President Donald Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis "Sco...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump's pardon of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney (all times local):

President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. "Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life.” pic.twitter.com/aGQBubk2Cz — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 13, 2018

President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney.White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement Friday that Trump has issued the pardon.Libby is Cheney's former chief of staff. Lewis Libby Jr. known as ‘Scooter’ was convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements stemming from an investigation into the leaking of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, in 2007. He was convicted of lying to investigators and obstruction of justice following the 2003 leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame.President George W. Bush later commuted Libby's 30-month prison sentence, but didn't issue a pardon despite intense pressure from Cheney. Despite hopes that the investigation would lead to key White House staffers like Karl Rove or even Cheney himself, no one was ever charged with leaking Plame’s identity. No one was ever charged with the leak.Trump says in the statement that he does not know Libby, but "for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life," according to a statement issued by White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders announcing the pardon.
U.S. President Donald Trump pardons former Vice-President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was convicted of lying about leaks to the media.