The White House has confirmed the commuted sentence, saying Roger Stone is a victim of the Russia 'hoax'.
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone, sparing him from prison after he was convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election.
Mr Stone emerged from his Fort Lauderdale, Florida home wearing a mask with the words"Free Roger Stone". The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, added:"The United States was founded on the rule of law. It seems our president has nothing but contempt for it." Attorney General William Barr earlier intervened in the case to scale back the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation, leading four career prosecutors to quit the proceedings.
He pardoned hardline former Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio, former Republican White House aide Lewis"Scooter" Libby, conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza and convicted"junk bond king" Michael Milken. He also commuted the prison sentence of Democratic former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who had been a contestant on Trump's former reality TV show.
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