3-year prison term is sought for Libby
Former Bush administration aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby should spend 30 to 37 months in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald contended in documents filed in federal court.
Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has shown no remorse for lying to investigators and “about virtually everything that mattered” in the inquiry into who disclosed the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame to the media in 2003, Fitzgerald wrote.
Libby was convicted in March of obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury.
His sentencing is scheduled June 5.
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