Trump doesn't rule out pardoning Michael Flynn after commuting Roger Stone's prison sentence

on Monday did not rule out granting a pardon to his first national security advisor Michael Flynn, just days after commuting the 40-month prison term of his longtime ally Roger Stone.

The Justice Department has asked that Flynn's conviction be tossed out, but Judge Emmet Sullivan so far has not ruled on that request. On Friday, Trump commuted the full prison sentence of Stone, a Republican consultant who was convicted at trial last fall of lying to Congress and witness tampering. Both Stone and the retired Army lieutenant general Flynn were investigated and prosecuted by Robert Mueller, the Justice Department special counsel who was tasked with probing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.Trump said of Flynn on Monday, "I think he was persecuted.""They treated him very unfairly, as they have many people on this side," the president said.

In its dismissal request, the Justice Department did not claim that Flynn had not lied in his interview. Trump was harshly criticized for commuting Stone's sentence by former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this year, as well as by top congressional Democrats and former prosecutors.Washington Post

The justice system isn’t color blind. This lawless is utterly ridiculous. This is why people protest!

Yes. .. commute his sentence also

Why the hell not! Do it Mr. President, everyone knows he was set up by the crook Obama!

So Trump's plan is to be Russia 2.0 it seems TRE45ON

It's not a presidency, it's a crime spree.

😡😡😡😡

Of course, he will! He's lawless!

Fake news cnbc Pardon is required for convicted person, Michael Flynn is innocent.

Well prosecutors did drop charges

And then when he's done pardoning him, he can pardon me from poverty and persecution.

Ahhhhhh but whose going to pardon Trump?

He's surely not going to overlook Paul Manafort.

Why would he. That’s how corrupt President’s work. Pardon their criminally convicted buddies.

Pardon ALL your fellow crooks, why don't ya. Hey! Pardon YOURSELF, Trump.

He also doesn’t rule out pardoning himself.

Impeach him every day. SpeakerPelosi

mofo is going to pardon everyone

He might as well. At this point he can't do much more harm.

Probably won’t need to.

But I thought the GOP SenateGOP were all about RuleOfLaw oh yeah, that's FakeNews

He needs Flynn for the convention to chant “Lock him up!”

Of course President Crimes will pardon a scum bag like Flynn. He's probably trying to figure out how he can pardon Covid as well.

And the GOP is OK with all this? What is going on?

He can’t pardon someone whose case is in limbo?

I'm glad Jeffrey Dahmer can't be pardoned

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