BREAKING: President Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and former campaign adviser Roger Stone, the White House announced.
A prosecutor on the Roger Stone case is expected to tell Congress President Donald Trump’s longtime friend was given favorable treatment before his sentencing. ABC News’ Alex Presha reports.President Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and former campaign adviser Roger Stone, the White House announced on Friday
While a commutation reduces a convict's sentence either in part or in full, only a pardon nullifies a conviction entirely. Absent a full pardon, Stone will avoid prison time but will still remain a convicted felon, barring him from voting in any future elections, serving on a jury or seeking elected office. If Trump chooses, as a part of the commutation he also may release Stone from any of the financial obligations that his conviction carried.
Roger Stone, former confidant to President Donald Trump speaks to the media after appearing before the House Intelligence Committee during a closed door hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election, Sept. 26, 2017 in Washington, D.C.MORE: A timeline of the extraordinary turn of events in the Roger Stone case
"Roger Stone has been treated very unfairly. How about that jury Forewoman, does anybody think that was fair? DISGRACEFUL! Stay tuned," the president tweeted. With regard to Stone's argument that the juror was biased because of comments made on social media, Jackson said,"To the extent one could consider any of the social media posts to be inconsistent with the juror’s questionnaire, they do not warrant a new trial because they do not meet the legal test for something that has been 'newly discovered.'"
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