‘Unprecedented, Historic Corruption’: Romney Joins Critics Of Stone’s Commutation

Roger Stone, seen here leaving a federal courthouse earlier this year in Washington, D.C., will not have to serve his three-year prison sentence for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

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Updated at 9:20 p.m. ET

Democrats have had no shortage of descriptors for President Trump’s decision to commute Roger Stone’s prison sentence. Since Trump granted clemency to his longtime confidant Friday night, Democratic lawmakers have described it as “appalling,” “despicable,” an abuse of power and a “mockery of our democracy.”

Yet some harsh words Saturday came from a voice within his own party as well.