At the time Libby committed the underlying acts, he was a special assistant to the President George W. Bush, but had been chief of staff for then Vice President Cheney. After he was convicted, W. commuted the sentence. Libby did not serve any time in jail.

Joe Wilson, husband of the aforementioned, was interviewed on July 2, 2007, for his take on the commutation, to which he made three quote-worthy statements, “There is nothing this administration does that shocks me anymore – it is corrupt from top to bottom…American citizens were outraged that the president of the United States would short circuit the rule of law and the system of justice…We know in America the difference between right and wrong, even if this administration doesn’t.”

Note the distinction between a pardon and a commutation. A pardon removes the entirety of the conviction, where the commutation only removes the sentence.

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