Reply #35: He favors a pardon of Libby [View All]

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/thompson-favors-libby-pardon/
Thompson Favors Libby Pardon

The 30-month sentence handed down today for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby could become a rallying cry for Fred D. Thompson, the all-but declared Republican presidential candidate.

Mr. Thompson, who has viewed Mr. Libby’s prosecution as a severe miscarriage of justice, told Fox News recently that if he were president, he would pardon Mr. Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame Wilson case.

Now that he is on the verge of declaring his presidential bid, Mr. Thompson may have the opportunity to do just that.

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