Posted on 02/05/2007 8:43:48 AM PST by shrinkermd
Audio recordings of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's secret grand jury testimony will be released publicly after they are presented at his trial, the judge at Libby's trial ruled Monday.
In a victory for the news media, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he had little choice but to make them public under the law as applied in the federal court system in Washington, D.C, even though he has concerns about releasing the recordings while the case is under way.
Libby is charged with perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI in an indictment that focuses in part on his statements to a federal grand jury investigating the leak of the CIA identity of Valerie Plame.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald successfully fought to enter the tapes into evidence and plans to play about eight hours of Libby's closed-door testimony.
Although segments of Libby's testimony would be widely distributed by reporters who are monitoring the trial, Libby's lawyers had argued that the audio itself was too sensitive to be released until the trial ends.
One of Libby's lawyers, William Jeffress, said that playing sound bites of the defendant's grand jury appearances in a public setting "seriously threatens Mr. Libby's right to a fair trial
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Anyone think the MSM has not already been told what the tapes say?
Enough already!
Reminds me of the Clinton thing
Oh, yeah. He really WAS guilty.
Enough already!
Reminds me of the Clinton thing
Oh, yeah. He really WAS guilty.
Enough already!
Reminds me of the Clinton thing
Oh, yeah. He really WAS guilty.
Sorry for the triple post. Computer slow today??
Looks like the "secret" testimony before the Grand Jury is not secret.
That figures. You can't get anything released on the Clintons; but you can Libby. Poor misguided people. What goes around comes around.
Man, I don't know. Grand jury testimony is kept secret for a good reason. All kinds of allegations can be made without cross-examination or the right of the defendent to challenge them. Is this a good thing?
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