{"id":2507,"date":"2007-07-08T12:19:50","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T18:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:16:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:16:14","slug":"democrats-advance-new-theories-for-libby-commutation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/democrats-advance-new-theories-for-libby-commutation\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats advance new theories for Libby commutation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/101106conyers.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/101106conyers.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"101106conyers.jpg\" align= \"right\"\/><\/a>washingtonpost.com<br \/>\nThe Talk<\/p>\n<p>Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, raised the prospect today that President Bush commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby in order to protect other administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we should put it on the table right at the beginning &#8230; the suspicion was that if Mr. Libby went to prison, he might further implicate other people in the White House,&#8221; said Conyers, whose committee will hold a hearing this week on the commutation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/the-talk\/2007\/07\/july_8_democrats_advance_new_t.html?hpid=topnews\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>washingtonpost.com The Talk Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, raised the prospect today that President Bush commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide I. 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