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US Judge Wants Clarity on Roger Stone Prison Commutation

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge in Washington on Monday ordered the
   government to explain the scope of President Donald Trump's commutation
   of the 40-month prison sentence she had imposed on his friend Roger
   Stone for political corruption.

   Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the parties in the case to produce
   Trump's executive order by Tuesday which he signed late last week to
   keep the 67-year-old Stone from being required to report to prison on
   Tuesday.

   Berman said she wants to see whether the commutation also covered a
   provision requiring Stone to report for two years of supervised
   probation after what would have been his term in prison.

   White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters she did not
   "have the exact details" of Trump's commutation of Stone's sentence.

   But she called it "a very important moment for justice in this country"
   and served to correct what she called the "wrongdoing" of law
   enforcement officials who pursued prosecution of Stone.

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