{"id":39336,"date":"2020-07-13T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T17:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39336"},"modified":"2020-07-13T13:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T17:10:56","slug":"when-you-just-dont-have-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39336","title":{"rendered":"When You Just Don’t Have Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Daily Wire<\/a> posted an article noting that after President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former adviser Roger Stone, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she would support a bill that would limit a president\u2019s pardoning abilities. First of all, President Trump commuted the sentence–he did not pardon.Secondly, Roger Stone is not in good heath, and a prison sentence would probably result in his death. Seems like a rather high price to pay for lying to Congress and witness tampering. Particularly since many others who lied to Congress have never been charged–James Comey, James Clapper, etc. Finally, some states are currently letting murderers and rapists out of prison because of the coronavirus. How is Roger Stone a threat to anyone?<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Pelosi and Democrats, however, want to make sure presidents can\u2019t pardon allies, calling Trump\u2019s actions \u201can act of staggering corruption.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cCongress will take action to prevent this type of brazen wrongdoing. Legislation is needed to ensure that no president can pardon or commute the sentence of an individual who is engaged in a cover-up campaign to shield that President from criminal prosecution,\u201d Pelosi said, as reported<\/a> by The Times-Union.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The outlet noted, however, that such a bill would never become law with a Republican-controlled Senate and White House. \u201cThe bill would also likely face legal challenges were it to become law,\u201d the Times-Union reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump had every right to pardon Stone, even if some don\u2019t like it. Two former prosecutors \u2013 Brett L. Tolman and Arthur Rizer \u2013 penned an op-ed<\/a> for Fox News saying Stone was \u201ca relative bit player\u201d sentenced to justify Robert Mueller\u2019s special counsel investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article mentions some pardons by past Presidents:<\/p>\n

Journalist and author Andrew McCarthy, too, defended Trump\u2019s actions and pointed out<\/a> multiple pardons from Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama that Democrats defended.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Bill Clinton<\/a>\u00a0pardoned his own brother for felony distribution of cocaine. And a key witness in the Whitewater scandal for which he and Hillary Clinton were under investigation. And three others convicted in independent counsel Ken Starr\u2019s probe. And Marc Rich, in what was a straight-up political payoff. And his CIA director. And his HUD secretary. And eight people convicted in an investigation of his Agriculture Department,\u201d McCarthy wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama also commuted the sentence of a U.S. soldier who passed top-secret information to WikiLeaks. He pardoned his former Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman, who\u2019d been convicted of making false statements about a leak of classified information to The New York Times,\u201d McCarthy added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Pelosi was in the House of Representatives during these pardons and never questioned them. Now, when commuting a man’s sentence could possibly save his life, she is going to attempt to pass an unconstitutional law.<\/p>\n

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