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Scooter Libby gets pardoned by Trump, White House announces

The White House announced Friday that I. "Scooter" Lewis Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump. Libby had been convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators in the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA officer. Libby had his sentenced commuted by President George W. Bush but had paid a $250,000 fine, performed community service and served two years of probation. The White House said that in 2015, one of the key witnesses against Libby recanted her testimony, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals unanimously reinstated Libby to the bar. "I don't know Mr. Libby," said Trump in a statement, "but for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life."

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