Bush won't intervene now in Libby case: White House

Rostock (Germany), June 6: President George W Bush does not plan to intervene in the case of a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney while the appeals process is still under way, his spokeswoman said today.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, traveling with Bush in Europe for the Group of Eight summit, said Bush felt sorry for the family of Lewis ''Scooter'' Libby, who was sentenced to 30 months in prison for lying and obstructing an investigation related to the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.

Libby remained free pending an expected appeal.

''Given that (the appeal) and in keeping with what we have said in the past, the president has not intervened so far in any other criminal matter and he is going to decline to do so now,'' Perino said.

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