Posted on 07/11/2020 4:18:27 AM PDT by Kaslin
On Friday, July 10th, President Trump commuted Roger Stone’s prison sentence. The clemency order, not to be confused with a pardon, allows Stone to fight in the appeals court to clear his name against what many consider a legal railroading. Friends of Stone claim that Trump had offered a pardon only to be rebuffed by Stone who asked for clemency to remain out of jail as he fights through the appeals court.
The decision to grant clemency came after a series of revelations which proved that Mueller’s team of prosecutors had tampered with evidence, manufactured statements, and buried exonerating evidence in their case against General Flynn, prompting the Justice Department to drop the case out of embarrassment. Mueller’s prosecutorial misconduct in the Flynn case strongly mirrors the prosecution of Roger Stone. Despite no underlying crime or Russian collusion found, the prosecution chose to push forward with process crimes.
Stone was accused of threatening a witness after sending text messages to comedian Randy Credico, telling him “my lawyers are dying to rip you to shreds...prepare to die”. Stone felt Credico had spun a false narrative to Mueller’s investigators to throw him under the bus. Even Credico claims the texts were taken out of context and were not threats of violence or intimidation.
Stone was also charged with lying to Congress. When Stone was asked by Congress if he was speaking with Wikileaks, Stone replied that he did not have a contact in the organization, but was speaking with Credico, who had interviewed Julian Assange. This turned out to be a factual statement, but prosecutors alleged that Stone claimed his contact was Credico in order to protect Jerome Corsi. In hindsight, the claim that Stone was lying to protect Corsi from prosecution rings hollow,
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So if he loses his appeals does that mean he goes to prison? Or is it just an exercise in futility?
Maybe those friends of Stone are #Never Trumpers?
Stone himself said he was offered a pardon and requested a commutation.
I wonder if Stone asked for a commutation in order for court proceedings to suss out information the Deep State would want to keep under wraps?
That is what I have been thinking for some time.
Stone has been on a gag order.
If he goes to prison he remains silenced.
With a pardon he could not continue the fight and expose how corrupt our government has become.
With a commutation he can still fight it in the courts.
The Deep State does not want him to be able to speak.
If hope Stone does not suddenly become suicidal.
Jerome Corsi used to post here.
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