Scooter Goes 4 for 5: Bush Admires Batting Record
'Scooter' Libby guilty on four of five counts (CNN):
Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been found guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial.
- Libby guilty on four of five counts
- Libby faces 25 years in prison, $1 million fine
- President Dick Cheney's ex-aide accused of perjury and obstruction of justice
Libby, 56, faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of $1 million.
Libby was convicted of:
- obstruction of justice when he intentionally deceived a grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame;
- making a false statement by intentionally lying to FBI agents about a conversation with NBC newsman Tim Russert;
- perjury when he lied in court about his conversation with Russert;
- a second count of perjury when he lied in court about conversations with other reporters.