Posted on 08/22/2018 3:39:05 PM PDT by detective
Senate Republicans are warning President Trump that it would be a serious mistake to pardon his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted late Tuesday on an array of fraud charges.
“It would be an enormous mistake and misuse of his power to pardon,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a prominent moderate, told reporters.
Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (Texas), the second-ranking Senate GOP leader, said that pardoning Manafort “would be a mistake.”
Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (S.D.), the third-ranking member of the GOP leadership, said he is not aware of any mitigating circumstances related to Manafort’s case that would warrant a pardon.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
They can't control Federal spending or fulfill their oversight responsibilities. They can't investigate corruption. But they can shoot their mouths off to the media about a pardon that has not even been proposed.
They are worse than worthless.
Collins, Cornyn, Thune.
The usual suspects.
Manafort conviction is not related to Trump, and these Rinos make me vomit.
I don’t believe anything The Hill ‘reports’ lately.
He should do it just to exercise his authority to do so.
If the high muckety-mucks think it’s a mistake - THEN PARDON HIM.
Yeppers.
And to piss off the Rats and the enemedia.
Amen.
“...If the high muckety-mucks think it’s a mistake - THEN PARDON HIM.....”
Exactly!!!
GOPe = RAT = UniParty = DS = Communists
Whatever they want, do the opposite.
MAGA!!!
Dear Hill and Rinos... kindly STFU
The Giant Hill of Crap
These RINO idiots are not Republicans.
So the president can’t pardon. Can’t enforce existing laws. Can’t make executive orders or rescind orders from previous presidents. He can’t take steps, stipulated in the Constitution, to protect the country and its borders. He can’t name judges, fire members of the executive branch or force states to obey federal law. Are some people reading a different edition of the Constitution than I am?
If the Hill says he should not pardon then that means that he should pardon Manafort. It’s just standard operating procedure. Do the opposite of what those cretins say.
Could someone post Thune, Collins, and Cornyn’s comments on the Marc Rich pardon?
I’m waiting...
Like PT Barnum said, “There’s an asshole born every minute”.
Your post hits the nail right on the head.
And Collins, Cornyn, and Thune all claim to be models of “compassion” at that!
Manafort is a patriot who is a victim of the worst show trial since the days of Pontius Pilate.
He MUST be pardoned
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