Former aide to Cheney disbarred after conviction
by Owen Weldon.
The former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was stripped of his ability of his ability to practice law because of the results of his conviction in the CIA leak case.
On Thursday Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was once the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, lost the power to practice law as a result of his conviction in the CIA leak case.
Last
year Libby was found guilty of obstruction of justice and lying and those crimes involve moral turpitude that under the law require disbarment.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeal previously suspended Libby from practicing law in Washington. President Bush, last July, commuted Libby's 2-1/2-year prison sentence and that enraged democrat and they accused Bush of abusing his power.
Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into who blew the cover of CIA officer Valerie Plame by a federal jury in Washington. Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had criticized the Iraq war.
Libby was not charged with with leaking Plame's identity to the news media but Plame said that the unmasking wrecked her career and she said that it was retaliation after her husband accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence to build its case for the Iraq war.
Libby's disbarment was recommended by The local Board on Professional Responsibility. The local board said that Libby has not opposed his disbarment.
Former aide to Cheney disbarred after conviction
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