Scooter Libby

I wouldn't get too excited about the prospect of Scooter Libby being hauled off to jail anytime soon. He will appeal the decision to go directly to jail. Time to do some judge shopping, white shoes required.

Paris Liberated!

Paris Hilton has been released from prison due to medical concerns. Is this giving you any ideas Scooter?

Wow!

Scooter really got creamed today. Thirty months in prison and a $250,000 fine. Oh, and MSNBC is really doing some fabulous coverage of Paris Behind Bars, Day Two. Apparently she got to keep her hair extensions. Absolutely riveting, huh?

Scooter Gets Creamed

God, I've waited awhile to drag this back out. Libby guilty of four of five counts.

Libby Verdict At Noon

So says FireDogLake.

Libby Juror Dismissed

A juror has been dismissed in the Scooter Libby trial. Rather than seating a replacement, they will continue deliberating with eleven jurors.

Scooter Libby

With the Scooter Libby trial coming to an end today without either Karl Rove or Dick Cheney having to take the stand, I have to wonder if the early trial fireworks made enough of an impression on the White House to guarantee a pardon for Libby. After all the promised fireworks, the trial really did fizzle toward the end. So, did Scooter rattle enough chains to secure at least the promise of a pardon. I'd have to guess yes.

Now, if he is convicted, it will be up to his lawyers to run out the clock before a office exiting pardon can be thrown his way. Can he trust the administration to follow through? Again, I'd have to guess yes. You don't work that close to power and not pick up some dirt on the bosses. This isn't a company man taking one for the team, it's two, or three, armed men slowly backing out of the room through different exits with guns ready.

Ha

In case you didn't follow the Scooter Libby trial today, it appears Libby's defense is going to go at the Bush administration full force to try to get Libby off.

As Josh Marshall notes, do you think these assholes are happy now? To say I'm overjoyed would be an understatement.