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Stone should be free today for “time served.”
The whole thing is bullshit; while investigating a hoax which was not a crime in the first place, the FBI interviewed people who should have been left alone.
Stone is not going to do the time the clowns gave him.
So if you were a judge, you would let politics get in the way of your decisions?
Stone should be free today for “time served.”
Trump will be the Second Geroge Washington in History, you'll see... Well no we probably wont, like Geroge Bush in History we'll all be dead.
Especially the people that try to rewrite history as it happens.
Why would Stone have felt he needed to lie to congress ?
Chiromancer saysdo stupid shit and go to prision.
Nuff sed.
t's not a crime
But the sentence is silly.
Tenpoundbass sayst's not a crime
Yes it is. In fact lying under oath to congress was the only technically illegal thing that Bill Clinton's impeachment was for, even if the lie was about his personal sex life, not about shady international dealings in an election campaign.
The difference in the Left and Americans
The difference in the Left and Americans
Unlike most Trump Cucks (and Trump himself) I actually still believe in the truth and in being honest with myself and with others, the former being the more difficult of the two.
Funny, that you say democrats lie constantly to congress, but I doubt you could give one really clear example of a democrat clearly lying under oath at a congressional hearing that republicans didn't try to prosecute them for.
not about shady international dealings in an election campaign.
And then when the sentence comes out, 8 months or whatever in some prison resort for corporate criminals, Trump will look great and his stupid base that will think he did it, not knowing that it might have been even lower if Trump hadn't opened his mouth.
Stone was abused, interviewed by the FBI and congress about a hoax and now he is looking at doing time over total bullshit.
To say that Clinton was punished for lying to Congress just like Stone is outright dishonest.
Most fascinating to me is that Amy and Elena are almost twins when it comes to ideology and outlook on life. I told Elena that if she and Amy met, they would get along famously. If Amy was sick one day, Elena could take her place as judge of the court. She would give the same rulings and sentences as Amy does.
Amy is competent and respected. She gives most defendants bail. She gives very reasonable sentences; often below the low end of the sentencing guidelines. All over the world, any time that a defendant is found guilty of a crime and to be sentenced, the prosecutor makes a sentencing recommendation to a judge. It is the same here, in Brasil, Argentina, South Africa, Singapore, Canada, etc. Sometimes judges follow these recommendations. Most of the time they give a sentence that is lower. Every now and then in an extraordinary case, they give a sentence that is higher.
Amy got a well-drafted 25-page sentencing memorandum from the Assistant US Attorneys in the Roger Stone Case. They recommended that she adhere to the US sentencing guidelines and give Stone and sentence between 7-9 years. Anyone familiar with Amy would figure out quickly that such a harsh sentence was not going to happen. (Every judge in the world has a sentencing pattern that one can use to predict future sentences.) The most probable sentence for Stone would have been 24-30 months. He would go to a low-security jail. He would serve 18 months before release to a halfway house.
Donald Trump panicked when he heard this sentencing recommendation. He ordered Attorney General Barr to write a new sentencing memorandum. It was 4 pages long and poorly-drafted. It recommended a sentence below the sentencing guidelines. This has set off a firestorm of protest. Presidents are not supposed to intervene in an ongoing criminal case. After a defendant is sentenced, a president can commute a sentence or give a convicted defendant a pardon.
If I were Amy, I would be quite angry now. I would sentence Stone to a harsh sentence above the guidelines (say 15-20 years). This would force Trump to issue a sentence commutation or pardon. It would dig Trump deeper into a hole.