Posted on 12/22/2020 6:24:03 PM PST by RandFan
Additionally, Trump commuted the sentence of former Texas GOP Rep. Steve Stockman, who was convicted in 2018 of money laundering, conspiracy and other charges related to a scheme to defraud charitable donors.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I always liked Stockman when he was in Congress. Not sure what he got caught up in but i'm sure it didn't deserve a lengthy sentence...
I always felt he was set up by his Democratic opponents.
Stockman committed no crime. It was a made-up crime. Prosecutors and Judge didn’t care.
Just like the Arthur Anderson prosecutions.
Good!!!
Possibly worse than what Flynn went through.
He has served more than two years of his decade-long sentence,
and will “remain subject to a period” of supervised release
and a requirement that he pay $1 million in restitution, the
release said.
Should have been a pardon. Stockman must pay $1 million in restitution. How can he possibly do that?
Washington Times opinion piece by Rebecca Hagelin, Sunday, August 4, 2019
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/4/steve-stockman-kept-prison-obama-officials-retribu/
Former Rep. Steve Stockman, Texas Republican, did more as an elected official than perhaps any other to alert the nation to the fact that Lois Lerner, the now-disgraced IRS official, was using her powerful position to target conservatives.
He boldly led the charge that eventually resulted in Ms. Lerner admitting her abuse of power, being held in contempt of Congress and being ousted her from her post.
But while Ms. Lerner now lives as a free woman, even though she and her crooked government buddies enacted revenge on Stockman, who now is languishing in a federal prison under a 10-year sentence.
The 2018 criminal trial of Stockman has laid bare the underbelly of political targeting by the Obama administration’s Department of Justice. As a congressman, Stockman had exposed many instances of high-level corruption by Obama officials. His ability to chase down and hold accountable Obama officials is legendary. Stockman called for the impeachment of Attorney General Eric H. Holder for obstruction of justice and contempt of Congress.
The gutsy former Texas congressman undid much of President Barack Obama’s agenda when he blocked, via a “blue slip,” the president’s signature legislative priorities — the immigration and gun control bills — effectively keeping the Senate from sending the bills to the House for a vote.
. . .
The case against Steve Stockman? It involves the supposed tricking of nonprofit donors, based on four checks and two donors. It took twice as long as the Trump investigation, four grand juries, the pressuring of witnesses and millions of dollars to convict the former legislator.
Poignantly, neither of the donors complained or contacted the government; rather, the DOJ sought them out. The government’s own key FBI witness, Ben Wetmore, called it a “show trial — a real-life, Soviet-style prosecution.”
Lois Lerner who used a second email account under the name, Toby Miles, to conduct IRS business. And was head of and ethics committee. What a joke. Good luck, Mr. Stockman.
Great info on how he helped expose some of the evil in the Obama people!
Good thing they didn’t Seth Rich him...
Now maybe this can be used to call attention to their evil
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