Filed at 1:14 pm, Thursday March 22nd 2007
by Arlen Parsa
How many convicted felons can rightfully claim to be endorsed by the sitting Vice President of the United States– and use that endorsement to ask for money? At least one.
Scooter Libby’s legal defense fund sent out an email today asking for thousands of dollars worth of donations using Vice President Dick Cheney’s endorsement “Scooter Libby […]
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Filed at 9:16 am, Saturday March 17th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
If you were watching or reading about yesterday’s House hearings into the leaking of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame yesterday, you may have noticed a particular red, green, and yellow chart all over the place.
The chart, produced by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was used to illustrate the number of times Plame’s […]
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Filed at 4:26 pm, Monday March 12th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Nearly 70% of Americans do not want Lewis Libby to be pardoned by President Bush, according to a CNN/OPR poll out today.
The poll found that only 18% of Americans favored a pardon for the convicted felon (69% do not want a pardon), who stepped down in 2004 shortly after his indictment on five felony […]
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Filed at 4:45 pm, Wednesday March 07th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
My buddy Jason Leopold reports over at Truthout on the prospect of Congress looking into the Plame investigation:
Aides to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said they were engaged in discussions Tuesday about the possibility of holding immediate hearings […]
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Filed at 5:36 pm, Tuesday March 06th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Here’s the Vice President’s response to the Libby verdict, as issued in a press release:
I am very disappointed with the verdict. I am saddened for Scooter and his family. As I have said before, Scooter has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction through many years of public service.
Since his legal team has announced […]
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Filed at 12:49 pm, Tuesday March 06th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Joe Wilson will be on MSNBC’s Countdown tonight, as well as Larry King Live, and Anderson Cooper 360. Fitzgerald still says he doesn’t anticipate making new indictments unless anything new comes out, and that he is going back to his day job. Sentencing is set for June, no talk of appeals until then. Libby is […]
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Filed at 12:25 pm, Tuesday March 06th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
ThinkProgress:
Count 1 - Obstruction of Justice: Libby intentionally deceived the grand jury about how he learned, and “disclosed to the media,†information about Valerie Plame Wilson’s employment by the CIA.
Count 2 - Making a False Statement: Libby intentionally gave FBI agents false information about a conversation he […]
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Filed at 8:51 pm, Saturday March 03rd 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Well, it’s the weekend, which means that the jury deliberating the Libby trial isn’t in session. On Friday, we learned several things however, with the appearance of two new jury notes which Judge Walton plans to address on Monday when the jury convenes again to continue what will be its 9th day of deliberations. And […]
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Filed at 2:26 pm, Thursday March 01st 2007
by Arlen Parsa
It’s day 7.
The conventional wisdom with trials like the Libby trial is that the longer jury deliberations continue, the better it is for the defendant. The reasoning behind this is that long jury deliberations signal that the prosecution’s charges aren’t “slam dunks,” there’s doubt among some jury members, and the jury is having difficulty reaching […]
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Filed at 1:25 pm, Wednesday February 28th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Two new jury notes have emerged from the Libby trial today, one of which is from the jury to the judge asking a question yesterday afternoon, the second of which is from the jury to the judge this morning saying they had answered their own question.
Apparently, according to people more familiar with the case than […]
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Filed at 11:52 am, Monday February 26th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
A short time ago from the federal courthouse:
A federal judge avoided a potential mistrial in the CIA leak case Monday by dismissing a juror and sending the other 11 back to continue deliberating the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said the juror had seen or […]
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Filed at 9:30 am, Saturday February 24th 2007
by Arlen Parsa
Recently, I’ve joked a little about the type of speculation and over-analysis that happens when juries are deliberating in high profile cases and they make certain requests (which come in the form of “notes”). The Libby jury on Thursday asked for post-it notes, masking tape, an easel, and photos of the witnesses.
And people have been […]
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Filed at 7:17 pm, Friday February 23rd 2007
by Arlen Parsa
So does the fact that Scooter’s jury is still out mean good things or bad things for the defense? The jury goes from about 9 in the morning to 5PM, and they recessed for the weekend. They’ve deliberated something like 20 hours by now and they’ll resume again Monday. I think I agree with what […]
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Filed at 10:58 pm, Thursday February 22nd 2007
by Arlen Parsa
As I’ve written recently, it’s becoming more and more clear that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is interested in much more than just Scooter Libby.
As Jane Hamsher reminds us: Scooter is the firewall to Shooter (Shooter being Dead-Eye Dick). Dan Froomkin had some very compelling thoughts in his column yesterday as well. I rarely quote so […]
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Filed at 7:36 pm, Thursday February 22nd 2007
by Arlen Parsa
The jury in the Libby Trial requested the following items today before recessing to take up deliberations again tomorrow: post-it notes, masking tape, a document with pictures of the witnesses, and something called a “large flip chart.” Whatever that means.
What could the jury possibly be doing with masking tape, stickies, pictures of the witnesses and […]
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