Posted on 06/04/2020 6:59:40 AM PDT by RandFan
President Trump on Thursday tweeted that Roger Stone can "sleep well at night" in response to a tweet from conservative activist Charlie Kirk that called for a pardon of the political operative, who is set to begin a prison term soon.
The tweet is sure to ramp up talk that Trump intends to pardon Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing a proceeding. He is set to report to prison by June 30.
Stone was charged in former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and was sentenced to 40 months in prison in February.
Kirk said Stone was being punished for supporting Trump and asked followers to retweet for a "full pardon of Stone."
Trump, in response, said Stone was a victim of a witch hunt and a political crime, words he has repeatedly used to describe investigations of his campaign and officials in his government .
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for further comment from The Hill.
The president has repeatedly voiced outrage over Stone's treatment during the trial into charges stemming from Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump said in February that Stone had a "very good chance of exoneration" after his sentencing.
But at the time, Trump said that he would let the "process play out," noting that he wouldn't do "anything in terms of the great powers bestowed upon a president of the United States."
Stone's lawyers requested a new trial after raising concerns over the political leanings of one of the jurors. Accusations about the juror had prompted Trump to allege that the trial was rigged against his former adviser.
A federal judge rejected the request in April, saying in an 80-page opinion that Stone's lawyers failed to show that the juror misrepresented her feelings about Stone or Trump or that any alleged bias tainted the verdict.
The Bureau of Prisons said last week that Stone is due to report to federal prison by June 30. Stone has been living in his home in Florida since his arrest last year.
good.
Or DOJ is going to reveal the corruption surrounding the prosecution.
Always likes Stone, thought he is was a sharp dresser.
Once again, the POTUS is trolling the communists....watch.
Justice - thy name is president Trump dominating the multi-tiered legal system the satanic left and uniparty cabal have been using to systematically dismantle the blessing of liberty upon which some many other good things of God are graced up man.
Hoping Stone does not spend one night in prison.
Why the wait?
No idea.
My guess is he will announce it June 30th.
Hope so anyway.
Overloading the MSM ,LOL
This should be a total expungement.
I’m beginning to wonder why he bothers to tweet. Twitter throttles everything badly now. I never get his tweets and have to seek them out. It’s gotten especially bad during the communist riots.
Stone won’t spend a day in jail, he’s been punished enough from this hoax.
Yeah i have to go to twitter.com/etc to see them i think its censorship again? its called shadow banning
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