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By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD
today
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the Justice Departments handling of the legal case of his confidant, Roger Stone.
Hes suggesting rampant bias in the departments initial recommendation to a federal court that Stone be sentenced between seven and nine years in prison, claiming that all four prosecutors are former members of special counsel Robert Muellers Russia team. Thats not true.
Trump also says the proposed sentence was put forth in secret. Hes wrong on that, too.
The presidents exaggerations came in an extraordinary week in which Justice Department leaders overruled Stones prosecutors following a tweet complaint by Trump and lowered the amount of recommended prison time. Attorney General William Barr nevertheless publicly scolded Trump, saying the presidents tweets were making it impossible for him to do his job.
Meanwhile, Trump spread a variety of distortions at a New Hampshire rally, including about the border wall and voter fraud, and still more in other venues. The release of his proposed budget prompted Democrats to wrongly accuse him of undermining Medicare.
https://apnews.com/da2b132d335daf00e292aa6c8b873940
I really wish the media would have as there headlines, either this "guy" lies and or this "guy" is dangerous and his a pathological liar..........................exaggerations is really a big word for LIAR........................so use LIAR..................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough..................unless we have to go into the streets first...............
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(16,339 posts)turbinetree
(24,701 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)verdict is allowed to be set aside of modified in any way Politically,due folks understand what the consequences could be? How about everyone convicted by a Jury of their Peers being also set aside or modified. You bet there are Lawyers just chopping at the bit,bring it baby.