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Libby Jury: He Was The Fall Guy

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in The Plame Game

Apparently, sympathy was the theme in the jury room for Scooter. Not enough sympathy to acquit him of the charges, but enough to pose some pretty pointed questions about Rove and others in the administration.

From E&P:

NEW YORK A spokesman for the jury that convicted “Scooter” Lewis of four counts today of perjury and obstruction of justice today in a federal courtroom told reporters immediately afterward that many felt sympathy for Libby and believed he was only the “fall guy.”

Denis Collins said that “a number of times” they asked themselves, “what is HE doing here? Where is Rove and all these other guys….He was the fall guy.”

He said they believed that Vice President Cheney did “task him to talk to reporters.”

He said, “some jurors said at one point, ‘We wish we weren’t judging Libby…this sucks.” More than once he said many jurors found Libby “sympathetic.”

And to our friends at the National Review who have already called for Libby’s pardon, there’s this…

He said that politics played no role in the verdict, and claimed most jurors didn’t know how others felt politically.

More as it develops.

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4 Responses to “Libby Jury: He Was The Fall Guy”

bob in fl Says:
March 6th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Which explains why it took them over 9 days to come up with a verdict. They had to get out of the fall guy mode. It says a lot that his jury convicted him in spite of sympathy for him. Obviously they did what they were supposed to do – judge the verdict on the facts.

Now Fitz can go after bigger game. Or will he? Wanna bet his job will get the axe next?
Monica Says:
March 6th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
It was Richard Armitage that leaked her name. If anyone should’ve faced charged it should’ve been him.
Joshua Says:
March 6th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Hmmm… could statements like these by the jury’s own spokesman create grounds for reversing the conviction on appeal? Might that even have been the unspoken intent in making them?
BJ Says:
March 9th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Hey,

I don’t know if Libby should be pardoned or not; it’s a tough call. But I would like to point out to anyone who doesn’t know yet that someone put PardonLibby.org up for sale on eBay. I wonder what it’ll go for. Here’s the address:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130088305011&rd=1&rd=1

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