They convicted Roger Stone on some mickey mouse charges, lying to Congress and some other lawyer stuff. This was not perjury, lying under oath. Interrogate anyone long enough and sooner or later he will forget what he said weeks ago and tell it differently this time. Gotcha, lying to Congress, or the FBI. Far as I am concerned, "lying to" should not be a crime in the first place. It's a law that prosecutors lobbied Congress to pass to make life easier for themselves. You cops want to convict someone, get off your duffs, hit the bricks, and find some real evidence, or some witnesses that will testify.
Anyhow, I think the president did right by commuting the sentence. The guy is in his sixties, he isn't going to assault anyone, keeping him in jail is cruel and unusual punishment.
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