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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 02:52 PM Apr 2018

Libby pardon "a clear mob message to Manafort that Trump has his back"



“I don’t know Mr. Libby,” Trump wrote in the pardon, “but for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life.”

Jeffrey Toobin just nailed it on CNN: This pardon is evidence that the rule of law does not matter to Donald J. Effing Trump.

Paul Manafort is facing myriad federal charges right now for tax evasion, money laundering and other far more heinous crimes than Scooter Libby, who just put the life of a CIA agent in danger by outing her and then lying about it while serving as Darth Dick Cheney's chief of staff.

This was a clear mob message to Manafort that Trump has his back -- at least with respect to the federal charges. This is where I remind you all that Trump has no power to pardon state charges against Manafort or any of his motley crew, including himself.

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/04/its-official-trump-pardons-scooter-libby
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Libby pardon "a clear mob message to Manafort that Trump has his back" (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 2018 OP
ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN leftynyc Apr 2018 #1
So Trump made this decision based on things he "heard", like gossip and rumors, procon Apr 2018 #2

procon

(15,805 posts)
2. So Trump made this decision based on things he "heard", like gossip and rumors,
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 03:36 PM
Apr 2018

TV commentators, and celebrity pundits. No evidence, no studies, no facts or truth. Yep, that makes perfect sense in the alternative Trump universe we live in.

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