On to sentencing, Scooter!

I just got this news alert from the Wall Street Journal:

A federal jury found Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, guilty of obstruction, perjury and lying to the FBI in an investigation that originated from the leak of the identity of a CIA operative.  The jury, which was reduced to 11 jurors after one juror was dismissed after being exposed to case-related information, found Mr. Libby guilty of four of the five counts he faced.  He was found not guilty of one charge of false statements. Sentencing was set for June 5.

I will, of course, have a lot to say about the sentencing in the days ahead (and I have now created a new Libby sentencing category archive).  Let me start this discussion by reviewing some prior posts on this topic:

• Pre-conviction speculation about possible sentencing term for Libby
• An early sentencing take on the Libby trial
• Could Libby’s decision not to testify now result in an obstruction-of-justice enhancement?
• Should the Libby jury be told Scooter could be sentenced on acquitted counts?
• Sincere questions about acquitted conduct sentencing