{"id":2445,"date":"2007-07-04T09:18:15","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T15:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:39:31","slug":"libby-my-need-to-serve-some-jail-time-says-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/libby-my-need-to-serve-some-jail-time-says-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Libby may need to serve some jail time says judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/libbycar.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/libbycar.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"libbycar.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>Libby judge questions Bush commutation as Judiciary Committee prepares hearings<br \/>\ntherawstory<br \/>\nby Michael Roston<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary Committee plans hearings next week into President George W. Bush&#8217;s decision to commute the sentence of convicted former White House aide I. Lewis &#8216;Scooter&#8217; Libby. They are likely to focus their inquiry into whether Bush&#8217;s commuting of a jail sentence that had not yet been served was appropriate after the key judge in the Libby case questioned the President&#8217;s act.<\/p>\n<p>Federal District Judge Reggie Walton, who sentenced Libby to 30 months in jail for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements in the investigation of the outing of Plame, raised concerns about the President&#8217;s commutation of Libby in a Tuesday filing. He suggested that the commutation cannot be used without Libby first serving time in jail.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libby judge questions Bush commutation as Judiciary Committee prepares hearings therawstory by Michael Roston The House Judiciary Committee plans hearings next week into President George W. 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