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==Trump commutes Stockman's sentence==

==Trump commutes Stockman's sentence==

In April 2020, with the [[coronavirus]] pandemic underway, Patti Stockman sent a personal video to President Trump asking for clemency for her husband. She noted that Stockman is vulnerable in prison to COVID19 because of his [[diabetes]] and other health issues. Trump did not reply to her plea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/convicted-congress-steve-stockman-trump-pardon-15192258.php|title=Convicted ex-U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman asks Donald Trump for COVID-19 pardon|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|date=April 10, 2020|author=Gabrielle Banks|accessdate=July 16, 2020}}</ref> On December 22, 2020, however, Trump finally commuted Stockman's sentence to time served, but he still faces repayment of $1 million in restitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/trump_pardons_steve_stockman.html|title=Trump pardons [sic] Steve Stockman|publisher=The American Thinker|author=Thomas Lifson|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref>

In April 2020, with the [[coronavirus]] pandemic underway, Patti Stockman sent a personal video to President Trump asking for clemency for her husband. She noted that Stockman was vulnerable in prison to [[coronavirus]]because of his [[diabetes]] and other health issues, but he recovered from the virus. Trump did not reply to her plea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/convicted-congress-steve-stockman-trump-pardon-15192258.php|title=Convicted ex-U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman asks Donald Trump for COVID-19 pardon|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|date=April 10, 2020|author=Gabrielle Banks|accessdate=July 16, 2020}}</ref> On December 22, 2020, however, Trump finally commuted Stockman's sentence to time served, but he still faces repayment of $1 million in restitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/trump_pardons_steve_stockman.html|title=Trump pardons [sic] Steve Stockman|publisher=The American Thinker|author=Thomas Lifson|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref>

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