Trump says Roger Stone's 'prayer' for a pardon 'may be answered' soon - Business Insider

President Donald Trump is widely expected to pardon the longtime former Republican strategist Roger Stone, CNN reported.

Stone acted as an informal adviser to the Trump 2016 campaign and was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison in February after being convicted of seven counts of obstruction of justice, false statements, and witness tampering.

In an interview with the talk radio host Howie Carr this week, Trump complained about Stone's alleged mistreatment by prosecutors, saying he was "framed" and "treated horrible." He also praised Stone's character, saying the former strategist and self-described dirty trickster was a "good person." Stone's indictment from the former special counsel Robert Mueller's office contained a slew of details about his false statements to Congress about interactions involving WikiLeaks; his extensive communications with the far-right commentator Jerome Corsi and the radio host Randy Credico about WikiLeaks' document dumps in summer 2016; and his prolonged efforts to prevent Credico from testifying to Congress or turning over information to the FBI.

But after Trump publicly complained on Twitter in February, calling the recommendation "horrible" and "unfair," senior DOJ leadership announced that they would reverse the initial recommendation, which they called "excessive and unwarranted," and request a lighter sentence for Stone. After US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson announced Stone's sentence, Trump hinted at the possibility of a pardon a few hours later.

Is anyone really surprised? I saw the pardon coming when Stone was found guilty.

Who will answer the prayer, you realDonaldTrump or God? Choose your words wisely.

Trump just has to wait until Flynn and Manafort and Stone spend millions on lawyers and bankrupt themselves. If my friends were being politically railroaded because of me, and had done nothing wrong, there would be no waiting for my pardon. Weak sauce, Trump.

Ah, so he's guilty then

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