Appearing on CNN, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reacted to President Trump commuting Roger Stone’s sentence by proposing a new law to prevent similar scenarios.
Pelosi told Anderson Cooper “I’m recommending that we pass a law that presidents cannot issue a pardon if the crime that the person is in jail for is one that is caused by protecting the President, which this was.”
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Trump commuting Roger Stone’s sentence: “I’m recommending that we pass a law that presidents cannot issue a pardon if the crime that the person is in jail for is one that is caused by protecting the President, which this was” https://t.co/ZzhLshSw7I pic.twitter.com/WCwCM5Xvq2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 11, 2020
Sam Vinograd, a national security analyst for CNN added:
We’re at that point where we need a law to prevent the President from obstructing justice and witness tampering.
We're at that point where we need a law to prevent the President from obstructing justice and witness tampering.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) July 11, 2020