Then Why Was He Found Guilty?
This is so maddening to me. From the Drudge Report:
MSNBC host Chris Matthews spoke with Libby juror Ann Redington on HARDBALL. Juror [#10] says she would support a Bush pardon for Libby.
Transcript:
Chris: You’re for a pardon out of sympathy for the defendant.
Ann: Yeah, I think in the big picture, um, it kind of bothers me that there was this whole big crime being investigated and he got caught up in the investigation as opposed to in the actual crime that was supposedly committed.
Chris: Which is the leaking of a CIA agents name.
Ann: Exactly.
End
Developing… (emphasis added)
You can read a little more about this at MSNBC.com and Kim Priestap at Wizbang has a great write up involving this story. I agree with her conclusions.
Posted by Falcon
March 8th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Libby will be pardoned anyway. They’ll be sure to do it late on a Friday afternoon either this week or next. That way, they’ll avoid all the negative press.
March 8th, 2007 at 10:04 am
If Bush hasn’t the cojones to pardon the two border patrol agents who were railroaded into prison, he probably lacks the male appendages to pardon Libby.