Libby indicted on obstruction of justice, false statement and perjury charge - RESIGNS

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[West Coast Conservative]

Libby indicted on obstruction of justice, false statment and perjury charge...

[RushCrush]

Just ate lunch. NOT a good visual.........

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yeah, you have a point about cover up. How can there be a cover up when there was no crime to cover up. But that doesn't apply to obstruction of justice and perjury. That's not about coverup as much as it is about breaking an actual law: You can't lie to a grand jury. You can't take an oath to tell the truth and then not tell the truth, regardless of your reasons.

[kesg]

Does anyone think since Libby was NOT indicted for the "outing" of Plame, then Fitzgerald's "continuing investigation" of Rove could be for the stronger charge of "outing" Plame?

Not really. This is routine prosecutor stuff. Once the prosecutor brings indictments, the investigation doesn't end until the trial is over. As long as Rove continues to cooperate and tells the truth, he should be okay.

Still, after two years, he cannot do better than a Martha Stewart charge. The leftist moonbats wanted "outing" charges against Rove, and instead they got Martha Stewart charges against Libby. This is like wanting Sam Alito, and getting Harriet Miers. Hehe...

[dogbyte12]

Totally disagree with you. It's a shame that Libby has been indicted on charges not relating to the original charges, but....

Are we going to say it is then ok for him to lie to the FBI and grand jury since he didn't illegally break Valerie Plame's cover?

The story he told the grand jury and the FBI is that Tim Russert told him about Valerie Plame on July 12th. Scooter Libby discussed her with Judy Miller on June 23rd. He lied to the grand jury. He should be punished for that, and then this matter should be closed for good.

[fooman]

he may have learned about it from russert in addition to other channels. we need to carefull about throwing sacrificial lambs.

[Suzy Quzy]

Libby's client Marc Rich is involved in the Oil for Food scandal also......I think Libby could be Cheney's weakest link!

[jveritas]

A few thoughts on this very bad news.

What?! bad news for who? Not for us but for the liberals and their defeated media. They wanted Rove and they got Libby(who?) on charges not related to the leak itself. Get a grip of yourself, go have a nice dinner tonight, and enjoy your weekend. This is a devastating defeat for liberals and their media whores.

[nmh]

"What we can conclude from this is that no one criminally leaked Plame's name."

I think you're right!

Someone kindly offered me the link for the indictment ... I scanned it and see this as a legal witch hunt with NO substance.

[cubreporter]

Well, like Rush said a few minutes agon on his show:?


Who is the source who told that other person. Now I have it mixed up cause I didn't get the names. The gray haired man on some panel tallk show whose name wa first brought up? Rush said he wanted to know WHO the source was there. Will have to check his 24-7 site to get it correct.

[lugsoul]

Get out of here with your factual basis for a charge. No one is interested in such trash.

[Cicero]

You are on the money.

I have repeatedly said that Bush's biggest failure has been his refusal to broom the clintonoids out of his administration. He should have taken Machiavelli's advice and done it thoroughly on his first day in office, and never mind how much the DNC and the MSM screamed about it. It would have been all over in one go.

[Perdogg]

Not necessarily. In order to prove obstruction, the prosecution will have to prove, BRD, that Libby knew his records were going to be used in a grand jury proceedings.

[conserv13]

no, you mean criminalizing differing or incorret recollections

No, perjury and obstruction of justice are intentional. Prosecutors and the jury would only charge him if they thought he purposely lied.

[Black Tooth]

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[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

He must have nothing on Rove. He'd have indicted him if he even had a hint of evidence against him.

The VP's chief of staff lied to a grand jury?... This is a non-story.

[roylene]

Please edify me ... does an indictment mean you are guilty or does it mean there is enough evidence for trial?
If it just means there is enough evidence for trial, shouldn't we wait till the trial before he is forced to resign.
It is all so lame .....
Who told Novack? Why was he not called to testify?

[frankjr]

" Are we going to say it is then ok for him to lie to the FBI..."


Innocent until proven guilty. No underlying crime. I'll give Libby benefit of the doubt. The trial will tell.

[saveliberty]

And because she works for the NYT

[sinkspur]

His testimony contradicted his own handwritten notes.

And this hot-shot barrister from Chicago spent two years investigating that?

This is a friggin' joke. I'll be surprised if this "man of integrity" will be able to keep a straight face as he tries to convince us of the earth-shaking importance of these five charges!