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Libby Trial: No Scooter, No Cheney Libby Trial: No Scooter, No Cheney

The news in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby perjury trial on Tuesday came as court was shutting down because of a slight snowfall in Washington: neither the de...

Feb 13, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: What Scooter Didn’t Do Libby Trial: What Scooter Didn’t Do

Scooter Libby didn't tell Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife worked at the CIA. Libby didn't tell ...

Feb 12, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Prosecution Rests–Strongly Libby Trial: Prosecution Rests–Strongly

It was Hail Mary time for Ted Wells, an attorney for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, as the prosecution moved toward resting its case in the perjury trial of Vice...

Feb 8, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Russert Ruins the Cover Story Libby Trial: Russert Ruins the Cover Story

After jurors in the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby perjury trial on Wednesday heard the defendant--on tape--cite Meet the Press host Tim Russert as his ali...

Feb 8, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Scooter Speaks, Part II Libby Trial: Scooter Speaks, Part II

As jurors in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby spent Tuesday listening to audiotapes of Libby's two appearances in 2004 before the grand jury investigat...

Feb 7, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Scooter Speaks Libby Trial: Scooter Speaks

After two weeks of listening to a series of prosecution witnesses in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the jurors finally got to hear the defendant. He...

Feb 6, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Lawyers Clash Over Motive Libby Trial: Lawyers Clash Over Motive

Scooter Libby was thrown under the bus. No, Scooter Libby gave the bus driver false directions. On Thursday, the prosecution and the defense in the ...

Feb 2, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Matt Cooper Contradicts Libby Libby Trial: Matt Cooper Contradicts Libby

Washington is like high school. That seemed true at the Scooter Libby trial on Wednesday when the prosecution and the defense argued whether notes ...

Feb 1, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Judy Miller’s Memory Mess Libby Trial: Judy Miller’s Memory Mess

When special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald was prepping for the trial of Scooter Libby, he probably looked toward the moment when he would call former New Y...

Jan 31, 2007 / David Corn

Libby Trial: Fleischer Tags Libby and Confesses Leaking Libby Trial: Fleischer Tags Libby and Confesses Leaking

Taking the witness stand in the Scooter Libby trial on Monday, Ari Fleischer, President George W. Bush's former press secretary, could not rely on his old f...

Jan 30, 2007 / David Corn

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