Libby Plans to Testify at His Trial on CIA Leak
Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff plans to take the stand at his January trial to tell jurors that he never lied to investigators in the CIA leak case, defense attorneys said.
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is charged with perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI about his conversations in 2003 with reporters regarding Valerie Plame’s CIA job.
Libby plans to testify about President Bush’s daily terrorism briefings and other classified information to demonstrate to jurors that he was busy and didn’t remember his discussions with reporters, his attorneys said in court papers.
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