Trump doesn't rule out pardon for convicted confidant Roger Stone

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President Trump doesn't rule out pardoning Republican operative Roger Stone, saying Tuesday that 'it's very tough' what happened to his former confidant and criticizing federal prosecutors and investigators.

“And now they're finding out it was all a big hoax. They're finding out it was a horrible thing," he said."And what they did to so many others is very unfair, and now we found out there are a bunch of dirty cops," Trump said, referring to a

mishandled parts of its application to monitor a Trump campaign aide as it was probing possible Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report, however, also found that the overall investigation was justified.Stone served early on as an adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign and has called the case against him politically motivated.—including witness tampering and making false statements — that were related to his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails in 2016.

Prosecutors portrayed Stone, 67, as a serial liar who tried to bully witnesses into not cooperating with authorities. They charged Stone with making false statements, obstruction and witness tampering in a case that was an offshoot of Mueller's Russia investigation. Stone was the sixth Trump aide or adviser to be convicted of the charges brought as part of Mueller's probe.

 

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Trump you go

Just so stupid of realDonaldTrump

Criminals Trump the kingpin

it would be much better if you just join him in prison

2018: “It's a disgrace, what's happening in our country,' Trump fumed, seated behind the Resolute Desk on Tuesday, after decrying Democrats as hypocrites and recalling -- unprompted -- his firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

Everything the FBI has done related to President Trump is tainted and justice is needed to fix the FBI’s corruption.

Ann. Impeachable . Act .

trump is the devil the evangelicals prayed for.

Stone must have kept his mouth shut about the crimes Trump committed.

Brennan and Comey should be convicted of their crimes and arrested in the middle of the night like Stone was. Only this time leak the raid to Fox instead of CNN. John Durham is coming.

He has to!

FreeJulianAssange

Good

Of course he will. realDonaldTrump is a crook and aligns himself with other crooks and traitors. The TrumpTrolls don’t care about democracy but only to kiss Donnie’s backside.

Trump wants to free all white collar criminals. Trump is an immoral man with no moral values.

If Trump does this, it merits another impeachment. The reason? He'd be signaling to other cronies that have broken the law that he'll pardon them to protect himself. That amounts to the corrupt exercise of the pardon power.

Can an impeached SOB pardon anyone

Very tough? In our opinion...not enough. 45 pardons his supporting, criminal, cult members. Just about all whom he pardoned or plans to pardon are criminals...as is he.

Well there's a shock.

Of course he would pardon him. After all he supported Roy Moore.

If there’s pardons to pass around of course trump will do so. He can’t pardon himself though.

Lock him up,lock him up !

Pay to play

The Unstoppable Mafioso Teflon Drumpf Criminal Machine GodBlessAmerica

Crooked from day one. His supporters are 100% TO BLAME. ImpeachAndRemove IMPOTUS45

Humpty trumpty is the most corrupt president in U.S. history.

What a foul system.

Trump, the Republican party, and the voters r idiots. All r killing America

What are the rules regarding an impeached POTUS giving pardons?

Americans get the bad part of the deal again and another old politician pulls the wool over Americans eyes without paying the ultimate price loss of freedom. Stick him in the hole with some pissed off cops if he's done so wrong

Oh but to be by his side- My smile wide- As he talks how Fake news lied- Showing how truth died- He defied- The polls they did provide- Beat Bill's crooked bride- Something the left still denied- 4 queen Hillary alibied –When voters did decide- Trump will lead America with pride!

Why should he not? I believe that is the exact circumstance the Pardon is the discretion of the president. This man was framed. Illegally spied on and monitored by his own government. While being an asset for that same government against Russia. Shame on you at NBCnews

Roger will be pardoned. As will Mike Flynn. Most likely, after the landslide win in 2020.

Corrupt to the core of his black heart. He emptied the swamp and filled it with serpents and worms.

When the inmates run the asylum, the rules no longer exist. If any Republicans of character still exist in Washington, then they ABSOLUTELY NEED TO REALIZE Trump needs to go. Our Republic and The Rule of Law literally depend on it.

