Libby's lawyers ask to dismiss perjury case

[eek]

Brazen curs!

Libby's lawyers ask to dismiss perjury case

(snip)
Since both Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former Attorney General John Ashcroft removed themselves from the investigation because of their close ties to the White House, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald reports to David Margolis, a career Justice Department lawyer.

Lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby argued that because Fitzgerald does not report to the attorney general, he should not have been appointed by a deputy at the Justice Department.

"Because he was not appointed to that office by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, he holds that authority improperly," Libby's lawyers wrote.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/pl_nm/bush_leak_dc

[waiting for hope]

1. J.F.C.....

This has been going on for years with Fitzgerald as the Special Prosecutor - it has taken this long for the brilliant legal teams out there to configure this out? Grasping, grasping....

[JDPriestly]

2. Delay tactics.

They are hoping the judge is looking for an excuse to get rid of a politically sensitive case. And hoping the Bush administration will do the Saturday Night Massacre bit.

[eek]

3. forgive my density but

what's the Saturday Night massacre bit?

is that the sneak stuff through congress AT 3AM thingie?

[JDPriestly]

4. I think it refers to an attempt by Nixon

to thwart the Watergate investigation by firing the prosecutor or attorney general.

[eek]

5. Hey -thanks

for the answer.
I especially didn't know it was an actual historical thing rather than a name for a tactic that i was too dumb to know.