Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Marco Rubio Warns Trump: It Would Be A 'Terrible Mistake' To Pardon Paul Manafort
Source: Huffington Post
POLITICS 12/09/2018 11:27 am ET Updated 1 hour ago
Marco Rubio Warns Trump: It Would Be A ‘Terrible Mistake’ To Pardon Paul Manafort
The president said last month that a possible pardon for his former campaign manager wasn’t “off the table.”
By Hayley Miller
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday said it would be a “terrible mistake” for President Donald Trump to pardon Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager implicated in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Though Rubio didn’t answer directly when asked on ABC’s “This Week” whether such a pardon would constitute obstruction of justice, he noted that he would “advise strongly against it.”
“I believe it would be a terrible mistake,” Rubio said. “Pardons should be used judicially. They’re used for cases with extraordinary circumstances. I haven’t heard that the White House is thinking about doing it. I know he hasn’t ruled it out.”
If Trump were to pardon Manafort, Rubio said, it could “trigger a debate” about whether to amend the president’s authority to do so.
“I don’t believe that any pardons should be used with relation to these particular cases,” he said. “Frankly, not only does it not pass the smell test, I think it undermines the reason why we have presidential pardons in the first place.”
-snip-
Marco Rubio Warns Trump: It Would Be A ‘Terrible Mistake’ To Pardon Paul Manafort
The president said last month that a possible pardon for his former campaign manager wasn’t “off the table.”
By Hayley Miller
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday said it would be a “terrible mistake” for President Donald Trump to pardon Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager implicated in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Though Rubio didn’t answer directly when asked on ABC’s “This Week” whether such a pardon would constitute obstruction of justice, he noted that he would “advise strongly against it.”
“I believe it would be a terrible mistake,” Rubio said. “Pardons should be used judicially. They’re used for cases with extraordinary circumstances. I haven’t heard that the White House is thinking about doing it. I know he hasn’t ruled it out.”
If Trump were to pardon Manafort, Rubio said, it could “trigger a debate” about whether to amend the president’s authority to do so.
“I don’t believe that any pardons should be used with relation to these particular cases,” he said. “Frankly, not only does it not pass the smell test, I think it undermines the reason why we have presidential pardons in the first place.”
Link to tweet
-snip-
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-trump-manafort-pardon_us_5c0d29dae4b0a606a9a98e8f
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
Right, like you and other thuglicans in the Senate will STOP tRumputin from doing ANYTHING.
You and the rest of your thuglicann brethren are complicit in all tRump is doing to destroy this country/world.
