CHENEY’S CHIEF OF STAFF LEWIS LIBBY INDICTED…

Read The Indictment: Lied to FBI, Committed Perjury, Obstructed Justice...Bush And Cheney To Make Statements….Fitzgerald To Hold 2PM News Conference... Wilson Attorney To Make 3 PM Statement…White House In Strategy Session…

Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide was indicted today on perjury, false statement, and obstruction of justice charges in connection with a special counsel's probe into the leaking of a CIA officer's identity. A copy of the five-count felony indictment returned against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, can be found below. The 55-year-old Libby, a White House power and proponent of the Iraq war, allegedly committed the crimes when questioned by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald before a federal grand jury. During two appearances under oath, Libby was questioned extensively about his contact with several reporters prior to published disclosures about Valerie Plame Wilson, the CIA operative. While not charged today, Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's chief political adviser, remains under scrutiny by Fitzgerald, who reportedly plans to continue his probe of the 2003 leak (the original grand jury panel's term expired today). Libby, who is expected to resign his White House post as a result of the criminal charges, which were handed up in U.S. District Court in Washington. (22 pages)

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