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Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Howie Lind for Congress
()
Date: April 21, 2014 05:18PM
Virginia State Del. Barbara Comstock (R) is seeking the GOP nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R) in Virginia's 10th District.
Comstock has occupied a variety of political roles, including lead investigator for the House Government Reform Committee in the 1990s, opposition researcher, crisis manager, and chairwoman of Scooter Libby's legal defense fund.
While chairing Scooter Libby's legal defense fund, she leaked several bits of partisan nonsense to the press, allegedly attempting to taint the jury pool.
The judge was very upset with Barbara Comstock and threatened her with a gag order.
http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/13/about-time/
Comstock has occupied a variety of political roles, including lead investigator for the House Government Reform Committee in the 1990s, opposition researcher, crisis manager, and chairwoman of Scooter Libby's legal defense fund.
While chairing Scooter Libby's legal defense fund, she leaked several bits of partisan nonsense to the press, allegedly attempting to taint the jury pool.
The judge was very upset with Barbara Comstock and threatened her with a gag order.
http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/13/about-time/
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Go Howie
()
Date: April 21, 2014 08:44PM
Barbara Comstock certainly hangs around some of the sleaziest politicos, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Jon Bolton, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, etc.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Stephen
()
Date: April 22, 2014 09:21AM
I would never vote for this person,
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Operative IX
()
Date: April 22, 2014 09:44AM
Very subtle...
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Cheny Haliburton
()
Date: April 22, 2014 09:46AM
Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage eventually admitted to being the one who pitted Plane (Dems still haven't been told that part), turns out she was right.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
in the know in Fairfax
()
Date: April 22, 2014 10:13AM
Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
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> Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage
> eventually admitted to being the one who pitted
> Plane (Dems still haven't been told that part),
> turns out she was right.
It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because Richard Armitage admitting leaking the information, doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked it.
FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements. He was acquitted of one count of making false statements, and found guilty on the rest of the charges. He was not on trial for leaking the information.
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> Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage
> eventually admitted to being the one who pitted
> Plane (Dems still haven't been told that part),
> turns out she was right.
It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because Richard Armitage admitting leaking the information, doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked it.
FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements. He was acquitted of one count of making false statements, and found guilty on the rest of the charges. He was not on trial for leaking the information.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Cheney Haliburton
()
Date: April 22, 2014 10:32AM
in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage
> > eventually admitted to being the one who pitted
> > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that part),
> > turns out she was right.
>
>
> It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because Richard
> Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked it.
>
> FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts of
> perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false
> statements. He was acquitted of one count of
> making false statements, and found guilty on the
> rest of the charges. He was not on trial for
> leaking the information.
Auto-correct on a phone...
Armitage was the one who leaked it originally. Nobody else really mattered after it was leaked to Novak and published.
He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with otherwise. And shouldn't have been after. The only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald was determined to "get" somebody associated with the administration even after he knew that it was Armitage. It was a rather petty, vindictive prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage
> > eventually admitted to being the one who pitted
> > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that part),
> > turns out she was right.
>
>
> It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because Richard
> Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked it.
>
> FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts of
> perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false
> statements. He was acquitted of one count of
> making false statements, and found guilty on the
> rest of the charges. He was not on trial for
> leaking the information.
Auto-correct on a phone...
Armitage was the one who leaked it originally. Nobody else really mattered after it was leaked to Novak and published.
He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with otherwise. And shouldn't have been after. The only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald was determined to "get" somebody associated with the administration even after he knew that it was Armitage. It was a rather petty, vindictive prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
get it together, man
()
Date: April 22, 2014 12:02PM
Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage
> > > eventually admitted to being the one who
> pitted
> > > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that
> part),
> > > turns out she was right.
> >
> >
> > It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because
> Richard
> > Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> > doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked it.
>
> >
> > FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts of
> > perjury, obstruction of justice, and making
> false
> > statements. He was acquitted of one count of
> > making false statements, and found guilty on
> the
> > rest of the charges. He was not on trial for
> > leaking the information.
>
>
> Auto-correct on a phone...
>
> Armitage was the one who leaked it originally.
This statement has never been proven. There were at least three people who leaked the information, all pretty close in the timeline to one another.
> Nobody else really mattered after it was leaked to
> Novak and published.
It was also leaked to Newsweek and the New York Times, Novak was the first to publish it.
