You asn 2020 brought to a Public Service by your television provider. Joining us on newsmakers is tim chapman, the executive director of the Heritage Action for america and joining us with the questioning is kate ackley who covers congress for roll call and gabby orr of politico. Thank you, tim, for joining us. A bit of news on this thursday, roger stone, former trump associate was sentenced earlier today to three years in prison for lying to federal prosecutors as part of the russia probe. I wanted to get your take on whether or not that is a fair sentence and whether you agree with some of the statements President Trump has made . Tim i know the president had some issues with it. Obviously, infractions were made, it was a felony. I think it is a problem and i think the sentence makes sense, but i will leave it up to the people in the Legal Community to figure that out. Do you think he received a fair trial . Tim from my vantage point, yeah. But hes the latest in a series of Trump Cam
Obviously, infractions were made, it was a felony. I think it is a problem and i think the sentence makes sense, but i will leave it up to the people in the Legal Community to figure that out. Gabby do you think he received a fair trial . Tim from my vantage point, yeah. But hes the latest in a series of Trump Campaign officials now facing prison time or in prison. Is this a problem for the president in this Election Year . Tim of course, any perception of people like that around you is a major problem. I think, what we have counseled the white house to do, you are seeing some of this, focus on the policy. Focus on what is going on in the economy, try to stick to one particular story about results. To the extent they do that, this wont be as big a problem, but if you are spending a lot of time talking about this instead of your actual record, it is a political drag. Let me turn to kate. Kate how would a pardon play into that . If he received a pardon, with that put things to rest or wo
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