Trump’s World Collapses As Roger Stone Found Guilty On All Counts

The teetering Trump presidency got hit with an epic body blow as Roger Stone was found guilty on seven felony counts.

The Stone verdict:

Prosecutors want Roger Stone taken straight to jail:

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As former Sen. Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC, “Now, live time, we have someone convicted of lying to protect trump. Now, Sondland’s got to testify next week. He’s watching this. All these cabinet members that are thinking, please, please, courts, tell me that I can ignore this subpoena, all these people, Pompeo, Mulvaney, Bolton, they’re watching — There are real consequences when you lie to protect a president. And so while the president was trying to intimidate one witness, the rule of law just intimidated a whole slew of other witnesses.”

Video of McCaskill:

The Stone verdict sends a message to all of those White House officials who were told by Trump that they could lie to protect him and get away with it. They can’t.

Roger Stone is going to prison, what anyone working for this administration should take away from the verdict is that they will join him behind bars if they lie to protect Donald Trump.

The American people are watching the collapse of the Trump presidency play out live on a Friday in November.

This is history unfolding before our eyes.

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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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