Scooter Libby clemency controversy

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The Scooter Libby clemency controversy arose when U.S. President George W. Bush commuted the prison sentence of Scooter Libby, the former Chief of Staff to Bush's vice president, Dick Cheney, on July 2, 2007.[1] It resulted in a hearing, "The Use and Misuse of Presidential Clemency Power for Executive Branch Officials", held July 11, 2007, by the full Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearing was intended to "explore the grave questions that arise when the Presidential clemency power is used to erase criminal penalties for high-ranking executive branch employees whose offenses relate to their work for the President",[2] as well as to assess the consequences of the perjury and obstruction of justice of which vice-presidential Chief of Staff Lewis Libby was convicted March 6, 2007.

On April 13, 2018, Libby was pardoned by President Donald Trump.[3]

  1. ^ President George W. Bush, Grant of Executive Clemency for Lewis Libby, July 2, 2007.
  2. ^ Request from House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers to President George W. Bush
  3. ^ Karl de Vries (April 13, 2018). "Trump pardons ex-Cheney aide Scooter Libby". CNN. Retrieved April 13, 2018.