'Roger Stone is now a free man!' the White House said in a statement, days before he was to report to a federal prison to start serving his term.
US President Donald Trump arrives for the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, shielding the veteran Republican operative from 40 months behind bars.
The fiery White House statement reiterated Trump's charge that Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigated an alleged crime that was never committed. It argued that Stone should therefore never have been charged in the first place. All four prosecutors handling the case quit it and a newly appointed prosecutor recommended a prison term of three to four years for Stone.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer slammed"a lawless president who regards the Justice Department as his personal plaything" while others blamed Republicans' tolerance of Trump's behavior in leading to what they called a breakdown in the justice system and rule of law.
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