4/13/2018

CIA/DICK CHENEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-13-18] he has pardoned a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…Mr. Libby, now 67 years old, was convicted in 2007 of lying to a grand jury and obstructing justice in a case that involved the leaking of the identity of a CIA officer, Valerie Plame. Mr. Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Then-President George W. Bush commuted the sentence, describing it as ‘excessive,’ but he didn’t issue a pardon, despite entreaties from Mr. Cheney. Mr. Libby’s conviction capped a four-year investigation by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald into the leak of Ms. Plame’s Central Intelligence Agency identity. The White House statement praised Mr. Libby’s record as a public servant and cited an earlier finding from the District of Columbia Disciplinary Counsel that Mr. Libby had presented ‘credible evidence’ in support of his innocence. Democrats were quick to criticize the action.”

Louise Radnofsky and Peter Nicholas, “Trump Pardons Former Cheney Aide ‘Scooter’ Libby,” The Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2018 2:40 pm