>
> He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with
> otherwise. And shouldn't have been after. The
> only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald was
> determined to "get" somebody associated with the
> administration even after he knew that it was
> Armitage.
Again, there were at least three people who leaked the information.
Scooter Libby interfered and obstructed with the investigation, and lied under oath on several occasions.
It was a rather petty, vindictive
> prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
Say's who? Victoria Toesing, Mark Levin?
-------------------------------------------------------
> in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Given that Libby was railroaded and Armitage
> > > eventually admitted to being the one who
> pitted
> > > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that
> part),
> > > turns out she was right.
> >
> >
> > It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because
> Richard
> > Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> > doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked it.
>
> >
> > FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts of
> > perjury, obstruction of justice, and making
> false
> > statements. He was acquitted of one count of
> > making false statements, and found guilty on
> the
> > rest of the charges. He was not on trial for
> > leaking the information.
>
>
> Auto-correct on a phone...
>
> Armitage was the one who leaked it originally.
This statement has never been proven. There were at least three people who leaked the information, all pretty close in the timeline to one another.
> Nobody else really mattered after it was leaked to
> Novak and published.
It was also leaked to Newsweek and the New York Times, Novak was the first to publish it.
>
> He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with
> otherwise. And shouldn't have been after. The
> only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald was
> determined to "get" somebody associated with the
> administration even after he knew that it was
> Armitage.
Again, there were at least three people who leaked the information.
Scooter Libby interfered and obstructed with the investigation, and lied under oath on several occasions.
It was a rather petty, vindictive
> prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
Say's who? Victoria Toesing, Mark Levin?
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Hmmmmm
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:22PM
She should have, the Scooter Libby charges and trial were a travesty of justice!!!!!! He didn't do anything wrong!
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Cheney Haliburton
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:22PM
get it together, man Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Given that Libby was railroaded and
> Armitage
> > > > eventually admitted to being the one who
> > pitted
> > > > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that
> > part),
> > > > turns out she was right.
> > >
> > >
> > > It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because
> > Richard
> > > Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> > > doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked
> it.
> >
> > >
> > > FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts
> of
> > > perjury, obstruction of justice, and making
> > false
> > > statements. He was acquitted of one count of
> > > making false statements, and found guilty on
> > the
> > > rest of the charges. He was not on trial
> for
> > > leaking the information.
> >
> >
> > Auto-correct on a phone...
> >
>
>
>
> > Armitage was the one who leaked it originally.
> This statement has
> never been proven. There were at least three
> people who leaked the information, all pretty
> close in the timeline to one another.
>
> > Nobody else really mattered after it was leaked
> to
> > Novak and published.
> It was also leaked to Newsweek and
> the New York Times, Novak was the first to publish
> it.
> >
> > He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with
> > otherwise. And shouldn't have been after. The
> > only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald was
> > determined to "get" somebody associated with
> the
> > administration even after he knew that it was
> > Armitage.
> Again, there were at least three
> people who leaked the information.
> Scooter Libby interfered and
> obstructed with the investigation, and lied under
> oath on several occasions.
Based on rather minor differences in testimony some of which was subject to interpretation. e.g., whether he was instructed to reveal after the fact when it really made no difference. Even many on the other side saw Fitzgerald as being overly enthusiastic in his pursuit, particularly after the later facts came out.
>
> It was a rather petty, vindictive
> > prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
> Say's who? Victoria
> Toesing, Mark Levin?
Anyone who's objective about it. Compared to many other events/cases, a special prosecutor was overkill and never would have happened other than in the context of a hyper-partisan House there at the time. Yeah, he was wrong. But in the scheme of things his role and offenses were relatively minor. The real objective was to try to get to Cheney versus anything having to do with him or anything that he did.
In any case, the most continuing entertaining aspect of the whole deal is that most of the Cheney-haters *still* have never even heard of Armitage. lol
-------------------------------------------------------
> Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Given that Libby was railroaded and
> Armitage
> > > > eventually admitted to being the one who
> > pitted
> > > > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that
> > part),
> > > > turns out she was right.
> > >
> > >
> > > It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because
> > Richard
> > > Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> > > doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked
> it.
> >
> > >
> > > FYI, Libby was was on trial for four counts
> of
> > > perjury, obstruction of justice, and making
> > false
> > > statements. He was acquitted of one count of
> > > making false statements, and found guilty on
> > the
> > > rest of the charges. He was not on trial
> for
> > > leaking the information.
