Roger Stone clearly expects a pardon

Roger Stone clearly expects a pardon

by digby


And he will probably get one.

Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION! Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better. Who alerted CNN to be there?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2019


Roger Stone, arrested today for lying, obstruction and witness tampering in the Russia probe, just said he will never testify against the president after proudly asserting that he'd been his close friend for decades.

Trump only associates with the best people. He told us so.

This arrest doesn't go to the heart of the suspicions about conspiracy between the Russians and the Trump campaign but it's getting closer. Bannon has been reported to be the person in the indictment who was "directed" (presumably by the person he worked for) to find out about future Wikileaks releases in the fall of 2016. That would be

By the way:

The president is asking, who alerted CNN to be there?

Journalists don't have to be alerted. It was expected for weeks that Roger Stone would indicted.

It's called a stakeout and a reporter doing their job. https://t.co/bgZ7MpM7n4

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 25, 2019




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