Ladies and gentlemen, the fat lady has sung.
A federal jury today found Lewis "Scooter" Libby guilty on four counts.
Libby was convicted of:
1. obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame;
2. making a false statement by intentionally lying to FBI agents about a conversation with NBC newsman Tim Russert;
3. perjury when he lied in court about his conversation with Russert;
4. a second count of perjury when he lied in court about conversations with other reporters.
He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of $1 million.
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What took them so long to decide?
He faces ~ 18 months in prison, until Bush pardons him before exiting office.
Or maybe they'll fake his death like Kenneth "Kenny Boy" Lay, and relocate him to a tropical island somewhere.
Shelley, can you say presidential pardon?
I knew you could!
I just want to know, is he gonna roll over and give us Cheney? And he'd better not get to Ginger and Mary Ann before I do...
How long before a presidential pardon?
Now it's the countdown to the pardon :P
He better hope he gets pardoned, he's on his way to federal prison and his name is "Scooter". :-)
This clip from Office Space is how I anticipate the sentencing hearing to go:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DafpaoyT0l8
So lemme get this straight, you guys think he's gonna be pardoned? :)
George W. Bush will say something to the effect that "Libby performed valuable service for his country" and "He's suffered enough."
Libby Question Turns to Pardon
I took the liberty of emphasizing a word there.
"What took them so long to decide?"
Apparently they spent most of the time being unusually anal, charting out all the evidence on big post-it easel pads. They didn't start deliberating until that was done, and the actual deliberations took about 3 days.