Warning: this won’t be popular with many of my followers, but I’m gonna call balls and strikes anyway
THREAD
Yes, it’s outrageous that an anti-Trump, Collusion Truther awaiting Mueller Time ended up as the Jury Foreman
—Stone’s legal team didn’t properly try to strike the juror
—or if they did, the judge overruled (possibly abusing her discretion)
—juror lied so Stone couldn’t strike
A mistrial isn’t likely - yet
While 7-9 years was based on the harshest literal reading of the guidelines/enhancements for lying, obstruction & witness tampering/physical threats — it’s NOT something Mueller’s guys just made up
But: it isn’t in the interests of *justice* given similar cases
The case for those is overwhelming, just take a look at his testimony versus the evidence (texts) introduced at trial. Again, that’s not made up by Mueller’s crew. Nobody forced Stone to do this since he wasn’t even Colluding with Russia anyway
Stone should do some time (not 7-9 years), and *everyone else* who deliberately lied to Congress should do too
Even if the juror lied and even if that’s a mistrial or an appeal, Stone still committed the crimes and would (probably) get re-tried and reconvicted on the same evidence, because that evidence isn’t going away
And the Judge makes the final decision anyway
Or pardon/commute Stone, and accept the consequences
/ENDS
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