President Trump Commutes Roger Stone Sentence; Stone: Trump May Have Saved My Life

Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone in Case He Long Denounced

By The New York Times. President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. on seven felony crimes on Friday, using the power of his office to spare a former campaign adviser days before Mr. Stone was to report to a federal prison to serve a 40-month term.

In a lengthy written statement punctuated by the sort of inflammatory language and angry grievances characteristic of the president’s Twitter feed, the White House denounced the “overzealous prosecutors” who convicted Mr. Stone on “process-based charges” stemming from the “witch hunts” and “Russia hoax” investigation. (Read more from “President Trump Commutes Roger Stone Sentence” HERE)

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White House’s Statement Regarding Stone Sentence Commutation

Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the unjust sentence of Roger Stone, Jr.

Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency. There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign, or the Trump Administration, with Russia. Such collusion was never anything other than a fantasy of partisans unable to accept the result of the 2016 election. The collusion delusion spawned endless and farcical investigations, conducted at great taxpayer expense, looking for evidence that did not exist. As it became clear that these witch hunts would never bear fruit, the Special Counsel’s Office resorted to process-based charges leveled at high-profile people in an attempt to manufacture the false impression of criminality lurking below the surface. These charges were the product of recklessness borne of frustration and malice.This is why the out-of-control Mueller prosecutors, desperate for splashy headlines to compensate for a failed investigation, set their sights on Mr. Stone. Roger Stone is well known for his nearly 50 years of work as a consultant for high-profile Republican politicians, including President Ronald Reagan, Senator Bob Dole, and many others. He is also well known for his outspoken support for President Donald J. Trump and opposition to Hillary Clinton.

Mr. Stone was charged by the same prosecutors from the Mueller Investigation tasked with finding evidence of collusion with Russia. Because no such evidence exists, however, they could not charge him for any collusion-related crime. Instead, they charged him for his conduct during their investigation. The simple fact is that if the Special Counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation, Mr. Stone would not be facing time in prison.

In addition to charging Mr. Stone with alleged crimes arising solely from their own improper investigation, the Mueller prosecutors also took pains to make a public and shameful spectacle of his arrest. Mr. Stone is a 67-year-old man, with numerous medical conditions, who had never been convicted of another crime. But rather than allow him to surrender himself, they used dozens of FBI agents with automatic weapons and tactical equipment, armored vehicles, and an amphibious unit to execute a pre-dawn raid of his home, where he was with his wife of many years. Notably, CNN cameras were present to broadcast these events live to the world, even though they swore they were not notified—it was just a coincidence that they were there together with the FBI early in the morning.

Not only was Mr. Stone charged by overzealous prosecutors pursing a case that never should have existed, and arrested in an operation that never should have been approved, but there were also serious questions about the jury in the case. The forewoman of his jury, for example, concealed the fact that she is a member of the so-called liberal “resistance” to the Trump Presidency. In now-deleted tweets, this activist-juror vividly and openly attacked President Trump and his supporters.

Mr. Stone would be put at serious medical risk in prison. He has appealed his conviction and is seeking a new trial. He maintains his innocence and has stated that he expects to be fully exonerated by the justice system. Mr. Stone, like every American, deserves a fair trial and every opportunity to vindicate himself before the courts. The President does not wish to interfere with his efforts to do so. At this time, however, and particularly in light of the egregious facts and circumstances surrounding his unfair prosecution, arrest, and trial, the President has determined to commute his sentence. Roger Stone has already suffered greatly. He was treated very unfairly, as were many others in this case. Roger Stone is now a free man!

