Impunity: Trump Cuts Prison Sentence Of Buddy Roger Stone
July 11, 2020
10:56 am
U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted the more than three-year prison sentence of his former aide and friend Roger Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering during the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.
In a statement, the White House said Stone was a βvictim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency.
βThese charges were the product of recklessness borne of frustration and malice,β the White House said.
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