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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Distinction without a difference. Trump is merely the ultimate insider. If I can get a favor by having the President tweet, or I can get a favor because my criminal lawyer used to work with the people at justice and uses the connection to plead my case and milk his goodwill with my investogators in advance, where other defendants would not have a chance to stop a case against them until it was too late, what's the difference? Influence is influence is influence. You're getting hung up on the word "political."
Scooter Libby had influence. Marc Rich had influence. Roger Stone has a friend with some influence. And in each instance, that influence was applied post-conviction. Are you quibbling with the fact that Stone is getting a favor before sentencing where Rich and Libby had Presidents simply commute or pardon them post-sentence? Seems a pretty academic difference to be citing.
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Everything you say here is stupid, to the point that I think you are trying to be provocative and contrarian rather than spinning something you actually believe. There is a difference between a commutation and a pardon, and what Trump has done. We all understand. If Trump wants to pardon Stone, he can. What Trump wants is to manipulate the criminal justice system so that it lets his people off. And he surely cares not only about Stone, but about what DOJ does with other people close to him who have criminal exposure.
