Trump lawyer blasts irresponsible Mueller op-ed defending Roger Stone co...

Trump 2020 senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis defended President Trumps decision tocommuteRoger Stonesprison sentence over the weekend and fired back atformer Special Counsel Robert Mueller for what she called an "absolutely irresponsible"op-ed defending the prosecution and conviction of the Trump associate. "WithRobert Mueller coming out withthisop-ed,it just further shows proof withanyone reasonable watching thatthis was a political target that was designed totarget President Trumps alliesfor process crimes," Ellis said Sunday on "Americas News HQ. "ROBERT MUELLER DEFENDS STONE CONVICTION, RUSSIA INVESTIGATION AFGER SHARP CRITICISM FROM WHITE HOUSEMuellervigorously defended his teams decision to prosecuteRoger Stonein The Washington Post on Saturday,one day after Trump commuted Stones sentence.  The former Trump associate was to report to prison on Tuesday after he was convicted of seven counts of obstruction, witness tamperingand making false statements to Congress in relation to Muellers Russia investigation. "Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes.  He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so," Mueller wrote. Ellis called the commutation "absolutelyconstitutional" and "justified. "HOUSE DEMOCRATS PROMISE INVESTIGATIONS, LEGISLATION AFTER TRUMP COMMUTES ROGER STONE"With this op-ed withRobert Mueller, he should bedisinterested in this particularcommutation," she said. "Its absolutely irresponsible tocome out and have to justify hisprosecution with the separationthat should be here in thisinstance and she should haveremained quiet and allow thecommutation to proceed. "Ellis emphasized that thecommutation was not only "constitutional and proper,but its inkeeping with the power pardon of thepresidentin the Constitutionthat provides that the presidentis the last full guardian ofgenuine justice," she said, "and Roger Stoneabsolutely





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