Trump's disgusting effort to equate Roger Stone, who *did* commit crimes, with numerous people who *did not* commit crimes, show Trump again trying to eradicate public faith in the possibility of real justice.
@paulwaldman1 and me on Stone's conviction:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@paulwaldman1 and me on Stone's conviction:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@paulwaldman1 It's important not to let Trump's response to Roger Stone's conviction -- in which he claimed that all his political enemies are just as guilty -- slide by with no condemnation.
The sentiment it expressed is profoundly corrupt, lawless, and destructive:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
The sentiment it expressed is profoundly corrupt, lawless, and destructive:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@paulwaldman1 Finally, a wrenching quote from former prosecutor @BarbMcQuade about whether Trump will pardon Stone.
“To be pardoned for that kind of behavior says the rule of law doesn’t matter, that loyalty to the president is all that does matter," McQuade tells us.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
“To be pardoned for that kind of behavior says the rule of law doesn’t matter, that loyalty to the president is all that does matter," McQuade tells us.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