Crooks and liars understand each other.👎 🐀s that live in the same hole.👎☹️

Let Barr muddy the waters first. Hocus pocus.

That removes his 5th Amendment rights and he can be compelled to testify.

Trump betraying the anarcho-tyranny government.

So the head of the crime family can now pardon his accomplices. Is America asleep?

Better hurry while he still can!

Might be only fair.

Whatever trump touches dies

Hopefully you will be removed before then.

Message to Stone: If you shut yer trap...

Every conviction that had anything to do with Mueller should be Thrown out from illegal searches and illegal warrants!!

Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going into the new year holding the impeachment card. The GOP can't win with Donald John Trump, and 'Trump can't win, if Trump can't cheat'. The GOP can bluff, But the GOP can't win with Trump, and Pelosi now it.

How low can Republicans go.

Guess the mentally ill really do stick together😢!

Anyone caught up in an investigation that started because an FBI lawyer edited emails should get full pardons. No questions asked.

If Drumpf pardons Stone, conviction in the Senate is the only logical outcome left. The GOP can't let Drumpf get away with EVERYTHING that was perpetrated, and it only makes the Senate that more imperiled for the GOP. Unless they already know they're marked for political death...

SnapBoogieLady If this illegitimate president pardons anybody else, the federal govt should refuse to release anyone, especially his criminal friends.

Free him

Oh no. Here we go! Pardons for them all of course.

Yeah, selling out the United States is tough business.

he will never be able to set foot out in public again......what a schmuck.....

Can he be any worse, yes he can, he’s a ruler not a president. And he wonders why people want him out of office

A pardon would be a great gift to the country. I mean a well armed SWAT team kicked in this old timers front door in the early morning to find him in his boxers, a real threat. Guaranteed every American wants this guy pardoned. 🇺🇸

FBI had confidential human source (spy) who worked in Trump campaign, then left. Crossfire Hurricane FBI unit probing Trump-Russia, emailed CHS' FBI handler with instructions to use person as listening post. Email complements of Horowitz.

What a fake story. Trump said he hasn't thought about it. End of story. Msnbc is pathetic!!!

Pardon Flynn, Manafort and Stone coming. Either day before or day after Trump 2020

Anyone that can “dish” on FLIM FLAM DONNIE he will pardon. Just like his “PORN STAR GIRLFRIENDS” he will “ PAY OFF”. 1 way or another. bribery ExtortionistTrump Impeached45

The American people have watched these Unconstitutional lynchings. Pardon them all. Only scumbag mobster Dems would announce an Unconstitutional crime to impeach before the election and then use excessive Abuse of Power to achieve their crimes openly and publicly.

what Mueller and Weissmann did to him they should be spending time in prison, Weissmann had more cases over turn in the supreme court. They first bankrupt the person then bring up bogus charges. Going back in time. Nothing related to Russian collusion,

'Tough' things happen to guilty people. Get used to it. Tick Tock.

When Biden gets off with political extortion that he admitted then all of the recent political prisoners should get off too.

Surprising he hasnt pardoned O.J. yet.

Please oh please do so he can squirm when he can't hide behind the 5th. You can only pardon him once.

If he pardons a guy for posing with dead enemies, there is no low he won’t go.

BS

When it comes to pardons Dems shouldn’t say anything, Marc Rich.

Trump will reward the criminal that stood by him.

Anyone notice how the Epstien story has been put to sleep? All major networks & Both parties!! We think its right verses left but it is really TOP VS DOWN

More reason to remove this criminal from the Presidency

Hope he does it before the senate trial. Stone would be forced to testify if he takes the pardon. There is no fifth for him either.

Free Roger Stone maybe you will be there like CNN was when he was raided by FBI on a tip to CNN by FBI

RaeMargaret61 Impeached Impotus can't be pardoned or pardon anyone!

I hope so just to see the fake news lose it's mind!

Pardons should not be allowed after a POTUS is impeached.

And this surprises whom?

