President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of his longtime friend Roger Stone, who was convicted of crimes that included lying to Congress in part, prosecutors said, to protect the President. The announcement came just days before Stone was set to report to a federal prison in Georgia.
Stone was convicted in November of seven charges — including lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing a congressional committee proceeding — as part of former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Among the things he misled Congress about were his communications with Trump campaign officials — communications that prosecutors said Stone hid out of his desire to protect Trump.
Trump's decision to pardon his friend and political adviser is the crescendo of a months-long effort to rewrite the history of the Mueller investigation. This has included selective declassification of intelligence materials, a ramped-up counter-investigation into the origins of the Russia probe and attempts to drop the case against Michael Flynn.
"Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency," said Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary. "There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign, or the Trump Administration, with Russia."
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Great job “draining the swamp” POTUS Trump! Leading by example. 😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂
MOLON LABE Even Barr said it was proper …. you know jackschitt about the case
Carlos Solorzano You are “tests on a boar” for America.. You hate America and its 1st Amendment protection of free speech. You should go to N Korea and see how you like it.
@MOLON LABE I hope you are aware that being anti-fascist self-identifies you as antifa. I’m not sure you should be talking bad about fascists like that around Lord SippyCup. He seems to take offense to those kinds of thoughts. You might want to report yourself. If you have any of that anitfa propaganda on you like “The Sound of Music”, or “The Lord of the Rings”, or something, I’d ditch that stuff quick. You don’t want to get caught with it.
@David Tell that to the courts. He is a convicted criminal, not matter how Trump or you try to deny it.
Obama commuted 400 people of federal crimes and 212 pardons in 8 years . Trump so far commuted 10 and 25 pardons .
hopefully someone deals with Stone outside of prison.
Let’s Get “Obama’s List of Pardons Before he left Office” (Thousands criminals)
@Ming /Fling the difference is that Trump is a criminal helping the criminals that helped him. Only a Trump supporter would think its okay to prison protestors for 10 years and nothing for someone who lies to congress and threatens a judge.
So much Law amd Order. I wish I can get my 3 strike life sentence commuted for the 3 ounce of weed I had and planned to smoke in my own house, said that poor smuck in jail right now. 🤣
Donald Trump did pardon someone who was charged and arrested for drugs, actually. Take into consideration the fact that he commuted the sentence, which means Stone still has a record, he just does not have to serve the sentence. If Donald Trump wanted to, he could have pardoned Stone, since he is the President and he has the power to, which would in my humble opinion have been deserved.
President of “Law and Order” eh?
More like President of Crimes and Lawlessnes.
What you are witnessing before your very eyes is the destruction of a democracy under a betrayed constitution by the very person who was sworn in to uphold it.
I think you’re confused, that was Obama !
@jase jones Yeah, but his motivation to do that wasn’t corrupt. Big difference there, you hillbilly.
Nobody buys your manufactured outrage anymore. The entire investigation was based on lies therefore everyone should have their cases thrown out. Why do you fascists need to resort to politicizing the Justice Department and irs?
@jase jones not true!!
Don’t you have a riot to attend?
“Control the coinage and the courts – let the rabble have the rest.”
– Emperor Shaddam IV
Topher S WE need to re-elect the President so you scumbags are ostracized for another 4 years. It will happen! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍
Dutchhound Bigears Pardon Roger Stone, Defeat Sleepy Joe, Send skanky Pelosi home….
Let’s Get “Obama’s List of Pardons Before he left Office” (Thousands criminals)
Loneplains Drifter And perp walk that traitor trump
THE HYPOCRISY OF THE GOP…KNOW NO BOUNDS!!!
I hope all of them are sent to Guantanamo when this is over.
Yeah start with Obumer and Hillary Wwg1wga
Obama did nothing for blacks & police problems. Had 8 years and nothing. Smh
Trump needs and orange suit to match his face .
Gitmo will be full of the Obama administration by then
It will be filled up with democrats
Lawlessness and chaos again from the “Law & Order” president who “supports the troops” by turning a blind eye when his buddy Putin puts a bounty on them
@Jason Wood you’re nasty.
@Jason Wood 👈🇮🇱🔯boy
Stop repeating the lies spread by MSM.
@C B You are right I should stop spreading Fox News lies that Trump cares about the Troops or the rule of law;)
Putin never admitted to it publicly, so it can’t be true
He’s obstructing justice by letting a criminal off the hook…that is another crime.
The golden rule in action! – those who have the gold, make the rules.
Exactly just ask Hillary, Joe, Obama….
I think he’s really going to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue.
@Possum Hales LMAO
@Edmon Uyan truu XX
@Jack B that’s a terrifying possibility.
@Carlos Solorzano you mad bro tell me whatchu mad fo
@Carlos Solorzano let me guess, Cubano Blanco? You’re a disgrace to all Latino people. 😄😄😄😄😄
He likes to punish people who exposed his problems.
He likes to save crooks who help him do dirty things.
Joe Biden ain’t half the man Michelle Obama is
@Bob Bobberson You realize that he was found guilty right? This does change that at all. He is not only a crook, but a convicted one.
@Carlos Solorzano she’s Dead
He is indeed the most repulsive subhuman in the history of our planet. At least his base have the attention span of amoebas…. once lil donnie is “gone”, they will move on to the the next Grand Wizard they can scavenge from the unwiped anuses of the pasty people’s party – aka the Repugnant-kunt Party.
Oh, but his “ex” fixer was sent _back_ to jail. He will get away with it (by all past examples).
Do you like higher taxes?
Funny that….
It was already stated in a court of law… that many democrats LIED to get the impeachment going.. At least Roger Stone did it to obstruct the democrat’s LIES.
That cheeseball 🧀 has been sitting on the coffee table way too long.
That cheeseball has grown hair
@Proctor’s Gamble Pretty sure he bought it!
Panderson Pooper …he’s under the coffee table…
Swamp is overflowing🌊
Stone seems to have a lot of support from IRA trolls in the comments section. He must have represented a very strong link between Trump and Putin.
When they crossed to Caitlin, my first impression – She not happy!
He must have been scared that when he got out he was going to “do something to him” if roger was threatening to kill other officials for testifying against him….
Must be nice to have a buddy in the White House that’ll get you off with your crimes
3 Words… “SHOCKING BUT NOT SURPRISING”
….4 words genius
Democrats can’t count they were educated by democrats “:-(
Lol go back to elementary school genius 😂
If Thump loses in Nov, he could spend his days pardoning people.
during the commercials