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Harriet Libby is an American lawyer best known as the wife of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, a former high-ranking official in the George W. Bush administration who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. The couple married in 1977 and have two children together, maintaining a relatively low public profile amid her husband's prominent career in law, government, and politics. Harriet has supported her spouse's professional endeavors, which included roles in the Reagan and Bush administrations, as well as his work as a novelist and defense attorney. While details of her own legal career are limited in public records, she is recognized as an attorney who has prioritized family life over personal publicity. The Libbys have resided primarily in the Washington, D.C. area, where they navigated the challenges of her husband's 2007 conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case—later pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2018 and fully pardoned by President Joe Biden in 2022—while keeping their personal affairs private.