Trump issues pardon to ‘Scooter’ Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney

The following article by John Wagner, Matt Zapotosky and Joshua Dawsey was posted on the Washington Post website April 13, 2018:

President Trump issued a pardon to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby who was convicted of lying to the FBI in 2007. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)

President Trump issued a pardon Friday to Lewis “Scooter” Libby, offering forgiveness to a former chief of staff to Vice President Richard B. Cheney who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice related to the leak of a CIA officer’s identity.

“I don’t know Mr. Libby,” Trump said in a statement, “but for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life.” Continue reading “Trump issues pardon to ‘Scooter’ Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney”