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Can Stone cooperate NOW to reduce his sentence? (Original Post) Fresh_Start Nov 2019 OP
He's not going to cooperate jberryhill Nov 2019 #1
I would be all for it IF bluestarone Nov 2019 #2
A convicted liar doesn't have much leverage. C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #3
My guess is Trump won't pardon Stone or Manafort. Blue_true Nov 2019 #9
No quid pro quo, huh.... hahahaha C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #10
Trump's history is it is only one way. Blue_true Nov 2019 #12
They got burned with Manafort. They're not playing with these liars anymore MaryMagdaline Nov 2019 #4
Trump will not pardon him. Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #5
He has no credibility so nothing he provides would be useful to prosecutors. hlthe2b Nov 2019 #6
He could, but it's unlikely that he will. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #7
A Fed prosecutor on MSNBC said he could. BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #8
He's already jerked them all around.... Historic NY Nov 2019 #11
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. He's not going to cooperate
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:00 PM
Nov 2019

He's going to hold out for a pardon.

He's committed to the bone, like Liddy was.

bluestarone

(16,861 posts)
2. I would be all for it IF
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:02 PM
Nov 2019

EVERY RETHUG involved, i mean EVERYONE of them were removed and sent to prison. We get the whitehouse we get the senate and the house!! (for 35 years)

C_U_L8R

(44,988 posts)
3. A convicted liar doesn't have much leverage.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:02 PM
Nov 2019

He's gotta offer something of solid value.
Hoping for a pardon is a high stakes game of musical chairs that he's bound to lose.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. My guess is Trump won't pardon Stone or Manafort.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:06 PM
Nov 2019

Too much political risk for the Orange Asshole. If he pardon either one, every crooked thing about him gets tied together and the 2020 political commercials write themselves.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
12. Trump's history is it is only one way.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:13 PM
Nov 2019

He won't help them if there is any risk to him. He likely will string them along, but a pardon is too risky for him criminally and politically.

hlthe2b

(102,128 posts)
6. He has no credibility so nothing he provides would be useful to prosecutors.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:03 PM
Nov 2019

He's going to hold out for a pardon, but so is Manafort. How's that working out for ya so far?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,596 posts)
7. He could, but it's unlikely that he will.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:04 PM
Nov 2019

He's like Manafort - hoping for a pardon. We'll see how he feels after he's actually been incarcerated, but I don't see him cooperating.

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)
8. A Fed prosecutor on MSNBC said he could.
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:06 PM
Nov 2019

Glenn Kirschner said Stone would likely get 5-10 years but could have that reduced if he spilled the beans on others and gave more info and he could hold out for a pardon too.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
11. He's already jerked them all around....
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 07:08 PM
Nov 2019

it would have to be more than a beautiful phone call at this point.

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