Republican Rep. Wayne Gilchrest said, “I don?t think I would have pardoned or commuted Libby at this point. For me, there are a just a million questions about the war” and the run-up to the ...

President George W. Bush later commuted Libby's 30-month prison sentence, but didn't issue a pardon despite intense pressure from Cheney. No one was ever charged for the leak.

Having commuted Libby’s sentence to 30 months in jail (but not his $250,000 fine), the president has no special obligation to follow up now with a full pardon before he leaves office next Tuesday.

Yesterday evening they learned, along with the rest of us, that the president has commuted Libby's 30-month sentence and the vice president's former chief of staff won't be going to jail for lying.

Mr. Bush abruptly commuted Libby’s prison sentence – an unusual step, given that it had not yet begun – five hours after a federal appeals court panel ruled that Libby could not delay his prison term.

WASHINGTON — President Bush granted pardons yesterday to carjackers, drug dealers, a moonshiner, and an election-laws violator but not to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, his vice president’s former top aide ...

Bush earlier commuted Libby's 2-1/2-year prison sentence but before leaving office in January, Bush refused to give Libby an outright pardon.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers exhorted President Bush Monday to allow top aides to explain to Congress why Bush commuted I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's prison sentence.

Libby, who served as Cheney's chief of staff, was convicted in 2007 of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to FBI investigators. No one, however, was charged for the leak.

President George W. Bush later commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence, but didn’t issue a pardon, despite intense pressure from Cheney.

Valerie Wilson's outing led to a long criminal investigation, which resulted in the conviction of Cheney's top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for perjury and obstruction of justice.

Bush earlier commuted Libby's 2-1/2-year prison sentence but before leaving office in January, Bush refused to give Libby an outright pardon. Cheney said Libby had been unjustly accused and ...