Members of the Libby Legal Defense Trust are BuzzFlash.com's GOP Hypocrite of the Week

July 6, 2007

The Libby Legal Defense Trust (not to be confused with the BuzzFlash.com Libby betrayal Web site, LibbyDefenseFund.com) supporters have jumped all over the Rich pardon as a "precedent" for the Libby "commutation, pardon to come" action by Bush.

Let's put aside for the moment that Rich's crimes were of the financial sort. He didn't betray the national security of the United States, as Libby (and Cheney, Bush, and Rove for that matter) did. Rich didn't obstruct a federal investigation into the outing of a CIA operative specializing in tracking the illicit sales of WMD. Let's also put aside that Rudolph Giuliani is the one who prosecuted Rich, condemned his pardon, but urged a pardon for Libby.

No, let us forget these details for the moment. What makes the Rich red herring so hypocritical is something a bit more damning.

You see, when you are a mega-wealthy guy on the lamb seeking a presidential pardon, you hire yourself a "K Street" lawyer to get to the top levels of government.

And Marc Rich had just such a powerful attorney to help seek his pardon. His name was Scooter Libby.

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