Lawrence O’Donnell and Rachel Maddow discuss Roger Stone’s comment that he deserved commutation because he didn’t “turn” on Donald Trump, and the decline of the rule of law in the Trump era. Aired on 7/10/2020.
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Lawrence And Rachel On Trump's Commutation Of Roger Stone | The Last Word | MSNBC
Can you imagine if the entire population of West Valley City, Utah were to disappear in four months?
July 11, 2020: USA has most CONFIRMED, Covid-19 deaths of any country; 136 671.
USA has 9th highest deaths per capita at 413 per million. World average is 72.2 deaths per million.
My modelling forecasts 563 000 US, Covid-19 fatalities by election day.
I pray you are wrong but I’m sure it will be over 300,000 since today (7/11/2020) it has reached 137,211 and the day is not over.
You silly clown….I have not found any statistics on the coronavirus to be reliable…. Hospitals are lining their pockets declaring every death that they can to be a coronavirus death. “Doctor” ” gunshot to the head” “test for coronavirus” ” we want all expenses easily covered”. Many doctors are feeling pressured to list every death coronavirus affiliated.
@David Rodgers I have found people beginning comments with an insult, usually have nothing to offer to the discussion.
What you are presenting are conspiratorial anecdotes. You say yourself, you do not believe data. You ‘have not found any statistics to be reliable’? You mean you choose to ignore them? So that you can keep supporting your bias.
@Leo I hope I’m wrong too.
Uh, America is the only country testing and showing real numbers…do you really believe China numbers, if so why did they order 1 million body bags from foreign countries. Learn real facts before you speak.
Trump- A man for all Treasons
NOTHING WILL CHANGE IN AMERICA AS LONG AS MOSCOW MITCH HAS POWER IN THE SENATE
Obama commuted the sentences of over 400 people – and according to Wikipedia – he issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined. He commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, convicted of stealing sensitive government secrets and giving them to Wikileaks! He also commuted the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, an FALN member, the group responsibile for setting over 100 bombs for Puerto Rico independence!!!!!
That can be solved in either 2 ways elect another senator to take his place or BETTER YET flip the Senate. Best is to have 67 Democrats in the senate. MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT AND VOTE.
@Okkie Trooy DITTO
Where is your hero Adam Schiff.
Lol, your delusional
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth..
Steve Bannon’s contacts with Stone during the 2016 campaign was one of the featured parts of Stone’s trial..
“I think we did, yes,” said Bannon, when asked during Stone’s trial whether the Trump campaign viewed Stone as its “access point” to WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
Stone’s denials of having any contact with WikiLeaks were obliterated by testimony from people like Bannon and a trail of emails and phone records. One message from Aug. 16, 2016, shows Stone telling Bannon on the day he took over as campaign CEO about the prospect that WikiLeaks would drop more damaging documents for the Clinton campaign.
“I have an idea … to save Trump’s @55,” Stone wrote.
Bannon testified that he heard repeatedly from Stone — before he even took over as Trump campaign chief — about his access to WikiLeaks. And Stone kept on talking about the potential of more detrimental materials through the late summer and early fall, at a time when Clinton had the lead in the polls.
Bannon’s contacts with Stone included an Oct. 4, 2016, exchange after a much-hyped Assange news conference, which fueled the hashtag “October?surprise” but it turned out to be a bust.
“It was a big dud, yes,” Bannon said.
But a few days later, WikiLeaks dumped emails stolen from the Clinton campaign just minutes after The Washington Post published the “Access Hollywood” tape. Bannon described that chain of events as the “Billy Bush weekend” — a reference to Trump bragging about grabbing women by the p..
Ex-Trump campaign official Rick Gates testified under oath in Roger Stone’s trial that he was in the presidential limousine with Trump, and he’d heard Stone tell Trump about the WikiLeaks release of hacked DNC emails before the dump happened — a direct contradiction of what Trump told Mueller in his written testimony.
In his under oath testimony, Gates described how he’d seen Trump get a phone call from Stone in summer 2016, and after Trump hung up, told Gates “more information would be coming” regarding WikiLeaks.
Going back as far as April 2016, Gates said, Stone told him that information would be released by WikiLeaks that could be helpful to Trump’s campaign. He reiterated this the following month. All this was before WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stated publicly on June 12, 2016, that he had pending releases related to Hillary Clinton.
On July 22, 2016, WikiLeaks posted thousands of emails from the DNC — emails that had been hacked by Russian intelligence officers.
After that, Gates testified, the top levels of the Trump campaign were very interested in what Stone knew about WikiLeaks. Gates said Manafort asked him to follow up with Stone to try to learn more about WikiLeaks’s plans. And Gates said that Manafort indicated he would update others on the campaign, “including the candidate” — Donald Trump.
Gates also testified that he witnessed a phone call between Trump and Stone in late July, shortly after the DNC email releases began, while Gates was in a car with Trump driving to LaGuardia Airport. Gates said that after the call ended, Trump told him that “more information would be coming.”
