Scooter Libby
| Scooter Libby | |
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| Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States | |
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In office January 20, 2001 – November 1, 2005 |
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| Vice President | Dick Cheney |
| Preceded by | Charles Burson |
| Succeeded by | David Addington |
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| Born |
Irve Lewis Libby August 22, 1950 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Grant (2 children) |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (B.A.) Columbia Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby (born August 22, 1950; first name generally given as Irv, Irve or Irving) is an American lawyer and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney.
From 2001 to 2005, Libby held the offices of Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs and Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States and Assistant to the President during the administration of President George W. Bush.
In October 2005, Libby was indicted by a federal grand jury concerning the investigation of the leak of the covert identity of Central Intelligence Agency officer Valerie Plame Wilson. Plame's position at the CIA was considered classified information. Libby was indicted on five counts relating to the Plame affair: Two counts of perjury, two counts of making false statements to federal investigators, and one count of obstruction of justice. Libby resigned all three government positions immediately after the indictment was announced.
In the subsequent federal trial, United States v. Libby, the jury convicted Libby on four of the five counts in the indictment (one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and one count of making false statements) and acquitted on the second count of making false statements. The day after his conviction in that trial, he resigned his later appointment as senior advisor at the Hudson Institute (January 1, 2006 – March 7, 2007).
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