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February 03, 2006
Judge Reggie to the Rescue
A federal judge on Friday set former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's trial date in the CIA leak case for January 2007, two months after the midterm congressional elections.
The trial for Libby, who faces perjury and obstruction of justice charges, will begin with jury selection Jan. 8, said U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton. The judge said he had hoped to start the trial in September but one of Libby's lawyers had a scheduling conflict that made that impractical.Walton said he does not like "to have a case linger" but had no choice because Libby attorney Ted Wells will be tied up for 10 weeks on another case.
Ten weeks, hmm, let's see. It sure would have been a shame if they went ahead with the trial ten weeks earlier, in October 2006....
Posted by Mike at February 3, 2006 12:00 PM
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