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I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr. (born August 22, 1950) is an American lawyer and former senior White House official who was convicted of four felony charges relating to the Plame affair. Libby's lawyers announced that he would seek a new trial, and, if that attempt fails, they will appeal Libby's conviction.[1][2] Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald "said he didn't expect anyone else to be charged in the case."[2][3] He noted also that he had been unable to formulate charges against anyone else in the CIA leak grand jury investigation because of the obstruction of justice by Libby.[4] Before being indicted, he was the chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, assistant to the Vice President for national security affairs, and an assistant to President George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2005.[5][6] Libby is "the highest-ranking White House official convicted in a government scandal since Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor John Poindexter in the Iran-Contra Affair."[7]