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| 'Scooter' Libby to Avoid Perjury Charge |
| Friday, October 28, 2005 |
Lewis "Scooter" Libby will likely avoid perjury charges in the Leakgate case, and will instead be charged with making a false statement to investigators - a crime that mirrors Independent Counsel Robert Ray's findings against Hillary Clinton five years ago.
Libby's indictment "will be 'false statement' charges as part of an effort to mislead the grand jury," reporter Carl Cameron told Fox News radio host Tony Snow Friday morning.
"False statement charges are significantly different from perjury," Cameron explained. "They don't include the need to prove intent."
Libby's indictment will likely be based, said Cameron, on his claim that he first learned of Valerie Plame's identity from the media, rather than from Vice President Dick Cheney, as media accounts have suggested. |
posted by Jay Are @ 11:48:00 AM   |
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For cryin out loud, no one knows anything yet, just wait until this comes out.
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is this poor guy going to take the fall for cheney, or is there more to come?? He should just open the box, spill the beans. We know Cheney was involved in this somehow.
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For cryin out loud, no one knows anything yet, just wait until this comes out.