For those not following the Libby trial here's a brief summation:
Libby is on trial for lying to the FBI and the grand jury about the leak of CIA-agent Valarie Plame's identity.
Libby admits that Cheney told him about Valerie Plame on July 7th, but claims he forgot all about this conversation until he saw a note he made about the conversation much later, after he told the FBI that he did not hear about Plame until Russert told him on July 10th.
Ari Fleisher, Judith Miller, and Matt Cooper, among others, all testified that they talked with Libby about Valerie Plame between July 7th and July 10th.
Russert denies that he told Libby about Plame, claiming that he did not learn about it until Novak's column on July 14th came out.
Libby says he forgot about his conversation with Cheney. Libby claims that even though everyone in the White House, and especially the VP's office, was talking about the Joe Wilson story, he still did not remember that his boss told him this shocking piece of news.
Libby claims that all the reports and Ari are mistaken, that he never talked with them about the case until after Russert told him. He claims that Russert is also mistaken about their conversation. He remembers being taken aback when Russert tells him.
The kicker: the jury has been out for 6 days.
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Fitz!!
Libby is going down on at least 3 of 5 counts...
Wells made a complete ass of himself on closing statements. IMO
I'm really angry. This poor guy's life has been ruined. He'll never get out of the financial hole he's in - even if Pres. Bush does the honorable thing and pardons him or he gets the convictions overturned. This is simply a case of the left and its media handmaidens run amok.
There never should have been a trial. Once Fitzgerald figured out there had been no crime committed that should have been it. He's supposed to be a real hotshot lawyer. He biffed on this one big time.
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