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Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, shares a laugh with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a discussion at the conservative Hudson Institute. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump Pardons 'Scooter' Libby, Former Cheney Chief Of Staff

April 13, 2018 • Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007 in connection with the leaking of a CIA officer's identity.

President Trump Pardons 'Scooter' Libby, Former Cheney Chief Of Staff

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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 2007, Bush Commutes Scooter Libby Sentence

July 2, 2010 • On this day in 2007, President Bush commutes the 30-month prison sentence of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, who got ensnarled into the investigation of how CIA operative Valerie Plame's name was leaked.