Trump on April 11, 2019, after Julian Assange is arrested:
“I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s not my thing, and I know there is something having to do with Julian Assange. I know nothing really about him. That’s not my deal in life.” 😲
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
–Winston Churchill
And ye shall know the TRUTH, and the truth shall make you free…
Majority of pathetic delusional Trumpians incapable of seeing reality in here, looks like this ACCURATE statement has triggered a lot of magatards.
@Eric Ross Yes they are. If you can’t, go to Disney’s channel.
@Dana Herron That’s because the deeper the hole of filth and hypocrisy drumps digs himself into, the more panicked his handful of maga trash get.
Most of them use phony, multiple accounts to lurk and troll. I just report them, especially the real slop.
Where’s the crime David.
It’s not a crime to have contact with WikiLeaks. It is however a crime to put confidential government information on an unsecured ilegal server. Hillary got a free ride from the clowns at the FBI.
Trump’s not even trying to hide his corruption now
@jeep250es lol like coronavirus?
@Eco Geek yup
@TARS, CASE, & JuJu What world do you live in? Blue states are richer than red states. That’s even for debate unless you live in a parallel universe.
@Solonavi “how do you know they are rioters? Because their names, pictures, and actions were broadcasted, for insitance on Tucker Carlson.
“The same cops who gas the peaceful ones?” Can you name one “demonstrator” that was PROVEN to be “peaceful” and was arrested?
wHAT CORRUPTION? Read our constitution you moron
Does that mean America is now a banana republic?
Go figure – US Citizens are not allowed to travel to the EU members (countries in Europe) as of the terrible handling of the C -19. Way to go bunker boy –
Dude…
presidents have been pardoning unjustly treated people for over 200 years and it still hasn’t turned us into a banana republic.
It doesn’t necessarily mean America is a banana republic but I think it does mean you should change your name to Mr Dumass because you believe everything that comes out of these two liars mouths
Nope, it’s an s-hole country.
Yes
America: “Equal justice under the law.”
republicans: “WRONG!”
Trump / 2020 ❤️ Kayleigh McEnany / Candace Owens / 2024
Obama commuted the sentences of over 400 people – and according to Wikipedia – he issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined. He commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, convicted of stealing sensitive government secrets and giving them to Wikileaks! He also commuted the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, an FALN member, the group responsibile for setting over 100 bombs for Puerto Rico independence!!!!!
it was equal justice, stone did nothing wrong
its not republicans who allow illegal immigration or rioting in cites. its democrats
@nick smith Democrats are a systemic problem.
This is government corruption drawn with crayon.
Vote them out and demand accountability. Vote out Trump, Vote out anyone who offered silent consent
you may want to educate yourself and read our constitution. get a clue
This is more MSNBC propaganda. I’m surprised anyone still falls for it….
Trump The President of all President!! Trump 2020🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Another sad day for America, a great day for corruption.
@Abc 123 And what is Trumps plan?? The Trumpublican Party has No Plans, No Ideas, No Values, No Morals and push, lies, mistrust, misinformation and hatred. Your either a mindless Troll or a paid propagandist, either way you need some help.
@trevor mcgaw The paid Trolls are busy in this trend. It’s amazing how so many people can be so brain dead, they’ll ignore the crimes, the deception, the cover-ups and the lies and worst of all the blatant defiance of our laws and It’s not about Democrat’s vs. Republicans anymore, good vs. evil and the rule of laws and the protection of our constitutional foundations. The Trumpublicans push fear and hate and if that does not work for them then they just blame someone else. The Trumpublicans Party is the Most Corrupt, Most Dishonest and the Most Disgraceful. They have No Plans, No Ideas, No Values, No Morals, No Honor, No Empathy, they breed lies, mistrust, misinformation, and hatred. When a leader is a fascist and racist then what exactly are those that follow that leader, called? If you are an American how much are you being paid to sell out your country?
@trevor mcgaw The paid Trolls are busy in this trend. It’s amazing how so many people can be so brain dead, they’ll ignore the crimes, the deception, the cover-ups and the lies and worst of all the blatant defiance of our laws and It’s not about Democrat’s vs. Republicans anymore, good vs. evil and the rule of laws and the protection of our constitutional foundations. The Trumpublicans push fear and hate and if that does not work for them then they just blame someone else. The Trumpublicans Party is the Most Corrupt, Most Dishonest and the Most Disgraceful. They have No Plans, No Ideas, No Values, No Morals, No Honor, No Empathy, they breed lies, mistrust, misinformation, and hatred. When a leader is a fascist and racist then what exactly are those that follow that leader, called? If you are an American how much are you being paid to sell out your country?
Poor Gary , he needs a diaper change
@Mats K nobody went to prison for russia collusion or conspiracy with russia. NOT 1 PERSON, i MEAN, ARE YOU STUPID ?
EVERYONE MUST GO AND
VOTE THEM OUT.
