president personally ensured that some measure of lenience would be shown to bowe bergdahl because of president trump and his inability to not talk about this case. and in fact, the judge gave notice earlier that the president s inability to stop himself from talking about bowe bergdahl, that would be seen as prejudicial to be treated fair by in the justice system. mitigating evidence in deciding bergdahl s sentence. and bowe bergdahl was sentenced today. he was sentenced to a loss in rank. a fine. dishonorable discharge. but no prison time. prosecutors asked for 14 years, he got none. and upon that sentence being handed down today in consideration of the mitigating evidence of the president trying to weigh in on how bergdahl should be treated, once that was handed down today, the president did it again. he put out a public response as
accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn t a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i m tom steyer, and like you, i m a citizen who knows it s up to us to do something. it s why i m funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who s mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what s political and start doing what s right. our country depends on it.
he s convicted, whether or not you think he should get the death penalty, the only way you could assure that that suspect cannot get the death penalty is for the president to make a public case that he should. there s a reason presidents don t comment on criminal matters. their remarks as president and commander of chief about somebody being tried, those remarks from the president are viewed as prejudicing the likely outcome of the trial, either in in terms of that suspect s guilt or the appropriate sentence. so there are only two ways that a president can directly and dramatically affect the administration of justice in this country. number one, the president can pardon people. number two, the president can go down a list of criminal defendants and say, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. i think that person s guilty, i think that person is super guilty and they definite hi ought to do the maximum sentence. that s the other thing a president can do.
us, reporter for politico. thanks all three. we ll start with you first on this kendall, what do you make about what the president said is this. i think the president s comments are consistent to what he s been saying all along. we can all judge whether he s under investigation. but certainly a lot of people very close to him and a lot of information that suggests that that s the case. but so far will is no reason to believe that, for example, paul manafort has anything incriminating to say. and some of the other people that we are learning a lot more about, such as papadopoulos and carter page. nor do we know if they have anything incriminating to say about president trump. one thing i think is going to be really critical at some point president trump is going to be interviewed. and one of the things that will be very, very critical is whether at the end what could be a very long wide ranging interview, special counsel concludes that president trump has said anything that is false o
to grow your business with us in new york state, accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn t a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i m tom steyer, and like you, i m a citizen who knows it s up to us to do something. it s why i m funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who s mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what s political and start doing what s right. our country depends on it.