(Editor’s note: the White House’s statement on the Stone sentence commutation was originally published HERE)
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Pelosi: Commuting Stone’s Sentence, ‘Appalling’ and ‘a Terrible Idea’

By Breitbart. Pelosi said, “I think it’s a terrible idea. Just look at this administration, the president and his henchmen, so many of his friends, advisers, campaign chairman, etc. are in jail. And for the president to be able to issue a pardon on the basis of a crime that the person committed assisting the president is ridiculous. And we have — there ought to be a law, and I’m recommending that we pass a law that presidents cannot issue a pardon if the crime that the person is in jail for is one that is caused by protecting the president, which this was. It’s appalling.” (Read more from “Pelosi: Commuting Stone’s Sentence, ‘Appalling’ and ‘a Terrible Idea’” HERE)

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Stone: The President May Have Saved My Life

By Carl Campanile. President Trump may well have just saved his life, an elated and relieved Roger Stone told The Post moments after learning his sentence was commuted — from Trump himself.

“I’m obviously very pleased,” Stone, 67, said shortly after Trump called his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home with the good news on Friday night. . .

“I told him I was grateful,” Stone told The Post of his chat with the president.

“He protected my health.”

Stone added, “He believes in justice. I felt pretty confident that if he heard the facts of my case, he would make the right decision. (Read more about reaction to commutation of Stone sentence HERE)
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Earlier Report: Trump Expected to Commute Roger Stone Sentence

By Fox News. President Trump is expected to announce that he will commute Roger Stone’s sentence, just days before the longtime political operative is slated to report to prison to serve more than three years for charges stemming from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Fox News has learned.

Sources told Fox News Friday that the president could announce a commutation of Stone’s sentence as early as Friday evening.

The president, as recently as Friday morning, has said he was “looking at” offering Stone clemency, saying he was “very unfairly treated.”

Stone was set to report to prison on July 14 to serve 40 months. He was sentenced in February to more than three years in prison after being convicted in November 2019 on seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress on charges that stemmed from Mueller’s investigation. Stone, however, has appealed his conviction and continues to deny any wrongdoing.

Trump, for weeks, has signaled he could be open to granting Stone clemency — tweeting last month that Stone was “a victim of a corrupt and illegal Witch Hunt, one which will go down as the greatest political crime in history. He can sleep well at night!” (Read more from “Report: Trump Expected to Commute Roger Stone Sentence” HERE)

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NBA’s Top Reporter, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Emails F Word to US Senator After Getting Called Out on China, US LEO

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver criticizing the league’s once-cozy and now-complicated relationship with China. The NBA’s most prominent reporter offered a blunt response to the Republican.

“F–k you,” wrote ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski — who didn’t use dashes in his writing — after being included in a press release with details of the letter.

Hawley, 40, posted a screenshot of the email, tweeting, “Don’t criticize #China or express support for law enforcement to @espn. It makes them real mad.”

(Read more about Adrian Wojnarowski’s outburst HERE)

What You’re Not Being Told About Joe Biden’s Fundraising

Media reports on the June fundraising totals would have you believe that Joe Biden “tops” or “beats” President Trump. However, whoever is running Joe Biden’s campaign better keep the corks in the champagne bottles, because the truth is June was a terrible month for Joe Biden and the Democrat Party.

Joe Biden was an anemic fundraiser throughout his primary battle. A report from Politico in October of 2019 said Biden was getting “crushed” in fundraising. It argued, “Obama and Clinton’s biggest donors favor Biden, yet he still can’t match his rivals’ cash flow.” According to the report, Biden had more big-money bundlers and donors from Obama and Clinton than any of his competitors. Now, as the presumptive nominee, the rest should presumably be in his corner now, as well.

However, during a primary, the value of big donors and high-dollar bundlers is greatly reduced by federal contribution limits — it was why Biden consistently struggled, and it was why Bernie’s grassroots dollars made him such a prolific fundraiser. Biden, along with every other candidate, was limited to receiving a maximum of $5,600 contribution from an individual or $11,200 from a couple. . .

