President George W. Bush has the constitutional power to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby, but will he do it?Democrats were immediately suspicious that he would, the White House was careful not to rule it out, and Intrade, an online prediction exchange on issues from politics to weather, opened a futures market on whether it would happen.
President Bush should now pledge that he will not pardon Scooter Libby," scolded Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) shortly after Libby was convicted on Tuesday of obstructing justice and lying to investigators.
Libby faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.
Democrats have cause for suspicion. One of their own, President
Bill Clinton, continues to receive flak for a pardon he handed out on his last day in office in 2001, when he granted then-fugitive Marc Rich immunity from prosecution on tax evasion charges.
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