Stone

I haven’t commented on the kerfuffle surrounding Trump advisor Roger Stone because I think it’s almost entirely a matter of party politics.

I don’t think that people should tamper with witnesses or lie to investigators. I think that when people are convicted of crimes they should serve their sentences. I don’t think that presidents should interfere in this process. I don’t deny that they have the legitimate power to do so.

I also think that the law should pertain to everyone equally. When perjuring Directors of Central Intelligence go scot free while lying political advisors are sentenced to terms in jail, there’s something wrong. The issue is not merely one of who commits crimes, convicted, or sentenced but of who is interrogated and the questions they’re being asked. Trying to separate the crimes from the circumstances is impossible.

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  • steve Link

    The CIA has been lying to Congress (and everyone else) longer than I have been alive. For whatever reason we have decided to tolerate it. Maybe for the same reason we tolerate POTUS lying to Congress and everyone else?

    Steve

  • TarsTarkas Link

    Stone was convicted of a process crime as a result of an investigation that had no valid predicate other than ‘I think OMB could be a Russian asset’ with no proof whatsoever. Stone’s home was raided in the middle of the night by a SWAT team of FBI agents while CNN just happened to be around with a camera crew complete with blazing lights to film him and his wife being dragged outside. The forewoman of his jury should have been disqualified from serving for lying to the court about her incredible political bias. His judge was at least equally biased. I could go on and on.

    I don’t think much of Stone, a worse grandstander and BS artist than Trump, who falsely inflated his ties and influence for personal benefit and unlike the Podestas of the world got a building thrown at him. But what happened to him was pure and simple crap. It would have taken a Sydney Powell to get him out of his jam, and he didn’t have one.

    ‘The CIA has been lying to Congress (and everyone else) longer than I have been alive. For whatever reason we have decided to tolerate it. Maybe for the same reason we tolerate POTUS lying to Congress and everyone else?’

    Hell, a lot of people want to remove OMB from office when he tells the truth. It’s all about the power, baby, and they want it back NOW.

    Maybe if we actually had a DOJ that upheld the law instead of letting the Clintons and the Clappers of the world skate they might stop stealing and lying under oath. That goes for both sides. Unfortunately we live in the real world, where the DOJ is beholden to whomever its permanent members think ought to be in charge, not the law or its temporary bosses.

    How is your PPE project going? Is it complete and are you getting any orders?

  • Maybe if we actually had a DOJ that upheld the law instead of letting the Clintons and the Clappers of the world skate they might stop stealing and lying under oath.

    That’s one of the things about what’s been happening that flabbergasts me. Attorneys General have been the bag men of the administration they serve for as long as I can recall. The view of the AG and DoJ as a Fourth Branch of government is just bizarre.

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