This modest haul nonetheless required a substantial amount of effort. Joe Biden brought in the Democrat Party’s top fundraising heavy-weights: former President Barack Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Kamala Harris. He also leaned on Hollywood elites such as Melissa Etheridge and Kristin Chenoweth to help prop up his fundraising. Some of the most prolific Democrat money-people all hosted events for Biden, as well. It appeared to be a truly Herculean effort.

The simple reality is that Joe Biden is failing to capture the enthusiasm of his own supporters, let alone the undecided voters whose support he will need in order to be successful in November. The reality of Biden’s predicament becomes even more dire when you realize this enthusiasm gap is reminiscent of the lukewarm feelings inspired by Mitt Romney and John Kerry, two of the most milquetoast candidates in the history of presidential campaigns. (Read more from “What You’re Not Being Told About Joe Biden’s Fundraising” HERE)

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Dr. Fauci Admits There Are Important Reasons to Open Schools

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a radio interview that going back to school during the coronavirus pandemic may be a good idea for children.

“If you keep children out of school, the unintended negative ripple-effect consequences can be profound with regard to what the parents do,” Fauci said Wednesday during a SiriusXM program hosted by Dr. Marc Siegel, a physician and associate professor of medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

“Stay off from work to be able to take care of their children, what about child care?” Fauci asked. “What about children who rely on schools for their lunch? Maybe the most important nutritional meal that they’ll get.”

Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said that not allowing children to go back to school has significant ramifications.

“Within the context of doing whatever you can to safeguard the health and welfare of the children, we should try to get the schools open,” he said.

Siegel, also a Fox News Channel medical contributor, said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that it was good to hear Fauci speak positively about reopening schools this fall.

“I was so glad to see Dr. Fauci finally taking that position,” Siegel told Carlson. “When you consider the position that we need to take is ‘We are opening the schools,’ how do we go about doing it, what guidelines can help us? Not the guidelines getting in the way of it.”

Siegel said clarified guidelines expected next week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “may be more personal” and “maybe they will actually work.”

New COVID-19 cases in America reached record highs by climbing to about 50,000 a day, USA Today reported Monday.

About 3 million Americans have contracted the virus and more than 130,000 have died, data from Johns Hopkins University shows. (For more from the author of “Dr. Fauci Admits There Are Important Reasons to Open Schools” please click HERE)

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Soros Groups’ Vote-By-Mail Drive Aims to Expand Government Control; Vote-By-Mail Would Create Chaos and Distrust in November

By Scott Walker. Liberals have made quick use of the coronavirus crisis to promote all manner of policy prescriptions that, under less dire circumstances, would be ignored or lamented by conservatives. The left’s latest gambit is the George Soros-backed vote-by-mail scheme, which promises an election cycle ripe for fraud.

But that’s merely one data point in a vast array of efforts being funded by the left-wing billionaire. His minions, with a great deal of help from rich Uncle George, are using the pandemic as an opportunity to prey on destabilization and panic to usher in their dream of expanding government control of our lives.

At Capital Research Center, we’ve just combed through the latest IRS filings from Soros’ top funding vehicles. They tell the tale, starting with vote-by-mail and absentee ballots in general.

The Brennan Center for Justice, heavily funded by Soros’ Open Society, is spearheading a plan that calls for a “universal vote-by-mail option for all voters,” or more precisely, absentee ballot initiatives. The newest portion of the plan involves “secure drop boxes in accessible locations for voters to drop off ballots directly.”

Democrats already have managed to pass into law some absentee ballot provisions using the coronavirus relief package. Deep in the bowels of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill Congress passed in late March was a vote-by-mail timebomb that conservatives will come to regret in the 2020 election. (Read more from “Soros Groups’ Vote-By-Mail Drive Aims to Expand Government Control” HERE)

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Vote-By-Mail Would Create Chaos and Distrust in November

By The Hill. Mandated mail-in voting and other extreme changes to the 2020 election in response to the COVID-19 pandemic could further undermine public confidence in the American electoral system.

