{"id":1278,"date":"2007-04-16T09:49:52","date_gmt":"2007-04-16T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2017-06-06T07:03:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:03:01","slug":"libby-to-appeal-conviction-in-leak-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/libby-to-appeal-conviction-in-leak-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Libby to Appeal Conviction in Leak Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/scooterlibby1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/scooterlibby.thumbnail1.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Former White House aide I. Lewis &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby said Friday he no longer plans to ask for a new trial in the CIA leak case but still expects to appeal his conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted last month of lying and obstructing an investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for new trials are seldom granted. In documents filed in federal court Friday, Libby&#8217;s lawyers said they will mount their arguments before an appeals court rather than asking for a new trial as they had planned.<\/p>\n<p>During Libby&#8217;s monthlong trial, attorneys disagreed with several of U.S. District Judge Reggie B. 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