Roger Stone Should 'Absolutely' Be Prosecuted For Assassination Scheming: Rep. Eric Swalwell ( themessenger.com )

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., declared in an interview that long-time Donald Trump confidante and adviser Roger Stone should "absolutely" be prosecuted after he was apparently caught on tape discussing the assassination of Swalwell and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.

Stone was allegedly captured on the tape talking of the murder of the Democratic lawmakers.

"Either Swalwell or Nadler has to die before the election. They need to get the message," Stone allegedly told ex New York cop Sal Greco at a restaurant in Florida on the tape weeks before the 2020 election.

iN8sWoRLd ,
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Not saying it didn't happen and its certainly "on brand" for this creep but right now we should all be just a little suspicious of stuff like this. AI fakery is getting very good and I'm not sure we have the tools in place to identify it. I'm fairly sure it will be employed this year like never before probably on both sides and probably "unofficially".

BeautifulMind ,
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He's already a felon, FFS. The only reason he's out walking around is Trump pardoned him

RegalPotoo ,
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Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that you can charge someone with conspiracy if they take an "affirmative step in the furtherance of a crime"; idly discussing if it would be a good idea to assassinate someone probably isn't conspiracy (probably 1A protected, and doesn't "further" a crime), but actually getting together with your friends and starting to plan out how you would do that probably is

whatwhatwhatwhat ,

One could argue that, because of a congressperson’s increased influence and power, the bar for what qualifies as “conspiracy” perhaps should be a little lower. I’m not saying that it actually is lower, but maybe it should be.

Regardless, this seems like a serious ethics violation. Someone should not be allowed to serve in government if they’re going to talk about how their colleagues “need to die” before a certain date to send some sort of a “message”.

GBU_28 ,

He's a fucking terrorist

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_terrorism

xc2215x ,

Eric is right. Roger should not be doing that.

Kalkaline ,
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Who is running this government? All these calls for people to be locked up, but no action whatsoever. Do your fucking job, you are the law, arrest them and put them in front of a judge and jury.

Deceptichum ,
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Almost like America is a plutocracy, and these people can get away with things you never will because both sides protect each other.

lobut ,

"both sides" again .....

Deceptichum ,
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It’s not both sides, it’s one side; the rich and powerful.

Jordan117 ,

Stone is currently under active investigation by the FBI and the Capitol Police.

FlyingSquid ,
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Terrific. Is that investigation going to end before or after the election? Because if it's after, it may not matter.

ghostdoggtv ,

His name is Merrick Garland and he's on the Republican take

BigMacHole ,

Why? He's rich! Rich people don't get in trouble for trying to assassinate Lawmakers!

MedicPigBabySaver ,

Yes. Good luck with that.

theodewere ,
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Roger Stone doesn't have any business being anywhere without a tall fence around it and guards

Ghostalmedia ,
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The Penguin always escapes in Gotham.

root_beer ,

The way he goes on, I’m surprised he hasn’t mouthed off at the wrong person and ended up at the bottom of the Hudson in the trunk of a ‘77 Eldorado

xor ,

look, all he did was order the murder of some congressmen...
no need to blow it all out of proportion

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