Former CIA agent Valerie Plame ripped President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE for pardoning I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Friday for his conviction related to the leaking of her identity.

“President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby on the basis that he was 'treated unfairly'. That is simply false,” Plame said in a statement.

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Plame noted that Libby had been convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury “in a fair trial” in which both former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney had given testimony.

“President Bush declined to issue a pardon, stating 'I respect the jury’s verdict.' He added, 'And if a person does not tell the truth, particularly if he serves in government and holds the public trust, he must be held accountable,'” Plame said.

“President’s Trump’s pardon is not based on the truth,” she added.

Trump pardoned Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, earlier Friday, saying that he had "heard that [Libby] has been treated unfairly."

“Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life,” Trump said in a statement.

Libby had been convicted in 2007 of perjury and obstruction of justice related to the investigation into the leak of Plame's identity, which came after her husband, a former ambassador, published an op-ed critical of the Bush administration.

He was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000, but didn’t serve jail time after Bush commuted his sentence.