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After Stone Commutation, Pelosi Planning Bill To Limit Presidential Pardons

Ashe Schow
After Stone Commutation, Pelosi Planning Bill To Limit Presidential Pardons
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After President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of former adviser Roger Stone, Democrats went apoplectic.

On Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she would support a bill that would limit a president’s pardoning abilities. Stone had been sentenced to three years in prison for witness tampering and lying to Congress. He was also arrested in an infamous early morning bust with multiple armed police raiding the 67-year-old’s home as CNN filmed.

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