Why Trump Just Pardoned Scooter Libby

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Trump didn’t do this out of the kindness of his heart. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Maz Jobrani, and Bill Press, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. http://www.tytnetwork.com/join • Tell us what you think in the comment section below. • Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/... • We should have seen this coming. • More than a decade ago, I. Lewis Libby—a.k.a. Scooter—was convicted in federal court of lying to a grand jury and to the FBI and of obstructing justice. Libby had been chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the leading architects of the US invasion of Iraq, which the Bush-Cheney administration sold to the public with false and hyperbolic claims regarding Saddam Hussein’s (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction programs and his (nonexistent) alliance with al Qaeda. President Donald Trump pardoned Libby on Friday. • There was no pressing reason for Trump to revive this matter. “I don’t know Mr. Libby, but for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly,” the president said in a statement. That was hardly a rousing explanation. But there is this: Libby was prosecuted by US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who had been appointed as special counsel in 2003 by a deputy attorney general named…James Comey. Whatever Trump’s intent, the Libby pardon was a raised middle-finger to the fellow who has just compared Trump to a Mafia chieftain. It also sent a troubling signal that this president is not offended by those who stonewall the FBI and special counsels. Get the picture?”* • Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Maz Jobrani, Bill Press • Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Maz Jobrani, Bill Press • *** • The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE STREAMING weekdays 6-8pm ET. https://goo.gl/tJpj1m • Subscribe to The Young Turks on YouTube: https://goo.gl/a3JY9i • Like The Young Turks on Facebook: https://goo.gl/txrhrh • Follow The Young Turks on Twitter: https://goo.gl/w6ahdV • Buy TYT Merch: https://goo.gl/KVysaM • Download audio and video of the full two hour show on-demand + the members-only post game show by becoming a member at https://goo.gl/v8E64M. Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. • Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. A young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations.(American Heritage Dictionary)

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