House Democrats on Friday announced plans to move forward with measures in response to President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone of last week, with one top Democrat saying, “In this country, no one is above the law.”House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said his committee planned to hold a markup on Thursday on two measures. 1627, the Abuse of the Pardon Power Prevention Act, will allow us a measure of transparency into the President’s power to pardon federal crimes and commute federal sentences,” Nadler said. 2678, the No President is Above the Law Act, is also straightforward,” Nadler said. Stone was set to report to prison on July 14 to serve 40 months. In exchange, President Trump made sure that Stone will never spend a day in prison.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2020 23:15 UTC