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Scooter Libby: Statement Of Senator Tom Harkin On Bush's Commutation Of Scooter Libby's Sentence

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By admin - Posted on July 3rd, 2007
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July 2, 2007 -- “We have known for a long time that this Administration has contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law, but today’s action by the President to intervene to save a high-ranking member of his Administration – who was found by a jury to have broken the law and obstructed justice, on behalf of the Vice President – is a new low.

It shows that this President believes there is one set of rules for his friends, and another set for everyone else.

“The actions of Scooter Libby that led to this conviction were undertaken to attack critics who dared to speak the truth about the Administration’s lies to build the case for the war in Iraq. With his decision today, the President has shown that he stands squarely behind those actions.

“The American people believe that government officials should be held to a higher standard. President Bush believes that his cronies should be held to no standard at all.”

Source: Senator Tom Harkin