Indictment-O-Rama, Act 3: Cohen Up the River

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/roger-stone-trump-democrats-114104
Democrats struggle to counter Trump's Roger Stone intervention
Lawmakers offered scattershot options to confront Trump's attacks on prosecutors who recommended a stiff sentence for Stone.

With impeachment no longer in their arsenal, Democrats are coming to terms with a new reality: they have few, if any, weapons to take on an emboldened President Donald Trump as he openly settles scores with his political adversaries and continues breaching the wall between the Justice Department and Oval Office.

Democrats vented outrage Tuesday over Trump's attack on his own DOJ prosecutors and his demand of a lighter sentence for longtime ally Roger Stone. One after another, top Democrats in the House and Senate said Trump's 2 a.m. Twitter intervention further erodes the rule of law.

“Coupled with the president’s blatant retaliation against those who helped expose his wrongdoing, the Trump administration poses the gravest threat to the rule of law in America in a generation,” said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, the lead prosecutor in Trump's impeachment trial.

Yet so far, Democrats are offering an unsettled array of responses that a post-impeachment Congress can make to rein in Trump or highlight alleged transgressions by the president.

Some are calling for new investigations and attempts at traditional congressional oversight. Others are suggesting that Democrats could withhold appropriations from key agencies to get answers to their investigative inquiries. Others say DOJ watchdogs should investigate and others still say any response to Trump's behavior is now up to voters in the November elections.

In other words, lawmakers are still struggling with how to approach post-impeachment conduct by Trump after an all-consuming trial failed to remove the president from office.

Hahaha, Democrats and their media were crying a wolf since Trump won, lying about Russia Hoax and starting divisive Impeachment Garbage.

Consequence: no one gives a damn what the boy who cried a wolf Democrats & MSM are whining about now. Zero credibility.

This is definitely more pointed a statement than I usually make, but I've heard just as much whining from Trump supporters across his Presidency as I have from non-Trump-supporters.  

Democrats need to learn to pick and choose their battles, but let's not pretend that the partisan divide is entirely their doing. 

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https://mobile.twitter.com/evanmcmurry/status/1228061600218861568

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Trump tweeted and pined this!

Video:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1230384588553211907

Roger Stone did nothing wrong! The American Public wants a Pardon!

I don't think the American public at-large cares one way or the other.  

Anyway, just for informative purposes: Stone's sentencing is set for 10am EST this morning.  

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https://mobile.twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1230491382290223104

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https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1230516020789628929

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Apologies for the tweet flood, but Judge Jackson* doesn't seem to be playing games today.

https://mobile.twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1230525203182215169

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Judge Jackson just rather unexpectedly evoked Devin Nunes.  Right now, it seems as though she's going through charge-by-charge. 

https://twitter.com/MMineiro_CNS/status/1230539169610584068

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And finally, the sentencing:

https://twitter.com/MMineiro_CNS/status/1230545749953392640

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And finally, the sentencing:

https://twitter.com/MMineiro_CNS/status/1230545749953392640

 Countdown to an immoral Trump pardon in 3,2,1...

I don't know about that; the sentence length seems very carefully balanced.  It's long enough to be a real punishment and send a message, while being below recommendations and short enough that criticism of it being too harsh (and thus justification for a pardon) would be kind of weak.

Yeah.  When you add in 24-months probation, mandatory drug-testing, and $20,000 USD in fines, it's a rather balanced sentence. 

Anything below (six months to a year, for instance) would have led to outcries of being "too lenient".   And while I'm no fan of Roger Stone, I did think that 7-9 years was a *bit* on the steep side.