Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted on four of five counts against him, and a food fight has broken out between the left and right on whether or not he should be granted a Presidential pardon.
I have doubts it will get that far.
A number of the jurors who convicted Libby have virtually guaranteed that Libby will get an appeal. I predict that at least two of the convictions will be overturned; the reason why is that jurors have been expressing sympathy for Libby, saying that the convictions had nothing to do with the crime that started all of this: who outed the CIA operative?
One went on MSNBC and said "Pardon Libby."
That doesn't sound like a unanimous vote in the jury room to me. The defense will grab onto what's been said after the fact, and try to illustrate that there was confusion in that jury room.
The talk of a pardon is premature. The legal process needs time to sort all of this out.
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