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fleur-de-lisa

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Wed Jul 8, 2020, 03:58 PM Jul 2020

Per Vanity Fair article, AG Barr is opposed to commutation of Roger Stone's sentence

By Gabriel Sherman

At a moment when he needs to calm restive Republicans, Trump may antagonize them further by commuting Roger Stone’s 40-month sentence. According to sources, Trump has told people he wants to commute Stone’s sentence before Stone reports to prison on July 14. Rumors swirled over the weekend that Trump would announce it on Sunday night. Sources say the West Wing is at war over a possible Stone commutation. White House counsel Pat Cipollone is against the move, and even Attorney General Bill Barr is opposed. “Barr has told Trump not to do it, and if he does there will be a mutiny at DOJ,” said a source briefed on the internal debates. People close to Trump fear he won’t listen. “You can’t underestimate how hard it is to get information through to him,” a Republican close to the White House said. “When you talk to him, he just talks at you. He doesn’t like to read memos, so there’s not really a way to get through to him. Everyone agrees.” (The White House declined to comment.)

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/chaos-engulfs-trump-campaign

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Per Vanity Fair article, AG Barr is opposed to commutation of Roger Stone's sentence (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 OP
All this means is Stone doesn't have dirt on Barr. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #1
Oh my! 2naSalit Jul 2020 #2
Headline is missing "...until after the election". HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #3
The DOJ is going to do whatever Barr tells them to and blueinredohio Jul 2020 #4
And Faux pas Jul 2020 #5
So there is a Pardon on it's way. Wellstone ruled Jul 2020 #6

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
4. The DOJ is going to do whatever Barr tells them to and
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 04:09 PM
Jul 2020

Barr is going to do whatever Trump tells him to. Period.

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