Obama commuted the sentences of over 400 people – and according to Wikipedia – he issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined. He commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, convicted of stealing sensitive government secrets and giving them to Wikileaks! He also commuted the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, an FALN member, the group responsibile for setting over 100 bombs for Puerto Rico independence!!!!!
@J. Lo THIS HAS TO DO WITH TRUMP COMMUTING THE PRISON SENTENCE OF SOME WHO COULD HAVE SENT THE PRESIDENT TO JAIL
@BAD BIRD THE SOUTH IS ON FIRE WITH COVID-19
HOSPITALS ARE OVER FLOWING
THIS WAS CAUSED BY TRUMP, REPUBLICAN GOV, AND ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE WHO KEPT TRUMP IN OFFICE
VOTE THEM OUT
@trevor mcgaw TRUMPS NUMBERS ARE IN THE TOILET, AMERICAS ABOUT TO FLUSH
Not going to happen
If and when Trump is out of office, they have to tighten up the many loopholes Trump poked into the rule of law.
Did you know Obama’s entire cabinet was chosen by Citibank? We learned in the WikiLeaks
@MSM Loves You The difference being, he did not personally benefit from doing so, unlike Trump!
@Phillip Ridgway is that what you believe? Smh
You spelled Obummer wrong.
@Phillip Ridgway Trump didnt personally benefit, Stone did.
TEN YEARS minimum for defacing a statue and now this? Seriously America, you got a problem.
Our ” justice system” serves the wealthy, powerful, and well comnected while punishing the poor, didadvantaged, and less fortunate.
The only justice the average american is entitled to is directly connected to their net worth and ability to pay!
@William Platt then why are 20 million immigrants who broke the law currently here? oh, because they will vote democrat. You hypocrites could care less about the rule of law, you just want what is beneficial politically
Yep. The problem has a name: Democrats.
Don’t deface a statue if you don’t want to go to jail 10 yrs pretty easy.
The only problem America has is the MSM.
Can’t find time to deal with a National health and economic disaster but can find time to pardon traitors.
@Aaron Simmons Semantics – technically it’s corruption
C&B Jones I agree, this is the stuff of nightmares for you, he’s now got carte Blanche to do whatever he wants, hold on to your arses it’s going to get a lot worse from here on out. We hope you all make it through. We’re batting for you from Australia.
I guess he misses his golfing buddies.
he didnt pardon him, and stone is not a traitor. why are you so clueless to the facts and stupid?
@nick smith Oh em gee he chose to remove the punishment of Stone’s crimes and not the entire verdict. Soooooo much better. 😒
Roger Stone is a friend of trump, period!!
exactly, thats why the corrupt prosecutors went after him. this is fascism, period
Trump has no friends, and he will turn on Stone as soon as the opportunity arises. Trump’s narcissm won’t let him forget Stone had him by the balls and used it to get out of going to jail.
If you fear that America is a World-Class joke now … Wait until Trump Pardons Himself !
Only someone stupid would think that.
“LAW AND ORDER” President.
Pffft…
No justice.
No peace.
George Floyd who???
George Kirby
No justice..no peace .. only riots and looting and burning down homes and businesses?
commutations are law and order duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
This man told u he could shot someone in the middle of the street & get away with it before got elected lol
Yes! We had been warned!….
Remember!! He was not elected. Wlkl leaks, Roger, Julian Assange, Manafort etc. etc all know about it.
C O D Y Many trump supporters are living in another reality where what’s going on is a good thing. Is this the beginning of the end of what we knew America was just 3 1/2 years ago.
This is going to get ugly. Trump could cancel elections? Using covi 19 as an excuse? Putin has been in power for 20 years and he just recently got re-elected to 16 more years. Most of the Republican Party have fallen in line with the new regime and you can see the fear in their eyes. All these Republican governors, senators etc. They are at this point playing all or nothing.
While the population is in crisis, all happening right in front of our eyes
@Magdaline Jackson no he was elected, you lunatics still havent accepted the election results 4 years later? you people are pathetic
Instead he killed 80 000 with criminal negligence handling coronavirus
*POTUS and AG Barr trying to undo every finding of ‘The Robert Mueller Report’. Barr turned it into the ‘Ferris Bueller Report’ … and gave him ‘Donald Trump’s Day Off’.*
there was no conspiracy with russia, no need to undo
The Mueller report was a joke.
Dude….you are narrow-minded and ignorant.
@Rod Who knows, except for barr, release the unredacted Mueller report to everyone to read.
“We criminals should stick together.” The words of the 45th president of the United States.
No normal person cares whether Stone is jailed or not. I’m just here enjoying the meltdown from the MSNBC idiots.
@Will.I.Am11 Speak for yourself, cultist!
Thats why trump sticks with the Clintons
@Will.I.Am11 No normal person cares? You have just spoken volumes about your aditutes, and not anyone elses.
So much for being the “law and order President.”