Fitz: "If his counsel or he wish to pursue any options, they can contact us."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/is_cheney_next_.html

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"Mr. Libby is like any other defendant," Fitzgerald told a reporter outside the E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse in Washington, D.C., who asked if he’d request a reduced sentence for Libby if he gave up new details in the case. "If his counsel or he wish to pursue any options, they can contact us."

But Libby isn't like any other defendant, said Murray Waas, a journalist who has covered the investigation from its start. "He has access to a giant legal fund raised from supporters of the administration which can pay for appeals or a new trial, and he has a chance at a White House pardon. He has advantages an ordinary citizen doesn’t have."

That makes him a tough guy to squeeze, agreed William Treanor, dean of the Fordham School of Law in New York City, and a former associate independent counsel for the Iran-Contra investigation. "What he’s calculating now is the way he’s going to avoid jail, which is through a pardon," Treanor speculated. "Is the cooperation worth the risk that it would undermine the likelihood of a pardon?"

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Cooperation from Libby is virtually the only way Fitzgerald's investigation could continue. In his comments this afternoon, Fitzgerald said that the investigation was all but closed -- "we're all going back to our day jobs" -- and downplayed the possibility that his investigation might continue. "I do not expect to file any further charges," Fitzgerald said.