{"id":2510,"date":"2007-07-08T13:26:51","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T19:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:16:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:16:13","slug":"sen-specter-r-pa-and-others-want-libby-prosecutor-to-testify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/sen-specter-r-pa-and-others-want-libby-prosecutor-to-testify\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Specter (R-PA) and others want Libby prosecutor to testify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/patrick_fitzgerald.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/patrick_fitzgerald.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"patrick_fitzgerald.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; The Senate Judiciary Committee may seek testimony from controversial prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald about the obstruction of justice case against vice presidential aide Lewis &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby, two senators said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the ranking Republican member of the committee, said he wanted to hear from Fitzgerald because, &#8220;I still haven&#8217;t figured out what that case is all about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Libby, the one-time top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was found guilty in March of obstructing an investigation into who blew the cover of a CIA analyst whose husband had criticized the Iraq war.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; The Senate Judiciary Committee may seek testimony from controversial prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald about the obstruction of justice case against vice presidential aide Lewis &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby, two senators said on Sunday. Sen. 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