Cheney won’t testify.
By on Feb 13th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Cheney won’t testify.
Reversing course, attorneys for former White House aide Scooter Libby say they no longer plan to call Vice President Dick Cheney to testify in the CIA leak trial. The AP reports, “Defense attorney Theodore Wells said he advised Cheney’s lawyer over lunch that his testimony would not be needed. Wells also said he planned to rest his case without calling Libby.”
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I said it a long time ago, the Shooter ain’t gonna go to court.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:48 pmSurprise, surprise. Darth Cheney just Force choked and sent one lawyer into the airlock and they all backed down.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:50 pmLoyalty. Honor. Commitment. Real good freind ya got ther Mr. Libby. Remember that when your cell mate says you have a pretty mouth.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:51 pmThe people need to call for his immediate resignation. Clearly, this thug believes that he is above the law. What a swine.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pmSo can the prosecution call him as a witness?
February 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pmPerhaps this is not the venue for his dismissal then….perhaps the Congress needs to open a new investigation and indictment for what we’ve learned concerning the intense & intimate involvement of this Veep and this act of “treason”.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pmTheodore got that special call in the middle of the night………….
February 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pm#5 Hopefully – and that might clearly be the plan.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pmDamn jedi mind tricks work every time!
February 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pmI should think that with the new information regarding his intimate and concerted involvement in the Plame affair, they have reason to all him to the stand.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pmI think Cheny does not want to appear before any courts right now. It might set a precedent. What has come out of this trial ist that Cheny is guilty as sin. I see him not testifiying as a sign of weakness and fear. We’re backing him into a corner.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:00 pmThere’s a good possibility that Deadeye is circling his wagons….Scooter will go down like the pawn he is, screaming and kicking, and singing like a canary.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:03 pmWatch for a new grand jury to be empaneled.
Fitzgerald has done his job well, and I believe has prepared the ground work for a case that will send Dickee on a self renditioned tour of another continent.
This is wise, by removing the criminal from behind the throne, George Dubious will be left standing alone, and revealed for the incompetent boob that he is.
Soon enough we’ll see him crying on the House floor………
SKdeA,
The prosecution has already rested their case in chief. Cheney could only be called by the prosecution after the defense rests and the questions posed to him would be limited to trying to refute or rebut something that a defense witness has said.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:05 pmCheney isn’t going to go under oath if he can avoid it, then he might have to commit perjury, and since perjury is an impeachable offense…
February 13th, 2007 at 3:05 pm“The Pardon (fix)” is in…
February 13th, 2007 at 3:06 pmDid anybody really think a guy who weasled five deferements, slid unscathed through the Nixon/Ford cabal, served in the Reagan shadow government, parlayed a CEO position for one of the world’s biggest defense contractors (after serving as sec. of def.), hand picked himself to be vice president, chairs a secret commitee to subvert environmental laws for his friends in oil & gas, then shoots some poor SOB point blank in the face with a shotgun would ever testify about anything he’s done as a “public servant”? This idiot has never had to answer for anything in his charmed life. If there was ever any true justice, Darth Cheney would have his nuts ripped off with a plastic fork while being waterboarded…
February 13th, 2007 at 3:10 pmDamn, I was so looking forward to a “You can’t handle the truth” moment.
Theresa
February 13th, 2007 at 3:10 pmRaven #12
Fingers and toes crossed.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:11 pmDamn, I was hoping to see Dick have a “I’d take the 5th” moment. Or maybe go off and shoot someone in the face. What a ringing endorsement for Scooter…..Dick Cheney: Profile in Courage
February 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pmI my mind the prosecution didn’t need Dick to be questioned to make their case in the perjury trial and in that case they didn’t want to risk there being a fight about a sitting VP being called as a witness and have that be dragged out. Fitz is and will hopefully continue to fight his battles when and where necessary. This perjury trial revealed a lot and more should happen…..at a trial’s pace of course.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pmOnce a chickenhawk, always a chickenhawk!
