WASHINGTON - Jurors reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter"Libby, a former White House aide accused of lying and obstructing an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.

The verdict will be read at 12 noon ET in the courtroom where jurors heard 19 witnesses during the five-week trial in the perjury and obstruction trial of Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.

The verdict came on the 10th day of deliberations by a panel of seven women and four men. The announcement was made by Randall Samborn, a spokesman for special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.

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