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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:03 PM Jun 2020

Trump Signals Roger Stone Pardon: 'He Can Sleep Well at Night!'

With Roger Stone’s report to prison date arriving soon, President Trump took to Twitter on Thursday and strongly suggested he’d pardon his longtime advisor.

In response to a tweet from right-wing activist Charlie Kirk that decried Stone’s sentence as an injustice, Trump wrote, “No. Roger was a victim of a corrupt and illegal Witch Hunt, one which will go down as the greatest political crime in history. He can sleep well at night!”


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Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison in February for lying to Congress under oath, threatening a witness and obstruction of justice in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Prosecutors asked for Stone to receive between seven to nine years in prison but in a controversial move, Attorney General Bill Barr stepped in and recommend a more lenient prison sentence.

Trump has hinted several times that a Stone pardon might be forthcoming, but Thursday’s tweet seems to be an outright proclamation that his friend will not spend a day behind bars.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-signals-roger-stone-pardon-he-can-sleep-well-1010222/
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Trump Signals Roger Stone Pardon: 'He Can Sleep Well at Night!' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Oh please. Then the state can come after him for the crimes. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #1
There he is, our "law and order" president EarlG Jun 2020 #2
fuck off Rump Celerity Jun 2020 #3

EarlG

(21,894 posts)
2. There he is, our "law and order" president
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:09 PM
Jun 2020

“Go ahead friends, commit as many crimes as you like! When the president’s buddies do it, that means it’s not illegal!”

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