What really infuriates me is that Libby's defense team has not put the real liar, Joe Wilson, on the stand and made him answer numerous questions under oath on his constantly changing stories. Also, the defense could easily play several obvious lies from Russert's broadcasts, establish a pattern of hostility to republicans, put the entire media on trial in essence. They need to drill it to the jury over and over how this whole sham is due to Joe Wilson's lies.
Wilson lied about who sent him to Niger - it wasn't Dick Cheney - it was a group at the CIA that included his wife. Wilson lied about documents he never saw and what his junket in Africa discovered and what it didn't.
Libby is on trial for lying to investigators, but the only proven liar in the entire saga thus far is JOE WILSON.
The judge wont let him because its not germane to whether Libby lied or not.
Do you really think any of that is going to be admiisible?
Libby's defense team can't put anyone on the stand until it's their turn to call witnesses. To this point they've been limited to questioning prosecution witnesses and Wilson wasn't called by them.
To date this has been the prosecutor's case and all Libby's team could do was cross examine them about things they said.
It the defense's turn now, let's see what happens.
Libby's defense team can't put anybody on the stand until the prosecution rests.
Wilson has nothing to do with this.
The case is about Libby lying.
In a criminal trial, the prosecution takes the kickoff and has the first crack to prove its case. The defense can only play defense and attempt to impeach the prosecution's witnesses through cross examination. The defense gets the ball now that the prosecution has finished its run.
I have now completely exhausted my sports analogy bank.