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skip fox

(19,359 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:44 PM Feb 2020

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Priming the Pardon Pump??? Re: Roger Stone.

Trump's objection to Roger Stone's sentencing guidelines is a win-win for him. If the judge ignores the dust up and gives Stone 7-9 years, then Trump can pardoned Stone on the basis that he was given an "unfair sentence."

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Priming the Pardon Pump??? Re: Roger Stone. (Original Post) skip fox Feb 2020 OP

yes lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #1

Sorry. I hadn't seen the thread. skip fox Feb 2020 #3

Yup. Pretty transparent. RockRaven Feb 2020 #2

That's exactly what he's doing calguy Feb 2020 #4

Didn't Stone threaten to 'keep talking'? yellerpup Feb 2020 #5

lapfog_1

(29,225 posts)

1. yes

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:46 PM

Feb 2020

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12979303

skip fox

(19,359 posts)

3. Sorry. I hadn't seen the thread.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:48 PM

Feb 2020

RockRaven

(15,001 posts)

2. Yup. Pretty transparent.

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:46 PM

Feb 2020

calguy

(5,326 posts)

4. That's exactly what he's doing

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:50 PM

Feb 2020

Although he probably won't do it before the election. He'll probably parden Manafort at the same time.

yellerpup

(12,254 posts)

5. Didn't Stone threaten to 'keep talking'?

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:59 PM

Feb 2020

Something about not spending his last years in jail?

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