Many states, most notably California, are pushing mass mail-in balloting. This move is driven by inflammatory rhetoric from largely left-leaning politicians and activists suggesting that voting in person is so dangerous that people will die from exercising the franchise. This irresponsible rhetoric is likely to be gravely suppressive of the right to vote, as it could scare many citizens from voting in person.

Mail-in voting is a proven and significant threat to election integrity. In 2005, the bipartisan Carter-Baker Commission noted that mail-in ballots “remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.” The commission highlighted the risks of blank ballots mailed to wrong addresses, as well as voter intimidation outside controlled polling places and vote-buying schemes.

One of the main reasons the Carter-Baker Commission identified absentee ballot fraud as “the largest source of potential voter fraud” is simple: It poses fewer risks for a person filling out and mailing a fraudulent ballot. By contrast, a person attempting “impersonation” fraud at a polling site must at least appear to cast the vote and, in consequence, may be found out and detained.

Mass mailing ballots to voters depends on voter registration rolls that are notoriously error-ridden. A Pew Research Center report issued during the Obama administration years noted that “24 million — one of every eight — active voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate,” and more than “1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as active voters.” Judicial Watch has found voter list maintenance issues in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado and California, numbering into the millions of voters. (Read more from “Vote-By-Mail Would Create Chaos and Distrust in November” HERE)

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WATCH: 3 Armed Men Attempt Home Invasion on a Gun Collector, but the Homeowner Is Ready; Sheriff Credits 2nd Amendment

According to police, three armed men attempted a home invasion on a self-described gun enthusiast, and only one of the three made it out alive.

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco related what the police believed happened in a video statement on Friday. The incident occurred at a home in Wesley Chapel, Florida, that morning.

Nocco said that a homeowner was playing video games by himself when he heard someone break the glass towards the back of his house.

The homeowner grabbed a firearm and accosted three intruders in a narrow hallway of his home. He told police that the first intruder was wearing a black mask and dark clothing, and pointing a gun in his direction. . .

The homeowner then saw a third intruder, fired at him, and saw him fall on top of the other bodies. According to the homeowner, his gun jammed, allowing the third intruder to run away while the homeowner went to get another gun.

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Army Investigates Handout Suggesting Trump Campaign Slogan Constitutes ‘Covert White Supremacy’

The Army Wednesday night announced it has launched an investigation into how a presentation on racism and discrimination included a handout suggesting President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” is considered “covert white supremacy.” The investigation was launched after a complaint from an Alabama congressman.

Mo Brooks, a Republican who represents the district where the handout was distributed at the Redstone Arsenal, called the handout a “violation of the Hatch Act” designed to keep the military out of partisan politics. Brooks sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, copied to Trump, Attorney General William Barr and others.

He “demanded an investigation into Army personnel illegally using federal government resources to distribute racist and partisan political propaganda in direct violation of the federal Hatch Act and any number of military regulations,” according to a statement on his website. And he said that the Army must “prosecute and fire” Redstone Arsenal personnel responsible.

Cynthia O. Smith, an Army spokeswoman, said that “as soon as Department of the Army leaders were made aware of these products the Army initiated a 15-6 investigation to determine how this happened. The Army does not condone the use of phrases that indicate political support. The Army is and will continue to remain an apolitical organization.” (Read more from “Army Investigates Handout Suggesting Trump Campaign Slogan Constitutes ‘Covert White Supremacy'” HERE)

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‘Sex Slave’ Priest Found Dead at New Jersey Home

Disgraced “sex slave” priest ­Peter Miqueli — accused of embezzling $1 million from his Bronx parish to pay for kinky sessions with his S&M “master” — was found dead at his New Jersey home Thursday, police confirmed to The Post.

Brick Township police said Mi­queli, 57, died at his home there but declined to provide further detail, saying the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office is handling the case. Miqueli resigned as pastor of St. Frances de Chantal parish in Throggs Neck in 2015 amid allegations that he swiped the cash to fund his $1,000-a-pop S&M sessions with his beefcake “master” Keith Crist.

