Coming from a President who never uses a Beretta when he can use a Howitzer, there is no way to read the pardon as anything but a screaming signal to those in his circle who find themselves in threat of federal legal jeopardy. Don’t cooperate with the authorities, the President is saying without saying it: I have the pardon pen, and it’s uncapped.
What moves the act from obvious to downright ostentatious is that Libby faces no further legal jeopardy. In 2007, as he got ready to serve 30 months in prison, President George W. Bush commuted his sentence. In 2016, he regained his license to practice law.
The coup de grâce is how hilarously the act of forgiveness clashes with Trump’s supposed anger, frequently expressed during his presidential campaign, about how the Bush-Cheney gang led the nation into war in Iraq: “They lied, they said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none and they knew that there were none.”
Leave it to Trump to cook up the cheapest of stunts — a petty perversion of the criminal justice system to tell subordinates that loyalty to the man in charge trumps fealty to the law.
”A "pardon wipes out the conviction while a commutation leaves the conviction intact but wipes out the punishment." Barnett: Commutation is a form of clemency, used often by governors. ... By commuting the sentence, Bush was saying, "The crime wasn't forgiven, but the penalty has been reduced."Jul 3, 2007
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Trump's pardon of Scooter
Trump's pardon of Scooter Libby: It doesn't get any more obnoxious, self-serving and hypocritical than this
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-obnoxious-hypocritical-pardon-s...
Coming from a President who never uses a Beretta when he can use a Howitzer, there is no way to read the pardon as anything but a screaming signal to those in his circle who find themselves in threat of federal legal jeopardy. Don’t cooperate with the authorities, the President is saying without saying it: I have the pardon pen, and it’s uncapped.
What moves the act from obvious to downright ostentatious is that Libby faces no further legal jeopardy. In 2007, as he got ready to serve 30 months in prison, President George W. Bush commuted his sentence. In 2016, he regained his license to practice law.
The coup de grâce is how hilarously the act of forgiveness clashes with Trump’s supposed anger, frequently expressed during his presidential campaign, about how the Bush-Cheney gang led the nation into war in Iraq: “They lied, they said there were weapons of mass destruction. There were none and they knew that there were none.”
Leave it to Trump to cook up the cheapest of stunts — a petty perversion of the criminal justice system to tell subordinates that loyalty to the man in charge trumps fealty to the law.
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Didn't Bush II already
Didn't Bush II already commute Scooter's sentence way back when? Seems like a purely symbolic gesture.
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^^^
^^^
”A "pardon wipes out the conviction while a commutation leaves the conviction intact but wipes out the punishment." Barnett: Commutation is a form of clemency, used often by governors. ... By commuting the sentence, Bush was saying, "The crime wasn't forgiven, but the penalty has been reduced."Jul 3, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3339765&page=1
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They wouldn't even release
They wouldn't even release the pos's real first name. He never saw any jail time. I think he's already legally practicing 'law'.
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Will Libby be Cohen's
Will Libby be Cohen's replacement and join 45's legal team?
haha only the best...
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He's just lighting toilet
He's just lighting toilet paper on fire and smearing shit on the walls now. He knows his inevitable end is coming.
We just happen to live in a temporality where Trump's most heinous lies aren't outed yet.
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Just more obfuscation to keep
Just more obfuscation to keep attention from being focused on Chumps absolute corruption.....
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>>> We just happen to live
>>> We just happen to live in a temporality where Trump's most heinous lies aren't outed yet.
nice way to put it, I think I just learned a new word.
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Yates warns Trump against
Yates warns Trump against impeding special counsel probe
Steve Peoples, Associated Press
Updated 4:19 pm, Friday, April 13, 2018
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Yates-Trump-moral-authority...
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Twitter is the chosen vehicle
Twitter is the chosen vehicle for Trump and his administrations propaganda
Twitter is just as guilty as Facebook in the election interference
Twitter and Trump are both despicable
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more coffin nails...
more coffin nails...
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/383123-mueller-can-prove-cohen-made-sec...