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February 13, 2020

Chris Wallace: Trump should not have weighed in on Barr, Roger Stone sentence

President Trump should not have weighed in on his former adviser Roger Stone's trial, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said Thursday.

February 13, 2020

Von Spakovsky & Ries: Trump’s counterattack on sanctuary cities has begun, and it’s about time

With the recent federal lawsuits filed against California, New Jersey and King County, Washington, the Trump administration has finally launched a fierce counterattack against the sanctuary movement.

February 13, 2020

Stephanie Grisham: AG Barr realizes Roger Stone sentence recommendation was 'absolutely excessive'

Attorney General (A.G.) William Barr was correct in realizing that Roger Stone's previous sentence by Justice Department (DOJ) prosecutors would be "absolutely excessive," White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham affirmed Thursday.

February 13, 2020

Brett Tolman: In Roger Stone case, AG Barr is right to object to long prison sentence

The recommended prison sentence for Roger Stone was far to harsh and outrageous. Attorney General William Barr quite properly intervened in the case.

February 13, 2020

Roger Stone jury foreperson's anti-Trump social media posts surface after she defends DOJ prosecutors

Former Memphis City Schools Board President Tomeka Hart revealed Wednesday that she was the foreperson of the jury that convicted former Trump adviser Roger Stone on obstruction charges last year, and soon afterward, a string of her anti-Trump, left-wing social media posts came to light.

February 12, 2020

Tom Fitton: Mueller-linked prosecutors targeting Roger Stone to 'vindicate the Mueller scam'

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the Justice Department's initial recommendation to imprison Republican political consultant Roger Stone to as many as nine years in prison was both extreme and a plot by Russia probe-linked prosecutors to legitimize their now-defunct investigation.

February 12, 2020

Albuquerque faces looming battle with DOJ over sanctuary policies, crime-fighting grants

Some Albuquerque, N.M. elected officials are accusing the Justice Department of political gamesmanship by withholding millions of dollars in federal funds over the city's sanctuary city status that prevents the sharing of information with immigration authorities. 

February 12, 2020

Trump denies interfering in Roger Stone case, stays mum on possible pardon

President Trump on Wednesday denied interfering in Roger Stone’s case and declined to say whether he’d consider a pardon for the GOP political operative, while he continued to rail against prosecutors who recommended a lengthy sentence and called it a “disgrace.”

February 12, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Should Trump pardon Roger Stone? President should decide or keep quiet

The first thing to grasp about the Roger Stone sentencing fiasco is that Stone, even accepting the worst plausible gloss on his crimes, is a 67-year-old nonviolent first offender.

February 12, 2020

Hogan Gidley: Trump never spoke to AG Barr about reducing Roger Stone's sentence

White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that President Trump never spoke to Attorney General Bill Barr about reducing Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone's recommended sentence.