> >
> >
> > Auto-correct on a phone...
> >
>
>
>
> > Armitage was the one who leaked it originally.
> This statement has
> never been proven. There were at least three
> people who leaked the information, all pretty
> close in the timeline to one another.
>
> > Nobody else really mattered after it was leaked
> to
> > Novak and published.
> It was also leaked to Newsweek and
> the New York Times, Novak was the first to publish
> it.
> >
> > He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with
> > otherwise. And shouldn't have been after. The
> > only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald was
> > determined to "get" somebody associated with
> the
> > administration even after he knew that it was
> > Armitage.
> Again, there were at least three
> people who leaked the information.
> Scooter Libby interfered and
> obstructed with the investigation, and lied under
> oath on several occasions.
Based on rather minor differences in testimony some of which was subject to interpretation. e.g., whether he was instructed to reveal after the fact when it really made no difference. Even many on the other side saw Fitzgerald as being overly enthusiastic in his pursuit, particularly after the later facts came out.
>
> It was a rather petty, vindictive
> > prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
> Say's who? Victoria
> Toesing, Mark Levin?
Anyone who's objective about it. Compared to many other events/cases, a special prosecutor was overkill and never would have happened other than in the context of a hyper-partisan House there at the time. Yeah, he was wrong. But in the scheme of things his role and offenses were relatively minor. The real objective was to try to get to Cheney versus anything having to do with him or anything that he did.
In any case, the most continuing entertaining aspect of the whole deal is that most of the Cheney-haters *still* have never even heard of Armitage. lol
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
get it together, man
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:24PM
Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> get it together, man Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Given that Libby was railroaded and
> > Armitage
> > > > > eventually admitted to being the one who
> > > pitted
> > > > > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that
> > > part),
> > > > > turns out she was right.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because
> > > Richard
> > > > Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> > > > doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked
> > it.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > FYI, Libby was was on trial for four
> counts
> > of
> > > > perjury, obstruction of justice, and making
> > > false
> > > > statements. He was acquitted of one count
> of
> > > > making false statements, and found guilty
> on
> > > the
> > > > rest of the charges. He was not on trial
> > for
> > > > leaking the information.
> > >
> > >
> > > Auto-correct on a phone...
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Armitage was the one who leaked it
> originally.
> > This statement
> has
> > never been proven. There were at least three
> > people who leaked the information, all pretty
> > close in the timeline to one another.
> >
> > > Nobody else really mattered after it was
> leaked
> > to
> > > Novak and published.
> > It was also leaked to Newsweek
> and
> > the New York Times, Novak was the first to
> publish
> > it.
> > >
> > > He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with
> > > otherwise. And shouldn't have been after.
> The
> > > only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald
> was
> > > determined to "get" somebody associated with
> > the
> > > administration even after he knew that it was
> > > Armitage.
> > Again, there were at least three
> > people who leaked the information.
> > Scooter Libby interfered and
> > obstructed with the investigation, and lied
> under
> > oath on several occasions.
>
>
> Based on rather minor differences in testimony
> some of which was subject to interpretation. e.g.,
> whether he was instructed to reveal after the fact
> when it really made no difference. Even many on
> the other side saw Fitzgerald as being overly
> enthusiastic in his pursuit, particularly after
> the later facts came out.
>
>
> >
> > It was a rather petty, vindictive
> > > prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
> > Say's who? Victoria
> > Toesing, Mark Levin?
>
>
> Anyone who's objective about it.
Funy thing, a jurry of his peers concluded otherwise.
-------------------------------------------------------
> get it together, man Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > in the know in Fairfax Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Cheny Haliburton Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > Given that Libby was railroaded and
> > Armitage
> > > > > eventually admitted to being the one who
> > > pitted
> > > > > Plane (Dems still haven't been told that
> > > part),
> > > > > turns out she was right.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It is "Plame," not "Plane." Just because
> > > Richard
> > > > Armitage admitting leaking the information,
> > > > doesn't mean he was the only one who leaked
> > it.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > FYI, Libby was was on trial for four
> counts
> > of
> > > > perjury, obstruction of justice, and making
> > > false
> > > > statements. He was acquitted of one count
> of
> > > > making false statements, and found guilty
> on
> > > the
> > > > rest of the charges. He was not on trial
> > for
> > > > leaking the information.
