Was Stockman a victim of 'Deep State'?

Bob Unruh·18 hours ago

Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman, having been accused of using money from mega-donors for personal and campaign expenses, was convicted in April by a Houston jury on 23 counts of financial crimes and sent to prison. Case closed, right?

Maybe not. While his lawyers and family have promised multiple appeals of the verdicts delivered after a trial during which multiple defense witnesses simply were disallowed, the case is also attracting a wider kind of attention.

For one thing, a recent WND online poll, conducted after President Trump announced the pardon of conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, gave more than a dozen options as to who should be the next person Trump would pardon – names ranging from Hillary Clinton to Harvey Weinstein to Jonathan Pollard to Jack Abramoff to Martha Stewart.

Stewart got 5 percent of the votes, "Everyone being probed by Mueller" got about 25 percent.

But Stockman got the most votes: 53 percent.

Joseph Farah, WND founder and CEO, wrote about the notion of a pardon for the one-time conservative Texas congressman.

"I've known Steve for many years," wrote Farah. "There's not a corrupt bone in his body. Don't believe anything else you read about this case anywhere – including Fox News, which hung him out to dry."

"Steve went to Washington to do one thing – defeat the Deep State."

Farah continued, "There's an old saying about the feds: If they want to get you, they have an unlimited budget and unlimited power to do so. Knowing what we now know in more graphic detail than ever before, are you surprised?"

He also quoted Patti Stockman, Steve's wife, from a letter she wrote to family and friends: "First let me say that many of you are more broken over this than am I. Not because my heart is hard, but because Steve and I have experienced this ordeal for four years of investigation; hauling friends, acquaintances, and family members before multiple grand juries; finally arrest and indictment March last year; then dragging out of this case development and three weeks of jury trial. Thus, we were prepared for the very worst possible outcome."

Wrote Farah, "Someday, we'll get the whole story, it seems. But not today or tomorrow, for sure." And he recommended readers learn more at the family's website.

"Let me say I hope President Trump pardons Steve Stockman like he pardoned Scooter Libby," he said….. cont.

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