Trump calls for Roger Stone’s conviction to be thrown out

President condemned ‘fraudulent investigation’ into Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress and obstructing Trump-Russia inquiry

Donald Trump has called for his longtime ally Roger Stone’s recent conviction for witness tampering and lying to Congress to be thrown out.

Trump’s barrage of Tuesday morning tweets comes days after his own attorney general, William Barr, sparked a furore over his apparent intervention in the case.

“Everything having to do with this fraudulent investigation is badly tainted and, in my opinion, should be thrown out,” one of Trump’s tweets said. Continue reading.