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Trump Pardons Fixer Scooter Libby, Then Immediately Adds Him To Legal Team

Running out of qualified legal representation, the president first cleared then quickly hired the felon, fixer, and former D.C. lawyer

Scooter Libby, surrounded by law enforcement officials, was whisked directly to the White House on Friday after his presidential pardon. (Credit: onthenewsnow.com)

President Trump pardoned the infamous Scooter Libby on Friday for his convictions on obstruction of justice charges in 2007, then immediately added the former big-time Washington lawyer and Vice-President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff to his legal defense team.

Scooter Libby took a bullet for the evil Dick Cheney during his years in the White House, a trait Mr. Trump greatly admires. (Credit: nydailynews.com)

“As meanie Mueller continues his TOTAL WITCH HUNT against me for NO OBSTRUCTION at all, I decided to pardon a man who was badly treated in the past by a special counsel,” tweeted President Trump. “Since Mr. Libby, or Scoots as I call him, already knows a lot about obstruction, he begged me to add him to my legal team, which I graciously agreed to do. Scoots is now my lead counsel.”

I. Lewis Libby Jr., who is known as Scooter, not Scoots, was also convicted of lying to the F.B.I. and leveraging intelligence leaks at the highest levels, both issues of great concern to the…