Grant of Executive Clemency

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Part III

The President

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Proclamation 8159--Grant of Executive Clemency

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 8159 of July 2, 2007

Grant of Executive Clemency

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

WHEREAS Lewis Libby was convicted in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia in the case
United States v. Libby, Crim. No. 05-394 (RBW), for
which a sentence of 30 months' imprisonment, 2 years'
supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and a special
assessment of $400 was imposed on June 22, 2007;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, pursuant to my powers under
Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, do hereby
commute the prison terms imposed by the sentence upon
the said Lewis Libby to expire immediately, leaving
intact and in effect the two-year term of supervised
release, with all its conditions, and all other
components of the sentence.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
second day of July, in the year of our Lord two
thousand and seven, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.