Libbey gets 30 months
“Scooter” Libby, former chief of
staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in
prison for lying to investigators looking into the leak of a CIA
operative’s identity.
“Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators looking into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity.
He also was fined $250,000. Libby was convicted March 6 of four counts in a five-count indictment alleging perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements to FBI investigators.
Federal Judge Reggie Walton said he would make a decision next Tuesday on whether to allow Libby to remain free while his lawyers file an appeal.
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that under federal sentencing guidelines, Libby — if imprisoned — must serve at least 80 percent of his sentence, or two years.
I think the only question is when will Bush give him a pardon. Bush and Cheney should be stuffed into adjoining cells!
Posted: Tue - June 5, 2007 at 01:53 PM