Donald Trump on Saturday morning railed against former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden, calling them criminals as he defended his decision to commute the prison sentence for his longtime associate and political confidant Roger Stone, claiming Stone was the victim of a “witch hunt.”
“Roger Stone was targeted by an illegal Witch Hunt that never should have taken place. It is the other side that are criminals, including the fact that Biden and Obama illegally spied on my campaign – AND GOT CAUGHT!” Trump tweeted.
Trump on Friday granted clemency for Stone, a former campaign adviser who had been sentenced to more than three years in prison in connection with former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Stone was convicted last year of lying to Congress in connection to its investigation into Russian election interference, witness tampering and obstructing an official proceeding.
He was the sixth Trump associate to be charged in connection to Mueller’s probe. The investigation did not establish that Trump’s campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election but detailed a series of contacts and found the campaign welcomed Russia’s intervention.
Trump’s commutation of Stone’s sentence came four days before the GOP operative was set to report to prison.
Twitter users blasted Trump’s tweet, and they didn’t mince words:
Roger Stone was targeted by an illegal Witch Hunt that never should have taken place. It is the other side that are criminals, including Biden and Obama, who spied on my campaign – AND GOT CAUGHT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2020
You’re corrupt. You’re a criminal. #RogerStone is a criminal who broke the law for you. And you set him free. America will remember this mob shit in 4 months. You’re gonna lose in t he biggest landslide in American history… #Trump
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) July 11, 2020
LAW AND ORDER (except for my friends)
— Gregory Hudson (@ghudson911) July 11, 2020
Literally none of this is true.
— Corey, ≥ CHirp!! cryptoSocial, memes & podcasts (@coreycottrell) July 11, 2020
Stone pleaded guilty.
— evie (@evieb52) July 11, 2020
Stone lied under oath, obstructed the investigation into you, and intimidated witnesses. As a reward for covering up for you and your crimes … you commuted him.
There are two types of "Law & Order" presently – One for your criminal friends and one for everyone else.#Vote
— James 🇺🇸 (@jjkusaf) July 11, 2020
He was found GUILTY.
— Charlene Melcher (@MelcherCharlene) July 11, 2020
Are you saying that a crime is more of a crime when you get caught?
— Ronaldo N Oliveira (@RonaldoNogOl) July 11, 2020
New York is getting your financials. Guess who’s gonna get caught?
— (((JustJax))) (@JackieKessler) July 11, 2020
Your abuse of power is incredible even for you, You make false statements about innocent people and pardon convicted criminals who happen to agree with your madness
— Richard Fenton (@RichFenton) July 11, 2020
A jury of his peers, multiple witnesses, documentation, Stone’s own words (and yours!), and a threatened dog prove otherwise.
— LarryGJr (@JrLawrenceG) July 11, 2020
With every corrupt action you take, you dig your hole deeper to losing in a landslide Nov 3rd. #VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
— Maria Wilkins (@mariangela1521) July 11, 2020
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