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GanonsSpirit posted...

Also, Stone blackmailed the president publicly:

Nothing about that suggests blackmail.

papercup posted...

I can hear Rush Limbaugh now "So what if the president commuted Roger Stone's sentence, he has the power to do that!" as if whether or not the president can do this is the issue.

Considering that the investigation was the combination of a partisan witch hunt and fishing expedition, it's understandable that convictions like these would be commuted.

BlackScythe0 posted...

"How is abuse of power grounds for impeachment?"

Pretty sure that has been the grounds of every impeachment.

"Any use of power by Trump is abuse of power!"

Seems to be pretty much what you're going for. Granted, this is also a president you wanted impeached before he took office.

chlc3d posted...

I didn't say it wasn't wrong. I'm trying to understand why it would be impeachable. I don't think you could really make a compelling obstruction of justice case

To Mead's point, a great example of something that wasn't illegal that was wrong was the Russia investigation which was all smoke -- largely fanned by the "investigators" -- and no fire.

streamofthesky posted...

I think it's a sad reality, a new normal, that Federal charges just don't matter at all with Trump as president.

Because apparently no president has ever commuted the sentence of an associate, particularly when that associated was to a great extent wrongly convicted... oh wait.


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