Did not give his confidant a pardon but rather a commutation, so Stone is still a convicted felon.
In addition to Stone being a friend and political ally, Trump was implicated in those allegations against Stone.
The White House issued a statement that Stone is "a victim of the Russia hoax." The fact is that Stone is a victim of himself.
Toobin also declared, "This is simply not done by American presidents. They do not pardon or commute sentences of people who are close to them or about to go to prison. It just does not happen until this president." In reality, the commutation of Stone barely stands out in the old gallery of White House pardons, which are the most consistently and openly abused power in the Constitution.
ADVERTISEMENT. Unlike many of these cases, there were legitimate questions raised about the Stone case.
The biggest issue was that the foreperson of the trial jury was also actually a Democratic activist and an outspoken critic of Trump and his associates who even wrote publicly about the Stone case.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson shrugged off all that and refused to grant Stone a new trial, denying him the most basic protection in our system.
In addition to Stone being a friend and political ally, Trump was implicated in those allegations against Stone.
The White House issued a statement that Stone is "a victim of the Russia hoax." The fact is that Stone is a victim of himself.
Toobin also declared, "This is simply not done by American presidents. They do not pardon or commute sentences of people who are close to them or about to go to prison. It just does not happen until this president." In reality, the commutation of Stone barely stands out in the old gallery of White House pardons, which are the most consistently and openly abused power in the Constitution.
ADVERTISEMENT. Unlike many of these cases, there were legitimate questions raised about the Stone case.
The biggest issue was that the foreperson of the trial jury was also actually a Democratic activist and an outspoken critic of Trump and his associates who even wrote publicly about the Stone case.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson shrugged off all that and refused to grant Stone a new trial, denying him the most basic protection in our system.
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