That's on top of this June 1 tweet...Republican Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.) said Saturday that President Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of Roger Stone “is a mistake.”
“The president clearly has the legal and constitutional authority to grant clemency for federal crimes,” Toomey said in a statement. “However, this authority should be used judiciously and very rarely by any president.”
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“Any objections to Mr. Stone’s conviction and trial should be resolved through the appeals process,” Toomey said.
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“While I understand the frustration with the badly flawed Russia-collusion investigation, in my view, commuting Roger Stone’s sentence is a mistake,” Toomey said, adding that Stone was “duly convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing a congressional investigation conducted by a Republican-led committee.”
Toomey noted that in a July 8 interview, Attorney General William Barr said he thought Stone’s prosecution was “righteous” and “appropriate" and that the sentence he received was “fair.” Barr reportedly advised against the move.
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE: Aaaand, right on cue...
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