn't have to elevate him.
I did a search before I posted....oh well. I'll hop over and read over there too. I'm pretty sick of this case and Fitzy, and I wish it would just get thrown out and I wish Fitzy would close down his grand jury. Three years is long enuf; in facts, its too long!
Both Reagan and G.H.W. Bush appointed him to local D.C. judgeships; he served in the (Bush) White House in between. G.W. Bush then gave him a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.
It should be dismissed...but you'll never see a Fed Judge to that to a SP...no matter how lame the whole thang is...can't make Fitz look like the idiot he is.
Google is your friend :)
Your statement made me curious so I looked up Judge Walton and here is what I found.
He became the Chief of the Career Criminal Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 1979 at the age of 30, and during his time in that post, he never lost a case. He was promoted to Executive Assistant to D.C.’s U.S. Attorney - the number three position in the office - a year later. At the age of 32, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the D.C. Superior Court, the second youngest judge ever appointed to the DC bench. Eight years after he became a judge, Walton was introduced to William Bennett, the new Drug Czar, by his brother Bob Bennett who knew Walton from his work in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
William Bennett had been appointed by President George Bush to head the brand new Office of National Drug Control Policy, and his brother had gathered a few knowledgeable colleagues to offer their thoughts about drugs and crime at an informal get-together. “I told him that, I don’t mean to say that only minorities are involved with drugs,” Walton says. “But that they are disproportionately involved. You’re going to need a minority at the top level of your administration, if you want to have credibility on this issue in minority communities.”
A few weeks later, William Bennett called Judge Walton and, much to Walton’s surprise, offered him the number two spot in the Drug Czar’s office. Walton spent the next two years traveling over a half-million miles, spreading the Bush Administration’s anti-drug message across the country. When Florida Governor Bob Martinez took over as Drug Czar in 1991, Walton was made the Senior White House Advisor on Crime to President Bush and was then reappointed by Bush to the D.C. Superior Court. Although he’s only 50 years old, Walton is already talking about the time, a few years from now, when he will be eligible for a reduced case load and senior status as a judge. But that’s not because he wants to take it easy.
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