Roger Stone says he’s ‘praying’ Trump will keep him out of prison – By Bob Fredericks (New York Post) / July 9 2020
Roger Stone said he was “praying” that President Trump would offer him clemency just days before the commander-in-chief’s longtime adviser was due to report to the slammer.
Stone told Fox News he had not had any formal contact with the White House on a presidential pardon or commutation of his 40-month sentence, which is set to begin Tuesday.
“I think I’ll be the last person to know. He hates leaks, and he hates to be told what to do. I have instructed my lawyers not to contact the lawyers at the White House,” he told Fox.
“The president, who I’ve known for 40 years, has an incredible sense of fairness. He is aware that the people trying to destroy Michael Flynn, now trying to destroy me, are the people trying to destroy him,” he added, referring to Trump’s first national security adviser, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and Congress but later changed his tune and denied wrongdoing.
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