Prelude for pardons yet to come? Trump to pardon Scooter Libby

[bellisarius]

Prosecutor should have gone after Richard Armitage.

And therein lies the problem. It was known virtually from the start of the investigation that Armitage was the source yet the SP just kept going.

Regarding Trump and 'Obstruction of Justice.' Just what did Trump obstruct? The Comey firing? Trump needed no reason at all to fire Comey, BUT if he was as evasive in his sit downs with Trump as he was in his congressional testimony AND after his bull shit with the Clinton investigation, he needed to be fired.

 

[someoneyouknow]

It was Powell's deputy who leaked the info

It was Powell's deputy who said they leaked the info but it was Libby's own notes which said otherwise.

and

You do know that Mr and Mrs Plame were on the front cover of a national magazine and touted as to who she was way before anything

False. That's one of those, to use the term, "fake" stories put out by those trying to obscure the real culprit. Here is a lengthy article from someone who investigated the leak and documented the reality.

https://www.thenation.com/article/plamegate-finale-we-were-right-they-were-wrong/

and if Miller cant be trusted, then Libbey lost alot cause the SC used her to get him

He would have been hung anyway because he was protecting Cheney. That's why so many wanted him pardoned. Libby's own notebook was his undoing. In it, an entry indicated the date Cheney had told him Plame was an undercover CIA agent.

I can't find the link, but Libby himself said he went to Cheney asking about Plame (after the outing had occurred), and asked about when Cheney knew of her undercover status. Cheney told him he hadn't known but Libby had recorded when Cheney told him at a previous meeting. He had used this second meeting to refresh his memory and verify what he had written.

That's where the obstruction of justice comes in. The notebook revealed Libby's lie.

 

[Hypoxia]

So what does "lack of candor" mean to you?

Here, it means McCabe violated regulations defining candor. What that means to lawyers and judges, I dunno, not being of that ilk. Quick, without looking it up, what does "in severality" mean to you?

 

[WoundedKnee]

That's because it was Cheney who revealed the name of an undercover CIA agent. He deliberately did it after Plame's husband showed the yellow cake memo, the singular justification for invading and occupying Iraq, was a complete joke. Fake, to use the current parlance.

And Miller can't be trusted. She has been caught numerous times lying or plagiarizing.

No, it wasn't and that is on record. It was Dick Armitage, Colin Powell's number two.

 

[WoundedKnee]

"the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness: a man of refreshing candor."

So, he was dishonest. Dishonest statements are pretty much known as lies.

 

[Hypoxia]

"the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness: a man of refreshing candor."

So, he was dishonest. Dishonest statements are pretty much known as lies.

In other words, you don't know what "in severalty" means without looking it up.

Have you read the statutes defining 'candor'? Me neither. But legal codes follow different rules than do dictionaries. E.g. 'perjury' has a strict legal definition, roughly lying that affects a case's outcome. Wee Willie Clinton was rightly acquitted of perjury because under-oath lying about a blowjob didn't affect an outcome.

I'm not trying to excuse McCabe. As I've said, I've paid zero attention to him. I could give a shit about him. But read the OIJ report and the codes, not the uninformed online spew. Then watch the legal gears grind. Yawn.

 

[WoundedKnee]

No. I do not think that you are posting in pure candor. You clearly give a shit about him and this issue.