President Trump on Saturday further amplified speculation he's set to pardon Roger Stone before his longtime political adviser reports to federal prison
the Republican political operative and self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" to surrender to authorities on July 14 and to undertake home confinement until then. Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied Stone's request to delay the start of his sentence until Sept. 3
Trump has hinted in the past that Stone will not serve any time. On June 4, he tweeted: “Roger was a victim of a corrupt and illegal Witch Hunt, one which will go down as the greatest political crime in history. He can sleep well at night!”
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