🚨 Trump says Roger Stone won’t go to jail. He’s currently scheduled to report on 6/30.
IMPORTANT: Unlike the Flynn case, DOJ and Bill Barr himself have stood behind the prosecution of Stone, which Barr has referred to as "righteous."
We don't know if this is a promise for a pardon or a commutation. But it's certainly a promise of no jail for Stone, who a jury convicted of lying to Congress and threatening a witness.
BARR on the Stone case Feb. 13:
"I supported it. I think it was established, he was convicted of obstructing Congress and witness tampering. And I thought that was a righteous prosecution. And I was happy that he was convicted." abcnews.go.com/Politics/trans…
"I supported it. I think it was established, he was convicted of obstructing Congress and witness tampering. And I thought that was a righteous prosecution. And I was happy that he was convicted." abcnews.go.com/Politics/trans…
Notably, Trump's promise to protect a friend who was convicted of multiple felonies by a jury lands amid a searing national debate, and widespread protest, over the justice system's treatment of minorities.