The sordid accusations were made in a civil lawsuit brought by parishioners, who also claimed Crist would “force Father Maqueli to drink Keith Crist’s urine.” . . .

No one answered the door to Miqueli’s white ranch-style abode, which had a statue of Mary on the porch and a cross haphazardly taped to the door. Miqueli’s brother, Joseph, said he didn’t know the circumstances behind the former priest’s death.

“I don’t know what happened to my brother. They won’t even tell me where they found him, how they found him,” he said. (Read more from “‘Sex Slave’ Priest Found Dead at New Jersey Home” HERE)

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Trump Rips Supreme Court Ruling, Calls New York a ‘Hell Hole’

President Trump on Thursday said he was “not satisfied” with the Supreme Court’s ruling that a New York grand jury can subpoena his tax returns, lashing his native New York as a “hell hole.”

“From a certain point I’m satisfied, from another point I’m not satisfied because frankly this is a political witch hunt, the likes of which nobody’s ever seen,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Supreme Court justices ruled earlier Thursday that the president is not immune from subpoenas and criminal investigations, allowing Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to seek eight years of Trump’s tax returns, which have been a closely guarded secret. . .

“It’s a pure witch hunt. It’s a hoax, just like the Mueller investigation was a hoax, which I won,” Trump continued. “This is just another hoax.”

“This is purely political. I win at the federal level and we win very decisively so they send it to New York and you know what’s going on with New York — everyone’s leaving and it’s turned out to be a hell hole and they better do something about it because people are leaving New York,” he said. (Read more from “Trump Rips Supreme Court Ruling, Calls New York a ‘Hell Hole’” HERE)

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Death Sentences for Two American Political Prisoners

It is among the most shocking, un-American concepts that we have political prisoners in this country.

Now, two people known to many conservatives, who fit the age and health conditions of who should be given home release from prison during the coronavirus pandemic, face death sentences because they are still in, or going into, prison.

Speaking Wednesday on WMAL’s Larry O’Connor Show just days before heading to prison for 40 months, Roger Stone described not only being recently censored by Facebook, but talks about his politicized, unfair trial before Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

Stone told O’Connor that his age, the comorbidity of his asthma, and the non-violent nature of the crime for which he was sentenced make him eligible for home detention. Lawyers Michael Avenatti, former Trump lawyer turned Trump enemy Michael Cohen, and others in Roger’s age or physical circumstances have been released from prison to home confinement.

But American political prisoner Roger Stone is still headed to prison.

Stone told O’Connor about the recent increase in coronavirus cases in the prison where he is headed. Judge Jackson could easily modify her sentence, and save Roger Stone’s life by allowing him to have home confinement. Roger’s case is on appeal, but COVID-19 could take his life before it’s ever heard.

Another political prisoner, our friend and conservative movement firebrand former Congressman Steve Stockman, faces even more dire consequences.

I have previously written about the total legal fraud committed against Steve that led to his imprisonment (The Persecution Of Congressman Steve Stockman), and more recent efforts by leaders of the conservative movement to seek his release to home confinement during the pandemic (Conservative Leaders Urge Humanitarian Release For Former Rep. Steve Stockman). We wrote:

Prisoners with pre-existing bad health conditions are particularly vulnerable to being infected in over-crowded cells, dorms, and feeding facilities. These prisoners were sentenced for crimes, but the present circumstances literally make them at risk for a death sentence, a punishment that does not fit their crimes. ***

A perfect example of a prisoner who fits criteria of who should be removed from prison is former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman, who at age 63, with diabetes and a lung condition, and who was being denied medication in prison even before the coronavirus outbreak, is serving under what many have reason to believe was a political prosecution — after three failed grand juries before a fourth indicted him — for criticizing the Obama administration, the lawlessness at the IRS under Lois Lerner, and corruption in the Ukraine. A successful man of intense Christian faith, Steve poses no danger to society, but remaining in prison may be a death sentence for him.

