Live Waiting

I’m monitoring news sources and will live blog any announcements.

[Big update: The indictments are online (.PDF).]

12:24–documents have gone from the grand jury to a magistrate’s office, CNN says.

12:38–indictment documents are being “handed up.”

Motions are being filed with the court. Nothing public yet.

Here we are — Wolf Blitzer says Scooter Libby has been indicted on obstruction of justice, and also perjury and making false statements.

Specific charges:

One count of obstruction of justice

Two counts of perjury

Two counts of making false statements

Jeff Toobin is remarking that Dick Cheney will almost certainly be a witness at Scooter’s trial. Heh.

Scooter is expected to resign.

The indictment says that Scooter was gathering information on Joe Wilson in May 2003, which was before Wilson’s op ed piece appeared in the New York Times.

Here’s an Associated Press story on the Libby indictments.

The five-count indictment accuses Libby of lying about how and when he learned about CIA official Valerie Plane’s identity in 2003 and then told reporters about it. The information was classified.

Any trial would shine a spotlight on the secret deliberations of Bush and his team as they built the case for war against Iraq.

1:09–CNN says Libby resigned.

One thought on “Live Waiting

  1. Maha…notice how bush is not around. If there is a problem in his government he in an airplain.

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