Republican Senator Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of criticism from Democrats angry at United States President Donald Trump for commuting the sentence of his long-time friend and former advisor Roger Stone.
Republican Senator Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of criticism from Democrats angry at United States President Donald Trump for commuting the sentence of long-time friend and former advisor Roger Stone.
The Utah Senator and one-time Presidential nominee tweeted out, "unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president." Mr Stone was convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering as a result of the Russia investigation. He was sentenced to 3 years 4 months prison before President Trump’s intervention.
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