President Trump Saturday promoted a petition effort to pardon Roger Stone a day after a judge ordered his former campaign advisor to report to his upcoming prison term, which Stone dubbed a "death sentence." Trump retweeted a post about a growing petition to urge the president to give Stone, a former GOP political operative, a full and unconditional pardon. COURT ORDERS ROGER STONE TO REPORT TO BUREAU OF PRISONS ON JULY 14Stone appeared on the Fox Business program "Lou Dobbs Tonight" on Friday and asked Trump to commute his sentence or to grant him a federal pardon. "I think this is a death sentence," Stone said. TRUMP TAUNTS ROGER STONE PROSECUTORS WHO 'CUT AND RAN' FROM CASEOn Friday, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson delayed Stone’s surrender date until July 14, after his attorneys had requested an extension into September, due to coronavirus concerns.

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