GOP Sen. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyDemocrats hope for tidal moment in Georgia with two Senate seats in play Sixth GOP senator unlikely to attend Republican convention Koch-backed group urges Senate to oppose ‘bailouts’ of states in new ads MORE (Utah) on Saturday sharply condemned President Trump
Donald John TrumpDemocrats blast Trump for commuting Roger Stone: ‘The most corrupt president in history’ Trump confirms 2018 US cyberattack on Russian troll farm Trump tweets his support for Goya Foods amid boycott MORE‘s commutation for longtime ally and political confidant Roger Stone
Roger Jason StoneDemocrats blast Trump for commuting Roger Stone: ‘The most corrupt president in history’ Trump commutes Roger Stone’s sentence Appeals court denies Stone’s motion to delay prison sentence MORE, labeling it “historic corruption.”
“Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,” Romney tweeted Saturday morning.
Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) July 11, 2020
Romney, a vocal Trump critic, was one of the first Republican lawmakers to weigh in on the president’s commutation for Stone, who was sentenced to more than three years in prison before the commutation.
Stone was convicted last year of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction of official proceeding. He was due to report to prison Tuesday before Trump stepped in to commute his sentence.
Some of Trump’s defenders in Congress have rallied around his commutation of Stone, which was expected after the president spoke out in defense of his former campaign adviser and the start of the GOP operative’s prison term loomed.
Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamLincoln Project offers list of GOP senators who ‘protect’ Trump in new ad The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump backs another T stimulus, urges governors to reopen schools Democrats awash with cash in battle for Senate MORE (R-S.C.) tweeted Friday before the commutation was announced that “in my view it would be justified” for Trump to commute the sentence.
“Mr. Stone is in his 70s and this was a non-violent, first-time offense,” Graham wrote, calling the initial FBI investigation into contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016 and the special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) MuellerCNN’s Toobin warns McCabe is in ‘perilous condition’ with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill’s 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE‘s probe “biased and corrupt.”
