Roger
Stone, the Republican operative whose prison sentence was commuted by President
Trump on Friday, said Monday that the action saved his life by allowing him to
avoid incarceration in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’m
67 years old. I’ve had a lifelong respiratory problem. I was facing what I
really believe was a near death sentence,” Stone said in an interview with Fox
News host Sean Hannity.
Stone,
Trump’s longtime friend and adviser, was indicted by special counsel Robert
Mueller on charges relating to interference with Mueller’s investigation of
Trump’s 2016 campaign, and convicted in November, 2019. He was sentenced to 40
months and was due to report to federal prison this week.
Stone’s
lawyer David Schoen, who also appeared on the broadcast, seconded Stone’s
claim.
“The
president saved a life here,” Schoen said.