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Libby jurors stumble on one charge
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published March 1, 2007
WASHINGTON - The first question from jurors at the perjury trial of ex-White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby prompted a lot of head-scratching Wednesday but shed little light on their progress. The jury, now down to seven women and four men, stumbled briefly over legal language in one of the five counts against the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney but resolved the issue quickly and continued deliberating. They went home Wednesday evening without a verdict. They got the case at midday on Feb. 21. The jurors had sent a note to the judge late Tuesday seeking clarification on the charge that Libby lied to the FBI about his conversation with Time magazine's Matthew Cooper. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton and nearly a score of defense lawyers and prosecutors spent Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning puzzling over what the jurors were asking and how to respond. Walton remained uncertain, so he asked the jurors late Wednesday morning to clarify their question. By that time, the jurors had resolved their difficulty on their own and moved on. Libby is accused of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI and a grand jury in 2003 about how he learned the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame and what he said to reporters about her.
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