Jury has reached a verdict on Libby

[Monkeyman]

It will be read at 11.00 am or noon

[tk2kewl]

1. k&r

:kick:

I assume you mean 11:00 AM not PM

and is that EST? because it has passed

[TahitiNut]

4. Noon EST.

[Monkeyman]

2. Msnbc Reporting

[malaise]

3. Shuster on MSNBC now

I can't wait.

[AndyA]

5. Fasten your seat belts, folks...

:popcorn:

[dogday]

6. I guess that is why they are dressed up

Ready for the cameras, don't you know..... Any bets on the verdict?

[Solly Mack]

7. recommended ......

[tridim]

8. Why am I the only one that seems excited about this!?

:bounce:

[grace0418]

32. I'm trying not to get my hopes up. The weasels always seem to get

away with everything.

[tridim]

45. But the times, they are a-changin'

Their house of cards is coming down. :D :D :D

[grace0418]

70. WOO-HOO! Suck on it you fucking criminals!

Let's get every last one of them behind bars.

[wryter2000]

9. Oh, God

It had better be guilty. :hide:

[Mandate My Ass]

10. Holy crap

22 minutes to go!!! :popcorn:

[BuyingThyme]

11. Oh lordy. I say they convict on everything but the obstruction.

They couldn't meet the reasonable doubt standard on obstruction because Libby couldn't meet a standard for prosecuting the crime. That's why they asked for clarification. The other four (three?) convictions were already in the can.

[Cameron27]

12. k&r

I'm so damned nervous...

[WillyT]

13. Yeah Baby !!! - K & R !!!

:bounce::kick::bounce:

[11 Bravo]

14. If it\'s GUILTY, look for FoxNoise to go into an all-out ...

Anna Nicole, Hillary\'s accent, astronaut love triangle, frenzy.

[Connie_Corleone]

17. It'll be the crazy guy who killed his wife.

[11 Bravo]

24. Crap, how did I forget that one?

(Although the death of the child makes the story so tragic that maybe it is better left out of what was an attempt at a humorous post.) On a more serious note, you are absolutely correct. Since the story can be presented in a serious and tragic light, FoxNoise will be able to pretend that they are actually exercising editorial judgement in burying Libby and running with this. It will not fool anyone except their jackass fans, but they will make the attempt.

[Rosemary2205]

21. Fox should have saved the "madrassa" "news" for this event.

:)

[HereSince1628]

15. Fingers crossed...remember to keep breathing. n/t

[Eurobabe]

16. holy shiite!

[seemslikeadream]

18. Damn

This is it!

[robinlynne]

19. Oh my God!

[malaise]

20. Great points Fineman

mentions WR and the Invasion of Iraq. This is about Iraq.

Guilty, guilty, guilty -plueeeeeeeeeeeeez!!

'Me thinks' I understand the sudden blood clot. This is about Cheney!!

Add.

[Beausoir]

22. Wow. I am surprised it is today. Guilty on at least one count.

[itsmesgd]

23. holy fucking shit

odds????

[Marrah_G]

25. Libby is to calm and smiling

I think he's going to get off and he knows it.

I hope to hell I am wrong, I just don't have any confidence in the federal government anymore.

[tridim]

28. It's the sedative, not confidence. n/t

[Marrah_G]

33. I hope you are right. n/t

[Beetwasher]

I Can Say Pretty Confidently He Will Be Found Guilty

On at least one count. I can't imagine they returned this quickly if there were hold outs. And I can't imagine all jurors agreeing that he's NOT guilty on all counts. So there's no hung jury, which means there WILL be at least one guilty verdict, IMO.

[TahitiNut]

51. The most probable 'not guilty' verdicts would be lying to FBI.

I just cannot see them letting him skate on REPEATING the same lies to the Grand Jury. I have a hard time thinking they can find 'reasonable doubt' on any of the charges, but the ones about the lies to the FBI are least unlikely. He clearly had time to refresh his memory between the FBI and Grand Jury.

So, I think it'll be 3 to 5 Guilty verdicts, with the Cooper lie to the FBI being the most possibly 'not guilty.'

[TahitiNut]

64. I called it exactly.

The count on lying to the FBI about Cooper was the only one they found 'reasonable doubt' on.

[Beetwasher]

83. Good Call!

:thumbsup:

[Cerridwen]

26. K & R

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:scared: :scared: :scared:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:scared: :scared: :scared:

:beer:

[tk2kewl]

27. LIVE FEED AT CNN.COM

[Cerridwen]

30. Thank you! No cable here.

Whew! You may have saved my sanity.

