GOP senators say Trump shouldn't weigh in on pending sentences

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Some Republican senators said on Wednesday that President Trump shouldn't weigh in on pending sentences after he publicly criticized an initial recommendation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the case of Roger Stone.

The comments come as senators are facing an onslaught of questions over DOJ's decision to lower its sentencing recommendation for Stone, a Trump associate, overriding front-line prosecutors.

"I don't like this chain of events where you have a ... proceeding, a sentencing, a recommended sentence, the president weighs in and all of the sudden Justice comes back, says 'change the deal.' I think most people would look at that and say 'hmm, that just doesn't look right.' And I think they're right," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters.

Murkowski added while she didn't "think the president should be determining what the sentences are," she also didn't expect that he would make the ultimate decision. Stone's prison sentence will be decided by an Obama-appointed federal judge.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-senators-say-trump-shouldnt-weigh-in-on-pending-sentences/ar-BBZVSUX?li=BBnb7Kz

Yeah but you guys won't do Jack Shit about it.

[guillaumeb]

1. Laughable.

Do any of these GOP politicians think that we do not all know what cowards they are?

[madaboutharry]

2. They have failed America, every single one of them.

The shame should follow them forever, like a shadow, and should be the only thing they are remembered for.

[denem]

3. Fetch the stick Lisa, fetch the stick,

now roll over and play dead.

[Faux pas]

4. Yeah sure ya betcha...

Lisa. It's better for everyone if you just slink away like a good snake

[madinmaryland]

5. Lots of "concern". Just more bullshit from them. FUCK EM.

[Lord Ludd]

6. Trump's "weigh-in" broke the scales of justice (nt)

[hatrack]

7. Please dip your concerns in battery acid, wrap them in barbed wire . . .

And fuck yourselves with them.

[Laelth]

9. Ouch! That's fierce.

And, no. I am not defending Murkowski.

-Laelth

[Takket]

8. maybe they should shut the fuck up? Just a thought

[LiberalFighter]

10. Have to wonder about Sarah Palin's "I Can See Russia from My House."

Do elected Alaska officials invite Russians over to their homes?