Romney slams Trump for 'historic corruption' after he commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence
by Zachary Halaschak, Breaking News Reporter |
| July 11, 2020 09:46 AM
Sen. Mitt Romney tore into President Trump’s decision to commute his ally Roger Stone’s prison sentence.
“Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,†the Utah Republican tweeted Saturday morning.
It was the strongest statement of disapproval yet from a high-profile Republican after the White House announced on Friday that the president was commuting Stone’s entire three-year prison sentence, which does leave intact his criminal record.
Stone, 67, was set to report to prison on Tuesday. An emergency appeal to extend his Tuesday surrender date because of the pandemic was rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit prior to the commutation announcement on Friday.
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