On my way in to work this morning, I heard part
of prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's press conference about
the verdict in the Scooter Libby trial.
I found one sentence he said to be somewhat amusing.
A while after he makes statements like
"we don't talk about anyone not on trial" and
"I'm not gonna comment on things that have not happened",
some reporter persists with questions about a
possible appeal.
Fitzgerald's response (about 40 seconds into the
"part 2"
youtube clip) was
"Out of respect for the appellate process,
we're not going to predict how three judges
who have not been selected will rule
on an appeal not yet filed
based upon arguments not yet made."
I just thought it was a nicely crafted
amusing response to that kind of persistence.
Here are youtube links to the two parts of the press conference:
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