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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The charges against Stone are slam dunks. There is no need for a trial and little chance of an effective defense.  Mueller’s strategy is to squeeze Stone.  He will give Stone some time to make big life choices.  My guess is Stone will just play the martyr, go to jail, and hope for a pardon.  His strategy is based on Trump staying in power.[/quote]

Trump cannot pardon someone who is material to his own investigation. That would be furtherance of obstruction of justice.

Stone has a choice = spend the rest of his life in prison or cooperate.[/quote]

He can absolutely pardon him if it comes to that. [/quote]

[i]“Coons took Barr through a thought experiment of when and how Trump’s potential actions to deflect scrutiny of himself would run afoul of the law. Could he offer to pardon a member of his administration to prevent negative testimony about illegal acts? No, Barr said — if a pardon was offered as “a quid pro quo to alter testimony, then that would definitely” be obstruction of justice under the law.

But if Trump offers to pardon a family member — or himself? There, Barr guessed, the political consequences might be more severe than the legal ones.

“In my opinion … yes, he does have the power to pardon a family member — but he would then have to face the fact that he could then be held accountable for abusing his power,” Barr said. “In the absence of a violation of a statute … then he’d be accountable politically.”

“Still, Barr stressed: “I believe the Russians interfered or attempted to interfere with the election, and I think we have to get to the bottom of it.” He also said under questioning that for a president to pardon someone in exchange for that person not incriminating him would be wrong: “That would be a crime.”[/i]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/barr-confirmation-hearing-trumps-attorney-general-nominee-likely-to-face-tough-questioning-today-from-senate-panel/2019/01/15/02467a16-15e0-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html?utm_term=.8181cede656a

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