• Russiagate, Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison

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July 11, 2020 Donald Trump commuted the sentence against his informal former electoral adviser Roger Stone a few days before his expected entry into a federal prison where he was expected to serve a 40-month sentence for hindering justice in russiagate. The US media report it.

The commutation of the penalty does not cancel the crimes of stone as a grace, but avoids prison. In any case, it will reopen the controversy over the use of the president's powers in favor of his fans and collaborators.

The former adviser had been sentenced to three years and four months in February for lying to congress, bribing witnesses and obstructing the chamber investigation to find any collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russians in 2016. He was due to enter prison on Tuesday next, but even today he had appealed to the president, remembering that he had not succumbed to pressure from investigators and remained loyal to him.

"Roger Stone is a victim of the Russian leftist hoax and his allies in the media have perpetuated for years the attempt to undermine the Trump presidency," says the White House. The note alleges that Stone was "accused of his conduct during the investigation" because prosecutors had not been able to discover collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia and "the shameful spectacle of his arrest" was reported, which occurred at the dawn with great deployment of vehicles and personnel under the CNN cameras.

President Donald Trump has "once again abused his power" by granting grace to his longtime friend and consultant Roger Stone. So, via Twitter, Bill Russo, a spokesman for the Democratic challenger for the White House Joe Biden. "He will only be stopped when the Americans make their voices heard in the ballot box next fall."