Officials upset Libby?s sentence commuted

Maryland congressmen reacted with outrage and disappointment to President Bush?s decision to commute the 2 1/2-year prison sentence for Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney?s former aide, in his conviction for lying to federal prosecutors.

“It is very disappointing that the president has chosen to substitute his judgment for that of the trial judge,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of southern Maryland. “The president continues to demonstrate that he rejects accountability for wrongdoing in his administration.”