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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.<br>

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.<br>

Steve went to Washington to do one thing – defeat the Deep State. 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?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnd.com/2018/04/i-hope-trump-pardons-steve-stockman/#Y1agZRZxx1GGfMQ1.99|title=I hope Trump pardons Steve Stockman|publisher=Wnd.com|date=April 15, 2018|author=[[Joseph Farah]]|accessdate=April 16, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>

Steve went to Washington to do one thing – defeat the Deep State. 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?<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnd.com/2018/04/i-hope-trump-pardons-steve-stockman/#Y1agZRZxx1GGfMQ1.99|title=I hope Trump pardons Steve Stockman|publisher=Wnd.com|date=April 15, 2018|author=[[Joseph Farah]]|accessdate=April 16, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>

Thus far, Trump has taken no action on a pardon for Stockman. Patti Ferguson Stockman describes her husband as a “political prisoner ... who’s poured decades of his life toward preserving the liberties that were guaranteed in the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], and he is sitting there without his own liberty. This is bigger than Steve Stockman. It’s the state of our nation. It’s Steve Stockman today; it may be your neighbor tomorrow, or even you.”<ref name=westrec/> In November 2018, Stockman was sentenced to ten years in prison.<ref>Sorace, Stephen (November 8, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-texas-congressman-steve-stockman-gets-10-years-in-prison Ex-lawmaker gets 10 years for using charity cash for dolphin-watching, hot-air balloon rides]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (November 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/07/former-rep-steve-stockman-ten-years-prison-campaign-fraud/ Former Rep. Steve Stockman Gets Ten Years in Prison for Campaign Fraud]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</ref>

Thus far, Trump has taken no action on a pardon for Stockman. Patti Ferguson Stockman describes her husband as a “political prisoner ... who’s poured decades of his life toward preserving the liberties that were guaranteed in the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], and he is sitting there without his own liberty. This is bigger than Steve Stockman. It’s the state of our nation. It’s Steve Stockman today; it may be your neighbor tomorrow, or even you.”<ref name=westrec/> In November 2018, Stockman was sentenced to ten years in prison.<ref>Sorace, Stephen (November 8, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-texas-congressman-steve-stockman-gets-10-years-in-prison Ex-lawmaker gets 10 years for using charity cash for dolphin-watching, hot-air balloon rides]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (November 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/07/former-rep-steve-stockman-ten-years-prison-campaign-fraud/ Former Rep. Steve Stockman Gets Ten Years in Prison for Campaign Fraud]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 8, 2018.</ref>