Posted on 04/13/2018 5:57:44 PM PDT by Innovative
In his decision Friday to pardon a former Bush administration official convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice, President Trump telegraphed his open hostility to the criminal justice system and his desire to use the power of the presidency as a personal political tool.
As with his controversial pardon last year of a former Arizona county sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who had been held in contempt of court, Trump effectively thumbed his nose at the judiciary by pardoning I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby. The Justice Department was not involved in either case, officials said.
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Would the damn media bother to tell what the allegation was against Scooter Libby and what the actual conviction was and who the GENUINE leaker was and how many in the press were aware the whole time they were (and still are) hounding Libby?
“Time to reverse the Scooter Libby conviction”
syria trumps scooter.
Colin Powell’s cheap shot
The extent of the dishonesty is quite stunning. In a Cabinet meeting on October 7, 2003, the White House press corps bombarded President George W. Bush with questions about who the leaker was. Bush said he didn’t know, but there would be an investigation to get to the bottom of it. Powell, who had been told by Armitage just days earlier that Armitage was the leaker, sat there next to the president, stone silent. Not very loyal or honest, was it?
Moreover, the notion that Armitage’s slip was somehow inadvertent is belied by Bob Woodward’s taped interview in which Armitage repeatedly mentions Joe Wilson’s wife, evidently doing his best to get Plame’s identity out there. This was no slip of the tongue. Woodward testified that when he spoke to Libby sometime later that Libby never said anything about Plame.
At issue here is not simply Powell and Armitage’s deception and undermining of their commander in chief. There was a victim, one whom neither Powell or Armitage has ever apologized to. The person who ultimately paid the price for this was Scooter Libby. Had the president and the country known about Armitage, a special prosecutor would never have been appointed.
Exactly. It’s a counterpunch to Comey and his book. Trump is smart!
funny how the WP and the other usual suspects, didn’t condemn 0bama for releasing drug dealers, and putting them back out on our streets. 0bama pronounced that drug dealing wasn’t a violent crime. I also seem to remember great numbers of pardons by Bill Clinton, without so much as a whimper by the media.
Putting Scooter in jail was absolutely political. I despised Bush for that. Everybody knew who leaked information about the fake b*tch CIA loser.
The Partisan Media Shills have been smearing President Trump (and before that, candidate Trump and Prosident-elect Trump) in support of continuous LAWFARE, and the ridiculous op-ed is just the latest example of shilling. Thanks Innovative.
Using Law as a Political Tool, example:
NY Governor Receives Backlash for Sacking a Catholic Charity
Church Militant | 4/10/18 | Alexander Slavsky
Posted on 04/13/2018 6:02:43 PM PDT by marshmallow
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3647395/posts
Using Law as a Political Tool, example:
Paul Ryan to Push DACA Amnesty for Millions of Illegal Aliens Before Leaving Congress
Breitbart ^ | 13 Apr 2018 | John Binder
Posted on 04/13/2018 6:16:15 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3647399/posts
Using Law as a Political Tool, example:
Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier
McClatchy | April 13, 2018 | Peter Stone and Greg Gordon
Posted on 04/13/2018 6:17:21 PM PDT by RedMominBlueState
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3647401/posts
Sidebars:
Flashback: Intelligence Community Believes It Was a Different Michael Cohen Who Visited Prague
Mediaite | January 11th, 2017
Posted on 04/13/2018 7:08:54 PM PDT by Helicondelta
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3647411/posts
Socialism Has Only Produced One Thing That Is World ClasS and Works
ME | Now | ME
Posted on 04/13/2018 3:06:23 PM PDT by ARGLOCKGUY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3647361/posts
#2. Payback’s a bitch and the Wash. Post is the biggest bitch in DC.
Trump does what Bush didn’t have the decency to do and now he’s the bad guy - I love this President!!!
some say he is using the law as a political tool
Well DUH!
What do you think every other President has done?
Wanna go for "Malicious prosecutions for lying to the FBI" for $200? Great!
Who was the prosecuting attorney on the Martha Stewart case?
Congratulations! That's right! "James Comey" is correct.
What absolute dregs. Their god nobama released many hardened criminals. Future DIM voters, I suppose .
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