While Democrat cities are releasing violent rioters and anarchists under the auspices of bail reform, our prison system remains a tin can of death-in-waiting for political prisoners Steve Stockman and Roger Stone.

A study published on July 8 (COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Federal and State Prisons) notes that the novel COVID-19 “represents a challenge to prisons because of the close confinement, limited access to personal protective equipment, and elevated burden of cardiac and respiratory conditions that exacerbate COVID-19 risk among prisoners.” The report says, “[t]he COVID-19 case rate for prisoners was 5.5 times higher than the US population case rate of 587 per 100,000.”

Steve Stockman’s situation is particularly egregious.

Camp personnel have sometimes let him go with only one dose of insulin per day and, on at least one occasion, no doses. Even when properly administered twice daily, he goes for up to 15 hours without insulin between mid-afternoon and the next morning. Steve takes prescription Zinc due to a condition of malabsorption he suffers resulting from surgery years ago that prevents his proper uptake of vitamins and nutrients. The Bureau of Prisons has refused to fill his prescription for Zinc since February.

In mid-April, his paperwork for home confinement due to COVID-19 was all signed and approved. On April 23 Steve was again reconfirmed for transfer to home confinement, and was asked for his prisoner number to verify his name and status. He was cleared.

However, the next day, while entering the quarantine room, Steve was stopped and told he was taken off the list. Counselor Ms. Battles assured Steve that his name was still on the list, but she did not know why he was told he was taken off.

Subsequently, Steve was told various reasons he was removed, including Camp Administrator Ms. Carbone’s very odd explanation on Sunday, April 26, that he would be safer there at the Correction Complex than at home with his wife. But as of June 23, Beaumont, Texas units where Steve is imprisoned reported 10 staffers with the virus, 5 inmates in the Low unit (which includes the Camp where Steve is located), and one inmate death.

Steve meets all of the conditions for home confinement consistent with a memo released by Bureau of Prisons on Furlough and Home Confinement.

But when Steve later pressed his question further, he was told he isn’t leaving prison, and that the directions came from someone “high up.”

The number of COVID-19 infections at the Beaumont facility has now skyrocketed to 180 cases as of July 9, and like nursing homes in Democrat states, infected prisoners are being knowingly and recklessly transferred in with persons at risk. Through sources, we hear the situation in the prison is “spinning out of control.”

Both Steve Stockman and Roger Stone were convicted on trumped-up charges that would not result in severe criminal sentences for Democrats, establishment Republicans, and certainly not members of the Deep State. Judges denied their constitutional rights at trial by refusing to allow both to fully explain how they were targeted by the Deep State for their outspoken political positions.

Their unfair, biased treatment by the criminal justice system and the prison system is bad enough, but now may result in a death sentence.

But what evil government systems that hold political prisoners wouldn’t prefer them dead anyway?

Take action.

People in corrupt government systems know they can get away with bad things because most Americans who would be offended don’t pay attention.

Those who work in the Deep State fear sunlight on themselves and their abuses. So we need to put sunlight on them.

I urge my readers to not only tweet this article, and use their other social media and blogs to get this story out, but reprint this entire article or portions of it — even in your name. I waive copyrights.

Write letters to newspaper editors, call in to talk shows, and expose, expose, expose what’s going on. Make this go viral.

Because Christ’s teaching made clear our obligation to reach out to those in prison, I expect most people who read this are people of faith who will act on it.

Let President Trump, Vice President Pence, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows know you want justice for Roger Stone and Steve Stockman.

A fourth person at the same White House contact information to whom I urge you to reach out is Jared Kushner, who was the principal driver of the Second Chance Act and President Trump’s successful prison reform efforts.

Call the White House switch board at 202-456-1414, or write them at:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

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