February 13th, 2007 at 3:25 pmDarth is in the corner now and he’s as guilty as in in the treasonous outing of a covert CIA operative and now the people have evidence of his involvement. A new grand jury will be convened by treason against Cheney. Scooter’s perjury charge will stand and he will be convicted by his own testimony. The only thing Tricky Dickhead could do, as a man with integrity (but we already know that he has none) would be to fess up that he was the “mastermind” behind the entire scheme and ordered his employee (underling) to do his dirtywork. And, just like a hired hitman….who goes down for his crime, the one employing him ALSO IS GUILTY and goes straight to jail. Dickhead knows this and there’s enough testimony out there to indict him. But this is Scooter’s perjury trial and not Dickhead’s Treason trial – stay tuned for that coming to your television screens soon. If Fitz does his job (and I have every reason to believe that he will especially now that he’s been ousted from the WH without explanation) the next grand jury will convene in the treason trial of Dick Cheney. Then watch Dicky cry his fool eyes out and watch Dubya dump in his drawers! Can’t wait….RFT&S (rubbing fingers together & salivating).
February 13th, 2007 at 3:31 pmI think I hear Dickhead’s heart racing….he’s running for cover….either that or a fatal heart attack this time. His time is running out and he’s overdue for it.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmOnce a chickenhawk, always a chickenhawk!
Comment by powkat
So this is Dick’s….sixth deferment?
February 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmOff topic, perhaps only slightly…
February 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pmOn the BBC site, you can see the portrait of the new top Iraqi commander, Lt. Gen. Gambar, as he gets ready to extend the curfew in Bagdhad, and close the borders with Iran and Syria.
Now does that look like the future supreme leader of Iraq, or what?
All Chainee needs to do is send the Ohio republican party over there with some Diebold machines, get him elected, and voila!
G.Dubious gets his democratic Iraq!
The Defense rested without calling Cheney because they know that he will perjure himself in his testimony. These guys actually have lied so much that they’ve lost total sight of the truth, what they said to whom, and when. That’s the folly of the pathological liar.
When any Defense “rests” without calling their people to the stand, it’s as good as an overt admission of guilt. Hope Scooter looks good in orange jumpsuits. I do feel sorry for his 4 kids that they were spawned by a power-hungry, demented, sycophant who traded his soul to the devil and ended up in prison for a very long time.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:36 pm23
February 13th, 2007 at 3:37 pmbut is there any sign Fitzgerald is going to bring charges against cheney after this case?
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February 13th, 2007 at 3:38 pmBoo hoo. The radical left won’t get their wish. Now, hopefully we can end this left-wing witch hunt once and for all.
Joe Wilson should be called to testify. Why is he the only person in the world who thinks he was on a secret mission from Cheney??
On the off chance Democrats do get the White House back in 2008, I will remember this case when we assault the rights of YOUR President. You people are disgusting.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pmbut is there any sign Fitzgerald is going to bring charges against cheney after this case?
Comment by karlX — February 13, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
Only Congress can indict (impeachment) a sitting vice-president.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:45 pmDid anybody really think a guy who weasled five deferements, slid unscathed through the Nixon/Ford cabal, served in the Reagan shadow government, parlayed a CEO position for one of the world’s biggest defense contractors (after serving as sec. of def.), hand picked himself to be vice president, chairs a secret commitee to subvert environmental laws for his friends in oil & gas, then shoots some poor SOB point blank in the face with a shotgun would ever testify about anything he’s done as a “public servant� This idiot has never had to answer for anything in his charmed life. If there was ever any true justice, Darth Cheney would have his nuts ripped off with a plastic fork while being waterboarded…
Comment by hwy61
I certainly didn’t, and I love the ending of your story.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:51 pmbut is there any sign Fitzgerald is going to bring charges against cheney after this case?
Comment by karlX — February 13, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
Only Congress can indict (impeachment) a sitting vice-president.
Comment by Nat — February 13, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
Wait a minute. I just found this:
“Precedent exists to indict a Vice President.
Vice President Aaron Burr was subject to indictments in two states while still in office. Burr stayed out of those two states to avoid prosecution.”
February 13th, 2007 at 3:52 pmI love conspiracies.
My new one: A pardon is already in order. Why else would Wells and the other defense lawyers keep bringing journalists up to say that Libby never told them about Plame? The issue in this trial isn’t the disclosure but his lies to the Grand Jury.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:52 pmJoe Wilson should be called to testify. Why is he the only person in the world who thinks he was on a secret mission from Cheney??
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — February 13, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Who cares.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:53 pm#29…
February 13th, 2007 at 3:53 pmWith any grace at all, neither the radical-left nor radical-right will get their wishes.
