Trump Obstructs Justice Again, this Time for Roger Stone
In the “I told you so” department, Trump tweeted out his displeasure yesterday that US attorneys in charge of Roger Stone’s felony convictions recommended a 7 to 9 year sentence. As a reminder, Stone was convicted of lying to Congress about his involvement with the hacking by Russians of the DNC server and coordinating with WikiLeaks, lying to the FBI, and federal witness tampering, not trivial convictions. Not long after his tweet, Bouncing Bill Barr’s DOJ backpedaled the sentence saying it was reconsidering. In response and protest, two federal prosecutors resigned.
It’s not like we didn’t know that this was going to happen. Now the we have Trump Unchained, I’m shocked he hasn’t just given Stone an outright pardon, the Medal of Freedom, and an appointment as head of, say, the Bureau of Land Management.
The corruption of this administration is wide, deep, and getting wider by the moment.