(Washington, DC)  Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton offered the following statement today in response to the conviction of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby for obstruction, perjury, and lying to the FBI in an investigation involving the leak of a CIA operative’s identity:

“This prosecution and conviction are about protecting the integrity of the investigative process.  It seems that Libby lied because he was concerned about the political consequences of telling the truth.  No one, especially public officials, can be allowed to obstruct justice by lying under oath to grand juries and federal investigators.  Despite what the Clintons and their supporters would have us all believe, obstruction of justice and lying to a federal grand jury are serious crimes which deserve to be prosecuted.
 
"The jury seems to have come to a just conclusion in a difficult case."

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