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Libby guilty on 4 of 5 counts

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  • 06-03-2007 8:09pm
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    bobbyjoe
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    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial.

    Libby was convicted of:

    # obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame;

    # making a false statement by intentionally lying to FBI agents about a conversation with NBC newsman Tim Russert;

    # perjury when he lied in court about his conversation with Russert;

    # a second count of perjury when he lied in court about conversations with other reporters.

    Jurors cleared him of a second count of making a false statement relating to a conversation he had with Matt Cooper of Time magazine.

    Libby, 56, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. A hearing on a presentencing report is scheduled for June 5.

    CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said, "He is virtually certain to go to prison if this conviction is upheld."


    Good news.
    Hope this is the start of the unraveling.


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