I instead we will have the will of the majority enabled. Which generally tends to be a moderate view.
And, oh, Presidents don’t have any more “rights” than any other citizen.
They may have a few more privileges allowed, that they may fulfill their responsibilities as public servants to the people.
And, by the way, LHT, the moment you preface a statement with “you people”, you betray your sociopathy……….
(aww, don’t mention it….)
Boo hoo. The radical left won’t get their wish. Now, hopefully we can end this left-wing witch hunt once and for all.
Comment by I Heart Terrorists — February 13, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Yes, when an administrative official publicly outs a CIA operative agent because of political criticism, and there’s an investigation, that, of course is a witch hunt.
When a president gets a lil hummer from a flirtatious intern, and then decries on record as saying “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” (sexual relation defined as penetration per Paula Jones case), well by gawd, we need to waste millions upon millions of taxpayers dollars for an impeachment hearing!
Nope, nothing hypocritcal there!
Why is he the only person in the world who thinks he was on a secret mission from Cheney??
Wow, and to think this was about Valerie Plame and the CIA (her undercover mission) being outed as political punishment
On the off chance Democrats do get the White House back in 2008, I will remember this case when we assault the rights of YOUR President. You people are disgusting.
On the great chance that a Democratic candidate gets elected to the White House in 2008, I will disgustingly remember how George Dubya assaulted all our rights as citizens since 9/11, and nothing was done!!!
February 13th, 2007 at 3:55 pmYou really have no basis for arguments, do ya, little one?
Tell Rush I said “hi”
Cheney may have to wait for another lifetime to pay back his Karmic debt. He could come back as an old Lawyer getting shot in the face.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:55 pmSo can the prosecution call him as a witness?
Comment by SKdeA
Useless at this point. They obviously don’t need him. Heh.
Bye, Scooter.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:57 pmOnce the lies have been piled up so deep, the truth is no longer an option.
February 13th, 2007 at 3:58 pmSorry #29, it is post #30 I was rejoindering, posted by the libelous heartsick terrorist…
February 13th, 2007 at 4:01 pm#36 – finally, an honest liberal. It’s fine to attack the President – even if you have to lie, but how dare the Administration point out the obvious.!!! Such transparent hypocrisy.
In the end, you won’t get what you want. Libby is to Cheney as Syd Blumenthal is to Clinton. No one except for the far left will even remember him in two years.
But if a Democrat wins in 2008, we will use the same McCarthy tactics you people have used except one difference – we’ll get impeachment.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:02 pm#36 – finally, an honest liberal. It’s fine to attack the President – even if you have to lie, but how dare the Administration point out the obvious.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:07 pmComment by I Really, Really, Heart Terrorists — February 13, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
Can you please explain further, as this sentence makes absolutely no sense, like all of your posts!
But if a Democrat wins in 2008, we will use the same McCarthy tactics you people have used except one difference – we’ll get impeachment.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists
Always nice to plan ahead. Have you already decided on grounds, and collected the evidence?
Wanking loser.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:08 pmIf a Democrat wins in ‘08 I sure hope he/she enjoys all those new powers that the executive branch now apparently enjoys! Could be fun!
February 13th, 2007 at 4:09 pmNotice how all the trolls ignore the underfunding of the VA, but pounce on this article? Hmmm. I wonder why?
I guess because neo-cons HATE AMERICA!
February 13th, 2007 at 4:09 pmIf the idea of impeachment wasn’t abused with Clinton, it would be on the table now. But the professional who now have taken both houses don’t want to trivialize impeachment.
Now discuss.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:10 pmIt is a shame we all have to cross our fingers, hope, wonder and wait when WE ALL KNOW this bastard is guilty as sin of one of the most horrific crimes.
Where is the justice?
February 13th, 2007 at 4:13 pmThe Right hounded Pres. Clinton to “get back” at the Democorats for pushing the criminal Pres. Nixon out of office.
Now they BMW (b!*@# moan and wail) about people expecting Pres. Bush to ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTIONS!
Well, I guess when the neo-cons sold out the Republican values for big-government, anti-Constitution, pro-corporations, anti-civil-rights stances, they gave up their souls as well.
Only someone who hates America can support neo-con postions
February 13th, 2007 at 4:13 pmCheney won’t testify.
