Breaking: Libby verdict in . . . to be read in court soon.
From the Matt Drudge Rules Our World Department:
CNN, MSNBC, and ABC News are all out there pushing the dishonest Hillary “drawl” story promoted by Drudge.
The canard that the canned U.S. Attorneys were not following DOJ priorities has been pretty much exploded by their testimony. David Iglesias read a letter to him from Michael Battle dated January 2006, praising him for his leadership in pursuing DOJ priorities. John McKay said much the same thing. None of them ever received any indication from DOJ that they were not following those priorities.
Wow–Cummins, McKay, and Iglesias all said that they would have opened an obstruction investigation based on the phone call to Cummins from Michael Elston, the chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty–if they were still in office, of course. The Cummins email recounting that conversation is here. Video shortly . . .
Late Update: Video here.
As I watch the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the fired U.S. Attorneys, I’m reminded of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings. I don’t think any congressional hearings have been as riveting since then, nor have any generated as much news as this one. A seminal moment.
Libby verdict should be here any minute . . .
guilty of 4 of 5 counts, CNN says.
Get out the pardon pen: Libby guilty on multiple counts.
Update: The four counts are here.
As I mentioned below, the then-chief of staff of Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) called U.S. Attorney John McKay, then the top federal law enforcement officer in Seattle, about whether there was an investigation ongoing into the 2004 Washington governor race, McKay testified today. We have the video up.
Lesson of the day: running the administration as a criminal enterprise is much harder when the opposition controls Congress.