Can you do the crime you will pay their time including the president nobody is above the law

When a jury found the defendant guilty on all counts of obstruction of justice, lying to the FBI and witness tampering, even the criminal obviously didn't think the truth would set him free. But, a corrupt President might because he fears the truth, too.

They should drag this out until trump is removed from the office he illegitamately acquired, whether it's through conviction in the Senate, or voted out in 2020, either way make it when he doesn't have that right, the best scenario would be the former.

We live in a society where the homeless are ignored but illegals are protected, where Vets are unacknowledged but pets have rights, where good is out and bad is in, where truth are lies and lies are truth.. please protect our President from Evil. He didn’t need us, we needed him.

Mr Stone is corrupt , he was convicted and has to suffer the consequences. Stone is not a victim!

TRUMP SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR HIS PARDONS ALONE.

Ffs. Throw that fn shister out of office. Man oh man. All his criminal friends gonna walk. I’d trade all them walking for a Trump conviction and prison time. It’s all I want for Xmas

I hope he does.

CORRUPT CRIMINAL LUNATICS must stick together... however, those who do not respond to subpoena must be punished. 👹👹👹👹👹👹

He will be pardoned . Presidential pardons should be done away with. America? Are you up to changing an outdated Constitution which plays a big role in your crisis? No? Then expect another decade of decay. And then maybe an emperor. A woman on a white horse? Possibly.

We need some rules about pardons. 🛑

Plenty o’ bots to go around:

I am sure Paul Manafort can not wait for his pardon to come through......any minute now!!!

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Of course

trump favor criminals because he identifies with them ( he is one).

trump is possessed by a demon if you ask me !

Second term likely he will gameofpolitics

He’d better not try it.

He made his bed...

I thought he lost his pardon power after he was impeached by the House.

Dangling pardons = evidence buttressing both the 'abuse of power' and 'obstruction of congress' Articles of impeachment.

Americans know what's right and what's wrong and this is clearly a case of not putting our best in positions of leadership, power, and influence. Do better in 2020Vote Vote2020 🇺🇸

Dirty rotten criminals! All of the presidents men are amoral criminals!! How is it ok that we find this criminal behavior ok Unbelievable!!

Just like the mob crooks pardoning crooks criminals pardoning criminals

he should pardon imho

Pardon him

🖕

The man literally is a Political Prisoner.

I don't think Las Vegas will be taking any odds on whether or not Trump pardons Roger Stone.

Trump should not be pardoning anyone! It’s just one crook pardoning another crook!

Kentucky governor pardons convicted killer whose brother hosted campaign fundraiser for him via usatoday

He should

impeach him already stop making him a king on the air he is a dictator tell the truth already he lies and lies and lies he isn't normal

People go to jail lying to the FBI. What happens when the FBI lies to the FISA Court besides nothing?

Was there ever any doubt the Don wouldn’t pardon his bag man?

Do it! realDonaldTrump

Where are the other two blind mice?

When you think that the freedom of the press is not the utmost importance to democracy the next thing to go is the rule or law and justice. Trump is dangerous. A little dicktator in the making.

Lawless

Yet another reason to remove Trump--so he doesn't get to pardon his cronies after he loses the election.

An impeached president is prohibited from issuing pardons

He’ll pardon everyone before he leaves I sure of that and will then say it was the fbi or someone else. But yet his shitty supporters will think it’s all fine but when it comes to regular old citizens it’s all out the worst ppl ever. Smfh

I thought Bevin had exclusivity on this.

Just like a mob boss covering for his associates.

ya just like he pardoned paul manafort (it could still happen, but i am skeptical at trump paying any debts to his friends once they are no longer useful)

You mean the guy tied to wikileaks yeah pardon him

Trump is, by far, the most corrupt president in American history

Free Roger Stone

Roger Stone .. Such a awesome character it took 27 armed men to bring him in 😄😅

Don’t hold your breath, Roger. The guy in the White House is loyal only to himself.

pardonrogerstone

It's going to be even tougher if Trump starts showing his hand.

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