President Trump on Wednesday commuted the 10-year prison sentence of former Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas.
Stockman was convicted in 2018 of misusing …
President Trump on Wednesday commuted the 10-year prison sentence of former Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas. Stockman was convicted in 2018 of misusing funds donated to charities for which he worked. His supporters argue it took prosecutors four attempts at presenting the case to a grand jury before he was indicted. Former Reps. Bob McEwen of Ohio and Bob Barr of Georgia were among the many public figures who called for Stockman’s release. Craig Shirley, a Reagan biographer and presidential historian, contended the charges against Stockman were “cooked up by Barack Obama’s minions as a form of retribution.” Shirley noted Stockman challenged IRS official Lois Lerner for targeting church and tea party groups under President Obama. “As a congressman, Steve was a relentless voice against Obama’s tactics against conservatives through cronies like Lerner at the IRS,” he said. “When he continued to raise his voice against what was obviously an Obama hit job on conservative nonprofits, Rep. Stockman found himself in the crosshairs of another hit job.” Columnist Rachel Alexander contended the charges against Stockman were “made up,” noting an Obama judge sentenced him. Then, while “every other diabetic over age 60 in his prison was released to home confinement due to COVID-19, he was not due to political bias, and he ended up contracting the virus.
