Finally the verdict is in and Scooter Libby was found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice(perjury) (lied to the jury) gee kind of like an impeached sex-crazed ex-president who claimed that "he did not have sexual relation with that woman Ms. Lewinsky!" As if we didn't know that perjury would be the only thing they could hang on the ex-lawyer of Marc Rich and now ex- former aide of Vice-President Cheney who according to the story below was the one who brokered the deal with Bill Clinton to pardon his client Marc Rich who was being charged with racketeering. The story I'm providing comes from Washington Post that no doubt is liberal but, this time I felt they were fair in this article this particular one anyway. Washington Post story:Cheney Aide Had Worked On Marc Rich's Behalf THE WASHINGTON POST
The person largely responsible for key legal arguments cited in Marc Rich's successful pardon application isn't Jack Quinn, President Clinton's former White House Counsel. It's I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a longtime Rich lawyer who is Chief of Staff for Vice President Dick Cheney.Since 1985, when he left the State Department and was recruited by former Nixon White House counsel Leonard Garment, Libby spent countless hours reviewing legal documents and interviewing witnesses in a search for cracks in the government’s tax evasion indictment of Rich, according to sources. “He spent the next two years traveling around the world,” said a person familiar with his work.
“He’s the best lawyer of all the many lawyers who have worked with me or for me,” Garment said. “On this case, he didn’t give in to anything. He was constantly skeptical and helped me reach the conclusion that we had a meritorious case” to present to New York prosecutors in attempts to negotiate a settlement.
Libby was convinced that Rich was a victim of an overzealous prosecution that inappropriately used federal Racketeering statutes, known as RICO, to squeeze him and his companies, sources said.Between 1989 and 1993, Libby served in the Pentagon when Cheney was secretary of defense. As soon as he went back into private practice, he resumed his role as the specialist in the Rich case.
After I learned some time ago that Scooter Libby was Marc Rich's lawyer after that I lost my respect for the man however, Democrats now dancing with glee(pretending) that this man was charged and convicted didn't mind then that he was Mr. Rich's attorney and that it was he who is responsible for getting Mr. Rich who should've recieved a hefty jail sentence a get out of jail free for lifetime card.Yep the hypocrites are at it once again but rest assure even though they are stark raving happy outside deep down they're steaming hot because the main one they really wanted was Vice-President Cheney Scooter's former boss and it didn't happen because even after he testified there was nothing the prosecutors could charge him with. Fact is Mr. Libby wasn't even charged with exposing Ms. Plame because she wasn't covert at the time never was. And it's like Rush Limbaugh said everytime they refer to Valerie Plame the word CIA employee not agent. So there you have it folks Bill and Hillary Clinton's friend Ms. Plame may not have been an agent and knowing the Clinton's I don't trust them and their friends. In the end I hope Scooter Libby is exonerated ,but if the court goes the same way it did yesterday then he will be going to prison for awhile.
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