U.S. President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Stone told The Associated Press that Trump had called him earlier Friday to inform him of the commutation. Trump had repeatedly publicly inserted himself into Stone's case, including just before Stone's sentencing, when he suggested in a tweet that Stone was being subjected to a different standard than several prominent Democrats. U.S. political consultant Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday as part of the FBI's investigation. Trump went on a clemency spree in February commuting the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov.

Source: CBC News July 11, 2020 00:05 UTC