Roger Stone: Trump Likely Saved My Life By Commuting My Sentence | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Fresh from having his prison sentence for lying to Congress to protect the president commuted, Roger Stone went on FOX News to claim the president likely saved his life with the clemency. Tim O'Brien joins to discuss. Aired on 7/13/2020.

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[DavidJ]

John Dean served as White House counsel to Nixon from 1970 to 73, he was a key figure in the Watergate saga—participating in, and then helping to expose, the most iconic political scandal in modern U.S. history at the time. Back in 2016, Dean said that Trump could easily be the most corrupt presidents ever—and possibly get away with it..

“The American presidency has never been at the whims of an authoritarian personality like Donald Trump, ” Dean stated. “He is going to test our democracy as it has never been tested."
Dean stated that he is not only convinced that Trump will be worse than Nixon in virtually every way—he thinks he could possibly get away with it.

“I used to have one-on-one conversations with Nixon, where I’d see him checking his more authoritarian tendencies, ” Dean recalled. “He’d say, ‘This is something I can’t say out loud...’ or, ‘That is something the president can’t do.’” To Dean, these moments suggested a functioning sense of shame in Nixon, something he was forced to wrestle with in his quest for power. Trump, by contrast, appears to Dean, to be unmolested by any such struggle."  Dean went even further in his assessment, stating: “I don’t think Richard Nixon even comes close to the level of corruption we already know about Trump.”

Trump and republicans continue to rage against the Constitution in their ongoing war with our democratic republic. They have made it abundantly clear that we must vote them out of office in order for our democracy to survive.

[camelsheit_on_the_walls]

If so, Stone is about the only American life trump seems bothered with trying to save in this pandemic.

[tommyzapada]

Roger Stone agreed to not throw POTUS under the bus in exchange

[Tiberius]

If Stone thinks he's not in many crosshairs every time he leaves his home, that he's not already a Dead Man Walking, then he's a complete fool.

[CR-mtwy]

What a waste of a life to save, he shouldn’t brag about it.

[melissacadena]

Do you remember when Obama was in office and you didn’t have worry about life?
Life...I mean living or dying

[jld]

"Trump likely saved my life"....so 1 out of 135, 000. Hmph. Same odds a Trump business won't declare bankruptcy.

[weshartman]

Poor Roger Stone would've caught COVID in an enclosed space such as prison. Now...get every child in America BACK TO SCHOOL!

[MartinMcMartin]

Stone's life wasn't worth saving.

[dianepelchat]

There needs to be some Justice about Roger stone he is a con ..corrupt and he belongs in jail....

[goyasolidar]

The headline should read "Joker commutes sentence for the Penguin."

[yourbigheadcousin]

What a shame, we were almost rid of him.

[dianepelchat]

The law needs to clean up this American presidency Trump team... I enough is enough...

[BERNIEO]

They just won't shut up
They keep Lying and Lying and Lying !

[RazaTheRambler]

Time to let out all those hit with marijuana charges. I mean...SERIOUSLY.

[JM-xrzs]

When's Barr going to crown TRUMP KING?

[kimmike]

If Roger stone thinks he is saved, then he is so naive. He will see.

[salochni]

"Rave reviews" this guy still thinks he's on a reality TV show

[MachiavellisThePrince]

Is Roger Stone dying in prison something anyone was concerned with?

#TRE45ON #AmericaOrTrump #countdownto46

[richardalexander]

Too dangerous for Stone to be in prison, but okay for kids to go back to school...corruption 101.