Thomas Massie actually said...

I don't think they even really have to steal these American inventions. They just have to take away the desire, or the ability for people to...

What happens if someone later emerges from the woodwork arguing that it was all a mistake and your patent should be cancelled?

Criminals do not obey the law. They do not follow the law.

He's asking for clemency; he's asking for his sentence to be commuted.