Can new york prosecute roger stone. Lefcourt and robert c. But trump cannot issue presidential pardons at the state level and legal experts gerald lefcourt and robert c. Bringing a new case against stone is possible thanks to governor andrew cuomo and the new york legislature for assembly bill 6653.
But trump cannot issue presidential pardons at the state level and legal experts gerald lefcourt and robert c. New york prosecutors should respond to president donald trumps assault on the rule of law in commuting roger stones prison sentence by preparing a state prosecution against stone two noted criminal defense lawyers wrote in a cnn opinion piece on monday. Gottlieb write that roger stones commuted.
Both of us have been criminal defense lawyers in new york for more than 40 years. Among the people who can be prosecuted are associates with information relevant to a civil or criminal investigation of the president. While were awaiting to see whether or not he will be socked with a gag order id like to speculate on.
New york should prosecute roger stone opinion by gerald b. It is time for new. He can go into court and argue that the charges should be thrown out because he mostly lives in florida but theres no way stone would be able to guess whether the judge would see it his way.
Gottlieb signed into law last october ab6653 enables new york district attorneys to prosecute what effectively amounts to certain friends and family of any president who pardoned them for federal convictions. Gottlieb argue that stone should be prosecuted in new york state. That would be roger stone.
Among the people who can be prosecuted are. While president trump may be ready to disregard the rule of law the state of new york should step in and prosecute gerald b. Signed into law last october ab6653 enables new york district.
Cnn has an op ed arguing that stone should be prosecuted by the state for witness tampering which happened in new york and seditious behavior. New york can bring state level charges against roger stone. It is time for new.