claim: romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a bb gun when he was 13.
author: mike huckabee
evidence_1: dec 16, 2011 ... but among the pardon applicants romney denied was a decorated veteran of the iraq war whose only offense — at age 13 — was shooting another child with a bb gun. (according to news reports, the shot didn't break the skin.) the veteran, anthony circosta, had been awarded a bronze star and wanted ...
evidence_2: trump was pushing back against the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, insisting he's the target of "false accusations and fabricated stories of women who i don't know and/or have never met." three women who previously accused trump of sexual harassment had shared their stories on nbc's "megyn kelly ...
evidence_3: nov 30, 2007 ... he once took control of the state republican party's campaign account — then swore the account had been somebody else's responsibility when it ... one of those denied a pardon was anthony circosta, a decorated iraq war veteran who pleaded guilty at 13 to shooting another boy in the arm with a bb gun ...
evidence_4: i've been writing on the web since 2000 and blogging since 2002, and in all those years, 2007 has been perhaps the toughest in terms of being satisfied with my ability to .... length of refusing to expunge the conviction of a decorated iraq war veteran who was convicted at age 13 of shooting a friend in the arm with a bb gun.
evidence_5: osama bin laden, the man behind the history-altering attack, continued to elude capture even as he encouraged his followers to launch more terrorist strikes. ..... criminal justice reform is one of a very few issues to have received bipartisan support during the obama years, and the clemency initiative has been particularly ...