Update on the Libby trial:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Prosecutors in the criminal case against former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby want to bar his defense attorneys from telling jurors in his upcoming trial that neither Libby nor anyone else were charged with leaking the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame -- the leak that started the investigation that eventually led to Libby's indictment.
In a motion filed Monday, the special prosecutor in the Libby case, Patrick Fitzgerald, said letting jurors learn that no one has been indicted for leaking the information about Plame would be "unfairly prejudicial" and "potentially confusing."
"The fact that neither Libby nor anyone else has been charged with a crime for the disclosure of classified information is irrelevant to whether Libby committed the crimes charged in the indictment," Fitzgerald said in his motion.
He also argued that the information "might cause the jury to improperly render a verdict on its evaluation of the government's charging decisions, rather than the facts and the law." (Posted 9:58 p.m.)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/30/monday/index.html?section=cnn_latest
3 comments:
There doesn't have to be a case for a person to be charged with lying to the grand jury or under oath during an investigation. This sounds like the memory lost defense isn't working. Judge Walton sees the waste of time that Libby's attorneys are making of the court, now they want to say if no case, no charge should be given. Even a non attorney knows you will be charged with a crime if you lie under oath. What's next will Libby say he was born with a little brain.
I hope Fitzie gets a ruling in his favor on this...
Clinton got nailed for lying about sex...Libby should get nailed for lying to a grand jury about leaking the information on a CIA operative...
Go Team Fitzie!!!
CC and Jackie:
You know Clinton's case was a farce and hidden attack by the GOP. Since the GOP had made a case that lying about a sexual relationship or affair is grounds for impeachment and removal in office, you noticed how many GOPs have been caught recently in extramarital affairs, brokebacks, soliciting minors, and so on and they are not charged with anything? If Clinton can be charged with lying about having oral sex with a grown adult, then the smurf can be charged with lying to the GJ and investigators. A crime is a crime!
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