The reason they want to force a pardon is because it lends credibility to the mueller investigation. Once the Flynn persecution fails, it makes clear the sleazy and extreme lengths they had to go to find anything to charge. It also sheds light on the Stone persecution. Not that any should be needed after the swat team show they put on to arrest him.
“It also sheds light on the Stone persecution. Not that any should be needed after the swat team show they put on to arrest him.”
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I’m sure that was all fbi leadership. None of the rank and file would participate in such thuggery.
(Do I need the /s?)