Judge waits to deicde Libby delay request

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Judge waits to deicde Libby delay request
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A federal judge plans to wait until late August to decide whether to delay former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's trial on perjury and obstruction charges in the CIA leak investigation.

Libby's lead attorney, Theodore V. Wells Jr., asked for the trial, now scheduled to begin Jan. 8, to be rescheduled for Feb. 12. Wells said he is worried that he won't be done with an unrelated trial, set to begin in September in California.

In an order Friday, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said he will wait to rule on the request until the judge in the California case holds a status conference Aug. 31 and sets a trial schedule.

Meantime, Walton ordered lawyers in the Libby case to keep their calendars open for the trial to begin between Jan. 8 and Feb. 12 and the four to five weeks following each of those dates.