President Bush commutes Libby prison sentence
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush commuted the sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Monday, sparing him from a 2½-year prison term in the CIA leak case.
Bush left intact a $250,000 fine and two years probation for Libby, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced.
Bush's move came hours after a federal appeals panel ruled Libby could not delay his prison term in the CIA leak case. That decision put the pressure on the president, who had been sidestepping calls by Libby's allies to pardon the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.
Libby was convicted in March of lying to authorities and obstructing the investigation into the 2003 leak of CIA operative's identity. He was the highest-ranking White House official ordered to prison since the Iran-Contra affair.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
AP-NY-07-02-07 1751EDT
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