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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Whoops
One of the arguments that Bush, Tony Snow, et al. have been making in favor of Bush's act to commute the prison sentence of Libby is that Libby still needs to pay a $250,000 fine and he must serve two years probation. Both of these justifications, upon greater strutiny, prove to be paper thin.
First, Libby's legal defense fund has over $5 million. Libby ain't paying a cent.
Second, Judge Walton issued an order today in the Libby case after Bush's act of obstruction of justice. (Walton does not seem amused, either).
Essentially, what Walton says is that although the President expressly stated in his commutation that Libby still serve his supervised release, the statute governing supervised release requires a prison sentence be served prior to having any supervised release. Thus, Walton suggests, it's not possible to serve supervised release without serving some prison time. (And look at footnote one too). So, Libby may not be doing that either.
Nicely done, Mr. President. I guess that's what happens when you ignore the proper legal channels, including the Justice Department and prosecutor. Let's not forget, Bush was rejected by the University of Texas law school before he was accepted into Harvard Business School.
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