Hillbilly Report

Another One Bites The Dust Scooter Libby Sentenced To 2½ Years In CIA Leak Case

Hillbilly Report
Glendale, Kentucky
June 5, 2007
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Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff is headed to prison for 2½ years.
Federal Judge Reggie Walton also ordered Libby to pay $250,000 in fines. Additionally, the former aide will be on probation for two years following the completion of his prison term. Libby must report to a probation officer within 72 hours of sentencing, unless Walton allows Libby to go free on bond pending appeal of the case. Court is still in session while the judge considers the request. Libby did not speak to reporters as he left the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.
Fitzgerald said it was "sad" that a "high level official in the vice president's office lied."
There has been speculation that President George W. Bush could pardon the former aide to the Vice President, but a White House spokesperson has called talked of a pardon "wildly hypothetical."

Condoleezza Rice Could Testify In Libby Trial

Hillbilly Report
Jan. 17, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice could testify along with Vice President Dick Cheney in the perjury trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Libby, Cheney's former top aide, is charged with lying to prosecutors investigating who leaked the name of a CIA operative to the press. Cheney has said he expects to testify. Rice's name and that of former Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared on a list of government officials and reporters who may be called as witnesses or whose names may come up in the trial, according to Reuters. Others on the list include White House political advisor Karl Rove, former CIA director George Tenet and former Pentagon secretary Paul Wolfowitz. Read more.