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April 13, 2018

Trump to Pardon Former Cheney Aide Scooter Libby over Perjury Charges
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ABC News reports President Trump has signed off on a presidential pardon
for Scooter Libby, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President
Dick Cheney. In 2007, Libby was convicted on charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice after he lied to FBI agents and a federal grand
jury over who blew the cover of CIA agent Valerie Plame, after Plame's
husband, Joseph Wilson, criticized the Iraq War. President George W.
Bush immediately commuted Libby's 30-month prison sentence for his role
in the leak, but did not grant him a full pardon. Trump's reported
pardon of Libby raises the prospect of similar pardons for former Trump
campaign officials, including Michael Flynn and Rick Gates, who've
secured plea deals after lying to FBI agents carrying out special
counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.


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