Entered into the database on Sunday, October 30th, 2005 @ 22:10:36 MST
Judge assigned to Libby case has links to Republican Right. US District Judge
for DC Reggie Walton has been assigned the Lewis Libby case. It is noteworthy
to point out Walton's past and current links to the Republican Right and to elements
in the Bush administration who have covered up important details about 911. Walton
was appointed to the DC Superior Court in 1981 by Ronald Reagan. In 1989, he was
appointed by George H. W. Bush as the deputy drug czar under Bill Bennett. Walton
was reappointed to the DC Superior Court by the senior Bush. George W. Bush nominated
Walton to the US District Court for DC in 2001. Walton was the judge who, under
pressure from the Justice Department, placed a gag order on former FBI translator
and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds and cleared his courtroom of the public and media
in Edmonds' hearing in her case against the FBI. Edmonds brought to light important
information about how the FBI failed to translate important wiretap intercepts
before and after 911.
Judge Reggie Walton assigned to Libby case: Recusal of judge appointed
to the bench by two Bush presidents should have been sought by prosecutor