About the Libby Pardon

Power Line regular Paul Mirengoff writes about the pardon of Cheney chief of staff Scooter Libby.

Trump made no serious attempt to address Libby’s case. He said, in essence, that he doesn’t know Libby, but heard he got a raw deal. Normally, this isn’t the stuff of pardons.

There’s a case for pardoning Libby, but Trump wasn’t interested in making it. The pardon wasn’t about Libby, and it was in Trump’s interest not to disguise this reality.

Trump is telling special counsel Mueller to do his worst, after which Trump will give those convicted a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. It is a more nuanced version of what Rush Limbaugh suggested he do a couple of days ago.