Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald (search) had an indictment in his hand Friday morning, which would bring the first official charges in the ongoing investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity more than two years ago.
Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig told FOX News that Fitzgerald was set to present the charge against Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, later Friday morning.
The indictment was expected to charge Libby with a felony for making false statements to mislead the grand jury.
The charge is based on the assertion that Libby was not up front with the grand jury about when he first learned the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame, sources told FOX News on Friday. Libby had first told the grand jury that he learned her identity from reporters, but his own notes later showed he learned her identity from Cheney.
Karl Rove, President Bush's top political aide, would be spared from criminal charges Friday, but the possibility he would later be charged remained open.
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