Of course he won’t.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:14 pmThey hold court in the daytime, Darth Cheney would burst into flames.
Liberals Heart Terrorists
Boo hoo is right fool. Libby has been hung out to dry by his rotten masters.
Keep repeating the same old lies from before you losers lost the House and the Senate. Lies that have been debunked by the testimony in this very trial. Keep repeating the lies over and over again if it makes you feel better.
I would ask how Scooter Libbys perjury trial is an assault on the presidents rights but what’s the use. Your a liar and a fool.
Blame Clinton, blame Joe Wilson, Blame the libs, blame the Dems, blame whoever you want.
Nobody’s listening anymore because your a Liar and a fool.
BOO HOO is right.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:14 pmBut if a Democrat wins in 2008, we will use the same McCarthy tactics you people have used except one difference – we’ll get impeachment.
—– Liberals Heart Terrorists
Thanks for admitting Republicans are lowlife scum.
McCarthy was a Republican by the way
I did find an error in your sentence:
But if a Democrat wins in 2008, we will use the same McCarthy tactics, instead of the truth you people have used, except one difference – we’ll get impeachment.
Thats better.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:18 pmLi’l fish, there goes big fish.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pmno way was darth gonna testify…
February 13th, 2007 at 4:27 pmand guilty people are not put on the stand…
.
#36 – finally, an honest liberal. It’s fine to attack the President – even if you have to lie, but how dare the Administration point out the obvious.!!! Such transparent hypocrisy.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — February 13, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
It doesn’t matter if Cheney sent him, his wife sent him or the dogcatcher sent him. Wilson proved the administration was lying about the uranium claim to start a war w/ Iraq.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:30 pmIn the end, you won’t get what you want. Libby is to Cheney as Syd Blumenthal is to Clinton. No one except for the far left will even remember him in two years.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — February 13, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
Why? Do you think Bush will pardoned him?
February 13th, 2007 at 4:34 pmNo one except for the far left will even remember him in two years.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists
Yeah, you neocons do have very short memories, that’s for sure.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:38 pmCheney won’t testify.
They couldn’t find an asbestos Bible for him to put his cloven hoof on.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:48 pm#30 Liberals Heart Terrorists
Joe Wilson should be called to testify. Why is he the only person in the world who thinks he was on a secret mission from Cheney??
Facts wrong and clueless about the reason for the trial. How typical of you.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:50 pmMotherF*er! I guess we’ll just have to get the old bastard on some other technicality. I’m sure there must be SOME another way to get his old “ticker” skipping some beats.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:58 pmOf course Cheney won’t testify…he can’t be sworn in. Contact with holy stuff makes him blister up. ^_^
February 13th, 2007 at 5:13 pmThere is still a possibility that Scooter cuts a deal for some testimony in another trial. If it happens, I would expect it to come just before the case goes to the jury.
Also, there is still a civil case. The Wilsons have a lot of interesting and potentially valuable information that may be used as evidence in a civil trial.
And, even a sitting President or Vice President can be compelled to testify in a civil trial.
February 13th, 2007 at 5:32 pmOf course he won’t testify. He’d wind up perjoring himself and renditioned to the Hague. There must be a few honest judges and bailiffs left in the world!
February 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pmCheney, Libby not testifyfing, court told
February 13th, 2007 at 6:05 pmhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/90360638/index.html
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/90360638/index.html
February 13th, 2007 at 6:09 pmTheodore got that special call in the middle of the night………….
Comment by Raven
That’s what friken’ happened.
February 13th, 2007 at 7:38 pmTorticola Cheney won’t testify because Libby’s shysters are afraid Cheney might get grilled by the prosecutor and incriminate himself, thereby setting into motion a chain of events that would make Watergate look like a Flea Circus. What a show that would be!
February 13th, 2007 at 8:57 pmI don’t understand the anger at Cheney. He was listed as a DEFENSE WITNESS! The defense decided not to call Him, not Fitz. Cheney had no call in the matter.
February 13th, 2007 at 10:54 pmMore likely Cheney told them he won’t testify after hearing how it’s going, and they are working around that.
Take one for the team, Libby. Take one for the team.
Too bad it won’t work. I look forward to future Fitzgerald prosecutions of these criminals…
February 14th, 2007 at 12:02 pm