Turley: Toobin and Romney ‘wrong’ to call Roger Stone commutation historic

Published July 11, 2020 3:38pm ET



Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley rejected the characterization of criticism from Sen. Mitt Romney and CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin regarding the commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence by President Trump.

“Jeff Toobin just said that the Stone commutation is ‘the most corrupt and cronyistic act in all of recent history.‘ He might want to review the rogue’s gallery of past presidential pardons,” the George Washington University professor posted on Twitter in response to Toobin’s reaction to the Friday night commutation of Stone’s prison sentence.

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