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Roger Stone: President Trump 'saved my life' by commuting prison sentence - NBC News
Jul 11, 2020 1 min, 0 secs

Roger Stone says President Donald Trump saved his life by commuting his prison sentence Friday night.

"The president has saved my life," Stone said, "And he's given me the opportunity to fight for vindication.".

He previously had said that any period in a federal prison would amount to a death sentence, given the coronavirus pandemic and his health problems.

"Well I was, I was elated," he said Friday night outside his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home surrounded by onlookers.

The 67-year-old former Trump campaign aide, who spoke to reporters while wearing a face mask that read "Free Roger Stone!," said he is "elated" by being spared 40 months in prison during the coronavirus outbreak.

Republicans celebrated the move, while Democrats said Trump behaved "like a Mafia boss" in commuting the sentence of someone accused of lying to Congress.

Stone said he will celebrate his freedom by writing a book about his experience and also helping to "exonerate" former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to FBI agents in January 2017 about his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.

Zelinky testified last month that Stone was given "a break" because of politics and his relationship with Trump

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