> > >
> > >
> > > Auto-correct on a phone...
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Armitage was the one who leaked it
> originally.
> > This statement
> has
> > never been proven. There were at least three
> > people who leaked the information, all pretty
> > close in the timeline to one another.
> >
> > > Nobody else really mattered after it was
> leaked
> > to
> > > Novak and published.
> > It was also leaked to Newsweek
> and
> > the New York Times, Novak was the first to
> publish
> > it.
> > >
> > > He wouldn't have been on trial to begin with
> > > otherwise. And shouldn't have been after.
> The
> > > only reason that he was is that Fitzgerald
> was
> > > determined to "get" somebody associated with
> > the
> > > administration even after he knew that it was
> > > Armitage.
> > Again, there were at least three
> > people who leaked the information.
> > Scooter Libby interfered and
> > obstructed with the investigation, and lied
> under
> > oath on several occasions.
>
>
> Based on rather minor differences in testimony
> some of which was subject to interpretation. e.g.,
> whether he was instructed to reveal after the fact
> when it really made no difference. Even many on
> the other side saw Fitzgerald as being overly
> enthusiastic in his pursuit, particularly after
> the later facts came out.
>
>
> >
> > It was a rather petty, vindictive
> > > prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
> > Say's who? Victoria
> > Toesing, Mark Levin?
>
>
> Anyone who's objective about it.
Funy thing, a jurry of his peers concluded otherwise.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Good Thread
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:28PM
Wow. An actual interesting conversation between civilized individuals. Don't see that everyday around here.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Cheney Haliburton
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:30PM
get it together, man Wrote:
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>
>
> Funy thing, a jurry of his peers concluded
> otherwise.
I might have had to also if I were on a jury given how the case was presented and charged. Doesn't mean that it was the right thing to do given the circumstances.
And doesn't changes that it was a politically driven, vindictive pursuit and that most on that side of things *still* have no clue about Armitage. In fact, most have no idea what Libby even did other than he was somehow associated with Cheney so he *must* be EVIL! lol
-------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Funy thing, a jurry of his peers concluded
> otherwise.
I might have had to also if I were on a jury given how the case was presented and charged. Doesn't mean that it was the right thing to do given the circumstances.
And doesn't changes that it was a politically driven, vindictive pursuit and that most on that side of things *still* have no clue about Armitage. In fact, most have no idea what Libby even did other than he was somehow associated with Cheney so he *must* be EVIL! lol
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
slubdawg
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:37PM
as a lawyer friend of mine told me, "any prosecutor and convict a guilty man, but it takes really good porsecutor to convict an innocent man..."
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
slubdawg
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:38PM
as a lawyer friend of mine told me, "any prosecutor can convict a guilty man, but it takes really good porsecutor to convict an innocent man..."
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Big bill
()
Date: April 22, 2014 01:47PM
Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
> It was a rather petty, vindictive
> prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
Bill cliftion would understand
> It was a rather petty, vindictive
> prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
Bill cliftion would understand
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Cheney Haliburton
()
Date: April 22, 2014 02:15PM
Big bill Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
>
> > It was a rather petty, vindictive
> > prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
>
>
> Bill cliftion would understand
Although also politically motivated, there's quite a bit of a difference when it's the President who has admittedly lied directly to the public.
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> Cheney Haliburton Wrote:
>
> > It was a rather petty, vindictive
> > prosecution by almost anyone's standards.
>
>
> Bill cliftion would understand
Although also politically motivated, there's quite a bit of a difference when it's the President who has admittedly lied directly to the public.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Little bush
()
Date: April 22, 2014 03:10PM
Bush would think its ok
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Gerry bump
()
Date: September 29, 2014 08:41AM
Neo Con lackey for a traitor that outed a CIA agent because her husband was against the Iraq war.
That's the fascist Comstock is.
That's the fascist Comstock is.
Re: Flashback; Barbara Comstock tried to interfere in Scooter Libby trial. Judge threatened her with a gag order!
Posted by:
Gerry bump
()
Date: September 29, 2014 08:48AM
You want to sell your district out to a neo con lackey who managed the defense fund of a Jewish traitor whom outed a CIA agent over a political difference on the horrible Iraq war.
Go ahead give our beloved district to this soul less freak.
Go ahead give our beloved district to this soul less freak.