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Lawyers Probe Fleischer's Immunity Deal
At the onset of the investigation, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said he told authorities that he was the source behind columnist Robert Novak's story that revealed Plame's identity and triggered the probe.
Fitzgerald has not discussed the arrangement with Armitage but said Thursday that he granted immunity to Fleischer believing only that he had "relevant information."
  I. Lewis Scooter Libby, right, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, leaves the U.S. Federal Court, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP) 
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The deal Fitzgerald made was unusual enough that Libby's defense lawyers questioned whether it could be true. They suggested that Fitzgerald got a secret summary of Fleischer's testimony _ a deal they want to discuss with jurors when Fleischer takes the stand against Libby on Monday.
Defense attorneys said they will ask U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to force Fitzgerald to reveal what Fleischer promised him. Fitzgerald told Walton that no promises were made.
"We got no specifics," he said.
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