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TRUMP CORRUPTION INDEX
The Guilty Party Lets Out Early: This Week in Trumpland Corruption
From commuting Roger Stone’s sentence to forcing out key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, it was another jam-packed week
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4 min readJul 15, 2020
Is there enough graft, double-dealing, and self-interested chicanery in the Trump administration to publish this column every week? Only time — and Trump — will tell. (But we feel pretty confident.) Presenting this week’s jam-packed installment of the Trump Corruption Index.
I Get By With A Little Help (From The President)
Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime confidant and federal convicted felon, Roger Stone. The president of “law and order” used the power of his office to ensure his political ally spent just a few days in prison, instead of 40 months, and to undermine the results of the Russia investigation. A central character in the Mueller probe, Stone had been found guilty of lying to Congress and obstructing justice by a unanimous jury.
- Corrupt-o-meter (out of a possible 5 emojis): 👬🇷🇺🏛✒️📃
