Deserving of a little diary. Scooter Libby’s trial is now underway.
For the best live blogging from the court room, EmptyWheel is posting over at Firedoglake
This morning the jury heard Fitzgerald’s Opening Statement followed by Ted Wells, Scooter Libby’s Attorney.
In my view, Wells dropped a bombshell: It’s posted by Emptywheel best there’s and, at The Corner here’s how it’s reported
LIBBY ATTACKS ROVE AND THE WHITE HOUSE
A dramatic split inside the Bush White House is coming to light on the first day of the Lewis Libby trial. At this moment, defense lawyer Ted Wells is making an impassioned opening argument, and much of it is a hard-edged attack on Libby’s former White House colleague Karl Rove.
“There will be some people at the White House — at the White House, not the office of the vice president — who you will learn may have pushed reporters to write stories about Mrs. Wilson,” Wells said. “There may be people at the State Department who pushed reporters to write stories about Mrs. Wilson. But Scooter Libby did not push any reporter to write a story about Mrs. Wilson. Yet the man who pushed no one is sitting here in this courtroom.”
“Wells told the jury that the White House went all out to defend Rove against accusations he revealed Mrs. Wilson’s identity, but did not protect Libby in the same way, leading Libby to suspect that he was being singled out for blame in the matter. “[Mr. Libby] was concerned about being the scapegoat,” Wells said. “Mr. Libby said to the vice president, ‘People in the White House are trying to set me up, people in the White House are trying to make me a scapegoat.’ People in the White House are trying to protect a man named Karl Rove, the president’s right-hand man,” Wells said.[.]
(emphasis added)
It’s gonna be interesting when Cheney testifies on that note he wrote..And Fitzergald said Libby lied.
Go read for yourself….
Who woulda thought? A well kept secret..a split in the White House..that’s now seeing the light of day.
Update [2007-1-23 18:21:25 by idredit]: Fireworks indeed: Cheney ‘Deeply Involved’ Watch the video via Thinkprogress. Turns out that note Cheney wrote, Libby destroyed the evidence prior to testifying.
Any tailors in the house? Who will volunteer to make Libby’s jumpsuit?