House Democrats announced plans on Friday to move forward with measures in response to President Stone’s commutation of Roger Stone last week, and a senior Democrat said: “In this country, no one is above the law.” .
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, DN.Y. said his committee planned to carry out a marking Thursday for two measures.
“The first, HR 1627, the Abuse of the Forgiveness Power Prevention Act, will allow us a measure of transparency in the power of the President to forgive federal crimes and commute federal sentences,” Nadler said. “If the president uses the powers of his office to protect himself and his family from federal investigations, then Justice Department investigators should provide us with materials related to the underlying crime.”
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The other bill implies a statute of limitations for possible crimes committed by a president.
“The second bill that we will consider, HR 2678, the Non-President Act is above the Act, it is also straightforward,” Nadler said. “While the president is in office, we should stop the clock on the statute of limitations for any crime he has committed. Re-election should not be a card to get out of jail. “
The White House announced last week that Trump signed an executive leniency grant to commute Roger Stone’s “unfair sentence,” just days before the long-running political operation was slated to appear in prison for more than three years for charges derived from the former special adviser. Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Stone was due to appear in prison on July 14 to serve 40 months. He was sentenced to more than three years in prison in February after being convicted in November 2019 of seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering and false statements to Congress. Stone, however, appealed his conviction and continues to deny any wrongdoing.
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In a statement Friday, Nadler said: “Stone misled federal investigators, intimidated witnesses, and was convicted of obstruction of justice, but did not testify of the president’s wrongdoing. In return, President Trump ensured that Stone never spent a day in prison. This quid pro quo is unacceptable. Congress must act. “
