WASHINGTON (PNN) - July 11, 2020 - President Donald Trump has commuted the 40-month prison sentence of long-time adviser Roger Stone.
In a late Friday statement, the White House said, "Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump presidency. There was never any collusion between the Trump Campaign or the Trump Administration with Russia. Such collusion was never anything other than a fantasy of partisans unable to accept the result of the 2016 election."
Stone's clemency came as no surprise, as Trump telegraphed the move earlier Friday when he told reporters, "Well, I'll be looking at it," adding, "I think Roger Stone was very unfairly treated, as were many people."
Earlier in the week, Stone issued a statement urging Trump to commute his sentence, while Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (S.C.) tweeted on Friday that "it would be justified if the president decided to commute Roger Stone's prison sentence."