Censuring Bush for Commuting a Traitor's Jail Sentence

Censuring Bush for Commuting a Traitor's Jail Sentence

When Congress returns from the 4th of July recess, I will file a Congressional resolution censuring President George W. Bush for his egregious and politically motivated commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence.

I strongly believe that presidential intervention in this case is an unconscionable abuse of authority by George W. Bush. This is a case of a man lying to protect the President from the consequences of an Administration that chose petty political retribution over national security. And these lies are not about some trivial personal issue. These are lies that sent America to war on false pretenses.

Scooter Libby was charged by a special prosecutor appointed by George W. Bush. Libby was found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice by a jury and was appropriately sentenced by a federal judge, also appointed by President Bush. The conviction and sentencing weren't a grave miscarriage of justice by an out-of-control liberal judiciary that had it in for the Bush Administration. The sentence was appropriate for someone who committed the serious crime of perjury to cover up lies made by this administration, lies that go to the heart of President Bush's decision to send American troops to Iraq without justification.