While his advisers fret about potential fallout from a pardon for Roger Stone, the president says he is "looking into it."
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s allies expect he could pardon or commute the sentence of Roger Stone within the next few days if his longtime friend is forced to report to prison on Tuesday as scheduled. But some of them are concerned such a move could further damage the president politically when he’s already facing headwinds less than four months before the November election.
Stone has said he’s praying Trump intervenes. On Thursday, Trump told radio host Howie Carr “his prayer may be answered."Stone has been ordered to report to a federal minimum security prison in Georgia by July 14, but he is asking a federal appeals court for a 51-day delay to postpone his reporting date to Sept. 3 because of concerns about coronavirus.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Thursday the president’s decision to take executive action on Stone’s case “becomes more important to make in the in the coming days if we're going to keep Roger Stone, who is advancing in age and health, from reporting despite the Justice Department’s opinion.”
Trump has made clear in multiple statements over the past week that he could do either at any time. Some of his advisers have cautioned that voters might disapprove of the president using his executive powers to help a friend, particularly when doing so would go against the recommendation of his own Justice Department.
Stone’s lawyers said the Georgia prison where Stone is to serve his 40-month sentence is in quarantine after six inmates and five staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
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