Convicted of perjury, obstructing a federal investigation and lying to FBI agents, Scooter Libby breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when his sentence was commuted by President Bush.
No real surprise here. Cheney was never going to let his designated fall guy go to jail. Bush had promised before “not to intervene until Libby had exhausted his appeals.”
"With the denial of bail being upheld and incarceration imminent," Bush said, "I believe it is now important to react to that decision…I respect the jury's verdict, but…"
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who prosecuted Libby, reacted, “It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals. "
The Constitution gives the President the power of clemency to be used when he deems it to be warranted.
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