Trump's clemency for Roger Stone is 'a win for Stone and for Trump as well, but a terrible loss for the rule of law and American justice,' writes JoyceWhiteVance for usatodayopinion.
Trump’s Friday night statement was so out of bounds that even the perpetually taciturnbroke his silence, reiterating that his office’s work speaks for itself, because Mueller, at least, still believes we live in a functioning democracy. The former special counsel clarified that his investigation had established Trump's “campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.
Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency. There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign, or the Trump Administration, with Russia. Such collusion was never anything other than a fantasy of partisans unable to accept the result of the 2016 election.Once credible allegations of foreign interference in a U.S.
Trump moves on from complaining about hoaxes to denigrating what he labels “process-based charges.” Trump seized upon the characterization of serious offenses, like perjury and obstruction of justice, early on and has used it consistently as a rhetorical point, as though it minimizes the severity of these serious crimes:
Because no such evidence exists, however, they could not charge him for any collusion-related crime. Instead, they charged him for his conduct during their investigation.The simple fact is that if the Special Counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation, Mr. Stone would not be facing time in prison.
If Mueller’s team had any hunger for splashy headlines, they could have easily provoked them. Instead, they remained professional in the face of attacks and abuse and developed evidence that Stone lied about transmitting highly accurate information about WikiLeaks and Russia’s efforts to help the Trump campaign.
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