:hi:

[tk2kewl]

34. it quit on me after a few minutes and wanted me to subscribe.

:grr:

[Cerridwen]

39. Same here! Damn, damn, damn

:grr:

[Monkeyman]

29. This Verdict is on the War and Bush

[malaise]

37. Where is H2O Man

Report immediately chief reporter :D

[Annces]

31. Yipee! n/t

[radfringe]

35. keep us cuberats tuned...

cnn/msnbc et al sites crash my computer...

[SlowDownFast]

36. Here we go!!!!

All Scooter, all the time (I don't mind one bit)!!!

Hopefully, this media frenzy continues zeroing in on Cheney, to boot.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

38. where will the "suspicious package" be found?

the Capitol? Union Station?

[HereSince1628]

52. Guilty 1 2

[Monkeyman]

40. They are all in court

[Gregorian]

41. I love DU.

Where else can one get multiple facets of input on something like this. Five counts. Is there justice?

[tridim]

42. The verdict should be shown live

I fully understand keeping cameras out during the trial, but the verdict should be viewable by all Libby's peers. Especially since he was our employee.

[Monkeyman]

43. Two Minute it will be read

[Hepburn]

44. Gawd....

...my heart is just POUNDING! Plse let it be GUILTY!

[Monkeyman]

46. Judge is now seated

[Monkeyman]

47. Judge has said all five counts

[Monkeyman]

48. Judge to people no response

Jury not in box yet

[Monkeyman]

49. Jury has now entered the court

[Cerridwen]

54. Thank you! From a cable impaired person.

:D

[Monkeyman]

60. number 12 is the foreman

There it is he is gone Count three not 4 out of five bye bye

[Javaman]

50. Thank you Monkeyman from this cube rat. :) nt

[lala_rawraw]

53. guilty

[bmcatt]

61. not guilty on count 3. guilty on all other 4 counts n/t

[HereSince1628]

62. not guilty on count 3

[Akoto]

55. Guilty on count one, count two, count four, count five.

Not guilty on misleading the FBI regarding his conversation with Matt Cooper.

[Roland99]

59. YES!!!

[bigtree]

56. guilty on all counts except three

[crispini]

57. Guilty on all counts except count 3

[CabalPowered]

63. Hell ya!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Trekologer]

58. GUILTY

4 of 5 counts

[w8liftinglady]

65. my faith in Americans is restored.Guilty 4 of 5-good enuf for me

[tridim]

66. Fuck you BushCo, GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

Suck on it, criminal fucktards!

[PRETZEL]

67. Was count 3 the perjury? n/t

But it doesn't matter. guilty on all the other counts is a good thing.

[Norquist Nemesis]

69. It was on the Matt Cooper question

Odd they found not guilty on that but Guilty on count all perjury counts. :shrug:

[w8liftinglady]

71. perjury about lying about cooper to FBI

[Renew Deal]

73. That was not a perjury charge.

That was "Making a false statement."

[ArmchairMeme]

68. Boston

First weather cold, USS Kennedy leaving harbor, local murders, Libby verdict here in a few minutes after commercials.

Up first! Will bring it to you first as it becomes available.

First the cold weather.....

WOW - guilty on four charges of pugery, WOW!

[ClayZ]

72. YES! GUILTY GUILTY

[Monkeyman]

74. Bush Cheney your busted now after Reed you have nothing left

[Babel_17]

75. Blast from the past: K&R

[Monkeyman]

76. Ya Baby that's the picture

[Jcrowley]

77. Now Scooter can visit old friends

I'M A REPUBLICAN AND I'M IN JAIL



Lewis Libby

Former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff, Special Assistant to the President for National Security

Known to have discussed the classified identity of a CIA officer with at least one member of the media. Indicted on 5 counts of lying to obstruct a federal investigation into said discussion(s).

Resigned all White House jobs following indictments

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2396684

Found guilty on 4 of 5 counts.



"At age ten the madam put the child in a cage with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons. They fed her through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to lose interest."
The Apprentice, by Lewis Libby, now indicted on 5 counts, who was once the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (oh, and also an aide to President Bush)
(via Keith Olbermann)

[DemReadingDU]

79. but out of jail, waiting on appeal

[Jcrowley]

81. I suspect you are correct

We shall see. But I am also of the opinion that this will get strecthed out by money and appeals and then ultimately a pardon.

[sakabatou]

78. Oh hells yes!

Things will get interesting now...

[Jcrowley]

80. Here ya' go

[Monkeyman]

82. Thanks my boy from Chicago did his job