Hillary Clinton continues attacks on Donald Trump and calls him a ‘failed-state fascist’
HILLARY Clinton slammed Donald Trump for allegedly behaving like a "failed state fascist" after he lashed out at a judge who will sentence his former pal Roger Stone.
The former US secretary of state accused of "intimidating judges" because of a tweet that implied herself should be prosecuted.
Trump called out US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Twitter Tuesday, asking: "Is this the judge that put Paul Manafort in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, something that not even mobster Al Capone had to endure! How did she treat Crooked Hillary Clinton? Just Asking!"
That tweet drew a response from Clinton, who wrote: "Do you realize intimidating judges is the behavior of failed-state fascists? Just asking!"
She then accused Trump of abusing his presidential powers "like a tyrant" in a subsequent tweet.
"Trump is using the powers of the presidency like a tyrant - now, to reward accomplices and go after witnesses who dared to speak against him," Clinton wrote.
"This should concern and anger us all."
The latest controversy stems from Roger Stone's upcoming court appearance on February 20, where Berman Jackson will decide his sentence for lying to Congress, obstruction, and witness tampering.
However, Trump interrupted the process on Tuesday when he tweeted that Stone's initial nine-year sentence a "miscarriage of justice."
His words prompted the Justice Department to overrule prosecutors, claiming that senior leaders found the punishment "excessive."
Within hours, each of the four prosecutors quit the case one by one but Trump denied ordering the DOJ to overrule prosecutors.
Then on Wednesday morning, Trump tweeted that a "swamp creature with 'pull'" was sentenced to just two months in jail for a similar crime "that they want Stone to serve 9 years for."
His tweet was an apparent reference to Senate Intelligence Committee staffer James Wolfe, who spent two months behind bars in December for lying to the FBI.
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"Two months in jail for a Swamp Creature, yet 9 years recommended for Roger Stone (who was not even working for the Trump Campaign). Gee, that sounds very fair!," he wrote Wednesday morning.
"Rogue prosecutors maybe? The Swamp! @foxandfriends @TuckerCarlson"
Stone was also accused of tampering with witness Randy Credico's testimony when Credico was asked to testify before Congress and speak with the FBI.
"Prepare to die", "You're a rat. A stoolie", and "Stonewall it," he told Credico in emails and texts.
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