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BREAKING: President Trump Commutes Roger Stone’s Sentence
Gateway Pundit ^ | July 10, 2020 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 07/10/2020 4:24:43 PM PDT by John W

@johncardillo En route to #RogerStone’s house for celebratory drinks.

Justice was done by @realDonaldTrump tonight.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; halleluja; rogerstone; sentence; stone; thankyoulord; trump
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To: al baby
I think Trump may feel is re election may be in question

I disagree. There is plenty of time after the election for commutations and pardons.

The problem here is that Stone was going to have to start serving time in a few days, so the commutation needed to be now.

The sentence is still appealable despite being commuted. If Trump is not re-elected look for a complete pardon before January 20, 2021.

221 posted on 07/10/2020 8:15:34 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: frank ballenger

Exactly .... thanks.


222 posted on 07/10/2020 8:18:25 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: John W
This is how I tried to explain it to left wing big government activists on other websites. The “racist bigoted homophobe white founding fathers” <\sarcasm> May have had their faults but they were prescient in giving the the right of presidential pardons. They knew that political opponents would try to prosecute each other. It’s human nature and its bipartisan.
223 posted on 07/10/2020 8:35:41 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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To: Jrabbit

The left is in a groupthink meeting.


224 posted on 07/10/2020 8:59:13 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: John W

It should have been a full pardon and it should have come months ago, Stone did not commit any crime.


225 posted on 07/10/2020 9:07:30 PM PDT by Impy (Thug Lives Splatter)
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To: americas.best.days...

LOL.. Now I wish I had Netflix! Darn.


226 posted on 07/10/2020 9:09:57 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Jrabbit

Nonsense. His conviction was political, and Barr knows it. Hillary is free and Stone should be imprisoned? Are you nuts, Sir?


227 posted on 07/10/2020 9:22:37 PM PDT by alstewartfan (One day he just washed up on the shores of his regrets. May his soul rest in peace. Al S.)
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If it was any other President, they probably would've done it after leaving Office

TRUMP is a guy with good character 🤙

228 posted on 07/10/2020 10:06:30 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: stanne

Us 1999 people are much better than those 1998 Freepers :)


229 posted on 07/10/2020 10:14:25 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: kevao

Pardon does not necessarily mean admission of guilt. There is no consensus as you implied. Your link reads:

Whether accepting a pardon is inherently an admission of guilt is still debated by many law historians.[20] According to Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, writing the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case Burdick v. United States, a pardon “carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.”[21] Associate Justice McKenna was referring to cases in the denial of a pardon. His comment was not intended for all pardons. Also, the federal courts have yet to make it clear how this logic applies to persons who are deceased (such as Henry Ossian Flipper, who was pardoned by Bill Clinton), those who are relieved from penalties as a result of general amnesties, and those whose punishments are relieved via a commutation of sentence (which cannot be rejected in any sense of the language).[22] Brian Kalt, a law professor at Michigan State University, notes that presidents sometimes (albeit rarely) grant a pardon to someone on the basis that the person is innocent. If a president thinks an individual is innocent and issues a pardon, then accepting a pardon would not mean the individual is guilty.


230 posted on 07/10/2020 10:50:11 PM PDT by ChineseTrumpFan
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To: ohioman

:)


231 posted on 07/10/2020 11:14:36 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Jrabbit

So? Barr likes corrupt jury foredykes?


232 posted on 07/11/2020 2:21:41 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: SmokingJoe

Judge Kwackson and her Jury foreman belong in jail, obstruction of justice with malice?

I’m not an attorney but I have watched a lot of Perry Mason.

How about a civil suit against that pair, conspiring to deprive Mr. Stone of his civil rights?


233 posted on 07/11/2020 3:00:09 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Jamestown1630

Amen. It’s amazing how he is supposedly cooking everything up in some witches brew in the White House basement. He’s using advisers and in this case certainly lawyers to help determine how to proceed.


234 posted on 07/11/2020 3:48:33 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter
As I understand it, Roger Stone was offered a complete pardon by President Trump, but he rejected it so he can appeal the case while still staying free.
There is a lot more to come.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3863918/posts

235 posted on 07/11/2020 4:34:02 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Jrabbit
Barr disagrees. Thinks the sentence was fair....

Barr has no credibility until he starts prosecuting the FISA criminals.

236 posted on 07/11/2020 5:58:26 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: mbrfl
Why worry about appearances when no matter what you do you’re going to be criticized...

I wish Trump would pick up that notion more forcefully. There’s a lot more out there he could expose and affect...

237 posted on 07/11/2020 6:34:13 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: struggle
...en banc in this case would look very biased so I think they drop it.

There’s a Constitutional argument that could be made in this case by the left to attempt a wresting of power from the Executive Branch.

I wouldn’t put it past any hardcore liberal to pass that opportunity up...

238 posted on 07/11/2020 6:37:48 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
I'm not arguing Barr is doing nothing.

I'm arguing for perspective. Organizations go off the tracks when their focus is not on their mission, but on the organization.

The DOJ does not exist to provide income and a fulfilling work life for lefty activist lawyers. A corrupt prosecution is a corrupt prosecution, period...and if the DOJ does not recognize that, they're no longer part of the solution. They're corrupt.

239 posted on 07/11/2020 6:56:11 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: shelterguy

Stone himself said on the Howie Carr show that he preferred a commutation of sentence instead of a pardon, because a pardon implies guilt.


240 posted on 07/11/2020 9:17:05 AM PDT by Auslander154 ("Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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