CNBC
July 13, 2020
The order was revealed after the judge in Stone’s case asked whether Trump’s clemency only dealt with Stone’s prison term, or if it also applied to the 24 months of supervised release that was part of his sentence.
Stone had been sentenced in February after being convicted last fall for lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Those charges were brought as part of then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The charges against Stone related to his efforts during that election to get information from WikiLeaks about emails stolen by Russian agents from the head of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, as well as from the Democratic National Committee.