President Trump says his former adviser Roger Stone has 'a very good chance of exoneration' hours after he was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
"I'm following this very closely, and I want to see it play out to its fullest, because Roger has a very good chance of exoneration, in my opinion," Trump said Thursday in a speech in Las Vegas, where he also blasted the jury forewoman in Stone's criminal trial.
He said the forewoman is a"very dominant person" who likely convinced other jurors to follow her lead."How can you have a jury pool tainted so badly?" Trump asked.
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