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Bush Commutes 'Scooter' Libby's Prison Sentance
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Originally Posted by Yahoo News
WASHINGTON - President Bush spared former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby from a 2 1/2-year prison term in the CIA leak investigation Monday, delivering a political thunderbolt in the highly charged criminal case. Bush said the sentence was just too harsh.
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Bush's move came just five hours after a federal appeals panel ruled that Libby could not delay his prison term. That meant Libby was likely to have to report soon, and it put new pressure on the president, who had been sidestepping calls by Libby's allies to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.
"I respect the jury's verdict," Bush said in a statement. "But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive. Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's sentence that required him to spend thirty months in prison."
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald disputed the president's assertion that the prison term was excessive. Libby was sentenced under the same laws as other criminals, Fitzgerald said. "It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals," the prosecutor said.
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HOLY. FUCKING. HELL. If your an American and on this forum get off your fucking ass and impeach that man. Do it now. RIGHT. FUCKING. NOW. This is just so blatantly fucking WRONG its actually making my teeth hurt.
Last edited by thebobman; Jul 02, 07 at 11:52 PM.
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Jul 02, 07
