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Cheney May Have Told Libby to Out Plame

'Scooter' told FBI
agents it's 'possible'
that VP gave order

(Newser) - "Scooter” Libby told the FBI it was “possible” that Dick Cheney ordered him to out CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, the Washington Post reports. The revelation appears in a redacted FBI report under examination by a House panel led by Henry Waxman. The panel now wants the FBI to turn over more files, including interviews with Cheney and President Bush. More »

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Rezko Pal, Rove Tried to Oust
US Attorney, Witness Says

They deny allegations about Patrick Fitzgerald

(Newser) - One of Tony Rezko's associates conspired with Karl Rove to try to get US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired to quash a federal investigation of Rezko, the Chicago Tribune reports. Prosecutors hope a judge will allow testimony to that effect in Rezko's corruption trial. Rove denies the allegations, as does the man with whom he allegedly discussed the matter in 2004, a GOP heavyweight named Robert Kjellander. More »

More about:  Barack Obama Chicago campaign fundraising corruption Karl Rove Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald Tony Rezko

Bush Blocking Plame Probe, Says Waxman

He wants Mukasey
to defy new boss, release documents

(Newser) - A House committee chairman investigating the Valerie Plame affair says the White House is blocking special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from providing key documents from his investigation, the Washington Post reports. Fitzgerald agreed to hand over his findings before the Bush administration stepped in, says Henry Waxman, who has called on Michael Mukasey to overrule his new boss at the White House. More »

Plame Tell-All Blasts the
White House

Says her smearing was practice for Kerry's; CIA redacted pages of book

(Newser) - Famously outed spy Valerie Plame hits back at the Bush administration in Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, the AP reports. The book blasts the administration's "arrogance and intolerance," and calls the smear campaign against her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a dress rehearsal for Karl Rove's swiftboating of John Kerry. More »

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Gonzo's Exit Handcuffs
White House

New prosecutor will probe prez, Bork argues in National Review

(Newser) - Dems will blitz Bush with document hunts and witness prep until election 2008, Robert Bork argues in the National Review, by demanding a special prosecutor along with the next attorney general . "A special prosecutor with unlimited funds, a soon-developed addiction to publicity, and a broad mandate" will go after an indictment – theater that will only distract the US at “a time of national insecurity.” More »

More about:  George W. Bush scandals Karl Rove Alberto Gonzales Lewis Scooter Libby Patrick Fitzgerald Robert Bork

Prosecutor Flunks
Scooter Test

Libby foe Fitzgerald goes on NPR, receives lovely parting gift

(Newser) - The NPR quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" lured US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to last night's taping for a game called "Not My Job"—and a little teasing. Best line: Fitzgerald said he lived on Chicago's North Side but worked downtown, and host Peter Sagal asked, "How do you feel about commuting?" More »

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Black May Lose Wealth Along With Freedom

Prosecutors trying to grab 100M in assets from former tycoon

(Newser) - Convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice, media mogul Conrad Black now stands to lose his vast fortune, the Guardian reports. Although Black was cleared of the most serious charge against him--racketeering--the fraud conviction allows a raid on his assets. The prosecution is specifically targeting his Palm Beach, Fla. mansion, now on the market, and proceeds from the sale of his Manhattan apartment. More »

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Fitzgerald Faces Senate Grilling on Scooter

Committee to probe sentencing guidelines after commutation

(Newser) - The man who prosecuted Scooter Libby for obstruction of justice may be grilled by senators  investigating the case, Bloomberg reports. Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday they want to question Patrick Fitzgerald on the case, including sentencing guidelines. In commuting Libby's sentence last week, President Bush claimed it was too harsh to fit the crime.  More »

More about:  George W. Bush Lewis Scooter Libby Senate Judiciary Committee Arlen Specter Patrick Fitzgerald

Prosecutor Pushes for Quick Action on Libby

Fitzgerald urges judge to rule against
release pending appeal

(Newser) - The prosecutor in the Scooter Libby case wants the judge to send the vice president's ex-chief of staff to prison sooner rather than later. Arguing that the chance of an appeals court overturning the conviction is "at best, remote," Patrick Fitzgerald filed documents today calling for Libby's 30-month sentence to begin no more than 60 days after a hearing Thursday. More »

More about:  Lewis Scooter Libby CIA leak investigation Patrick Fitzgerald Reggie Walton Alan Dershowitz Robert Bork

Libby Draws
30 Months,
$250K Fine

Judge says VP's
former right-hand man 'got off course'

(Newser) - The vice president's ex-chief of staff will spend 30 months in prison and pay a $250,000 fine for lying to federal investigators about his role in blowing a CIA agent's cover. Judge Reggie Walton cited "overwhelming evidence" of Scooter Libby's guilt in sentencing him today on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements. More »

More about:  Bush administration Lewis Scooter Libby perjury Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation Patrick Fitzgerald Reggie Walton

Prosecutor Keeps an Eye
on Cheney

Froomkin: Even after the fact, CIA leak case evidence leads to VP

(Newser) - Scooter Libby is about to be sentenced, but the government prosecutor and lawyers for the VP's ex-chief of staff aren't letting up, the Washington Post 's Dan Froomkin blogs today. The jousting continued in a court filing last week in which, Froomkin posits, "the special counsel evidently felt obliged to put Libby's crime in context. And that context is Dick Cheney." More »

More about:  White House CIA Dick Cheney investigation Lewis Scooter Libby CIA leak investigation Patrick Fitzgerald

Comey's Star Rises as Support for Gonzo Falls

Testimony spotlights political future of former Justice No. 2

(Newser) - James Comey's star turn in Senate testimony against Alberto Gonzales this week prompts speculation that the charismatic former deputy AG should be on the short list to replace him—and might even have legs as a presidential candidate some day. The Wall Street Journal assesses Comey's political future, as support for Gonzales continues to erode. More »

More about:  Bush administration White House politics Alberto Gonzales Patrick Fitzgerald James Comey Senate hearings

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