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Joe Scarborough Goes Off on Republican Senators Who Acquitted Trump After Trump's DOJ Intervenes in Roger Stone Sentencing

Joe Scarborough Goes Off on Republican Senators Who Acquitted Trump After Trump's DOJ Intervenes in Roger Stone Sentencing
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People were astounded when the Justice Department overrode the sentence recommendation of its own prosecutors against staunch President Donald Trump ally, Roger Stone, after the President railed against the recommendation on Twitter. Stone was convicted on multiple felonies last year, including lying to Congress and obstruction of justice.

After the President's public rebuke and the Justice Department's acquiescence to it, all four prosecutors withdrew from the Roger Stone case. One left the Justice Department all together.


In an early morning tweet, Trump all but confirmed that his own Attorney General, William Barr, interceded in the case.

He also attacked the career public prosecutors who resigned.

For people like former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough, the debacle further confirmed that the Justice Department is now a weapon of the President instead of an agent of impartial justice working for Americans.

Scarborough railed against Republican Senators—all but one of whom voted to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial—for enabling and emboldening the President to wield the government to help his friends and to punish his enemies.

Watch below.

"[Trump]'s going crazy," Scarborough said, "he's firing American heroes, he's asking for Vindman...to be prosecuted for telling the truth about what Donald Trump did and what Republican Senators said Donald Trump did."

Scarborough took particular ire with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), who voted to acquit Trump after assuring that she thought impeachment taught him a lesson.

Scarborough said:

"Susan Collins, I'm curious do you really still think Donald Trump learned his lesson, or if the lesson that Donald Trump learned is that with Senators like you giving him a blank check, he can do whatever the hell he wants. Vindman? That's on you. Sondland? That's on you. Roger Stone, Susan Collins, that's on you, and Lamar Alexander it's on you and it's on every Republican that taught Donald Trump once again, there are no consequences to his actions."

He concluded by calling out Republican Senators by name.

"He did it because you Republican Senators gave him a blank check. Congratulations, Susan Collins. Congratulations, Corey Gardner. Congratulations, Lindsey. Congratulations, Martha McSally...Congratulations, Tommy boy."

People shared Scarborough's concerns that acquittal assured the President he can do anything without rebuke—and it's only going to get worse.







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