BS: Libby convicted

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 02:50 PM

Yup. You pegged that one, BWL.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 02:40 PM

If Cheney and Rove aren't indicted, they should at least pay a generous chunk of Libby's fine in exchange for his taking the fall for them.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: mrdux
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 02:12 PM

One wonders if Scooter will spend any time behind bars at all: the office pool is on when Libby gets his presidential pardon: before or after sentencing. Or maybe he's pissed off enough to cooperate with the prosecution, which would substantially reduce his sentence. . . Realistically, though, the estimates I've been hearing are substantially less than even two years -- comparisons are being drawn to the sentence given to Martha Stewart: a combo of less than a year at Club Fed, followed by home confinement, probation and a whopping fine. Wouldn't surprise me if Libby got something like that.

The jurors' reaction was interesting. One juror, a former Washington Post journalist, said: "I will say there was a tremendous amount of sympathy for Mr. Libby on the jury. It was said a number of times, 'What are we doing with this guy here? Where's Rove? Where are these other guys?' I'm not saying we didn't think Mr. Libby was guilty of the things we found him guilty of. It seemed like he was, as Mr. Wells put it, he was the fall guy."

michael


ps to eanjay -- thanks, but no apology needed.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: jeffp
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:57 PM

Well, they can also soak him for up to a million bucks, so maybe he can finance part of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:41 PM

This has been a long investigation but it doesn't say how much it will have cost.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:35 PM

2 years, I'll bet you 2 moandolins and raise you 1 autoharp

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:33 PM

2 years tops

Subject: RE: BS: A bit harsh
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:29 PM

The most Libby will spend in an upscale prison will be 2 years.

Subject: RE: BS: A bit harsh
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:29 PM

Sorry it's the other way round Donuel.
Crime is just like politics, but without all those nasty lies!

G

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: jeffp
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:24 PM

Actually, he now only faces up to 25 years, as he was acquitted on one of the 5-year charges. He will actually serve a good deal less than that, as sentencing guidelines indicate.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:23 PM

We wish. . .

Subject: RE: BS: A bit harsh
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:22 PM

Rush Limbausgh says, What we have here is a criminalization of politics.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:20 PM

The prosecutor said the door is still open for Libby to come clean and inform on Dick Cheney.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:14 PM

mrdux - sorry, I started a thread on this just after you; I must have been typing as you were pressing submit. What I said in mine was that he faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1million dollar fine. This seems a bit harsh.

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: wysiwyg
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:14 PM

The jury spent almost as long, reviewing the facts presented and applicable case lawy to reach this sentence, as it spent hearing the evidence. In the end they convicted only on the better-supported portion of the charges and let reasonable doubt lead them to acquit on the rest.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Peace
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:10 PM

Yes it could. It coulda happened to Cheney.

Subject: BS: A bit harsh
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:08 PM

Lewis Libby faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for lying - well, actually perjury and obstruction of justice.

Seems a bit harsh - or could the consequences have been so serious?

Subject: RE: BS: Libby convicted
From: Wesley S
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:08 PM

Gee - couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Subject: BS: Libby convicted
From: mrdux
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 01:04 PM

This just in:

WASHINGTON -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

here's the full story