Welcome to the program a longtime ally of u. S. A President Donald Trump has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress and witness tampering or just stone was facing a much longer sentence until the president tweeted about his case lets bring in john hendren not correspondent in washington d. C. Whos been following what has been really a very eventful day. It has indeed President Trump is preparing right now as we speak to address a rally in nevada thats where voters will pick the republican and democratic president ial nominees on saturday for that state and the president is a likely to mention roger stone just as he did earlier in the day stone is a legendary figure loyal to 2 president s he was a dirty tricks or his own words who did the bidding of president Richard Nixon and now he is loyal to President Donald Trump and he was convicted for lying about trumps connections and his administrations connections with russia and about leaked democratic emails
Congress and witness tampering roger stone was facing a much longer sentence until the president tweeted about his case 100. 00 reports now from washington d. C. Smiling in confident roger stone looks almost triumphant as he walks out of a federal courthouse despite taunts of lock him up from the ground. Perhaps for good reason he sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison but as President Donald Trump hints he might not serve any of it because roger has a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion thats a reference to stones request for a new trial based on alleged jury bias the president himself pleaded stones case in las vegas to a friendly audience of rehabilitated prisoners its my strong opinion that the foreman of the jury the woman who was in charge of the jury. Its totally tainted when you take a look how can you have a person like this more tantalizing is the president s hint that he might pardon his long time friend and fixer a man so loyal to his previous boss president
Well be live all morning well be on board a specially from portsmouth where the queen, Prince Charles and President Trump chartered ship to see families willjoin veterans to commemorate relive the journey of those the bravery of those who helped to liberate europe. Who took part in d day. We cannot comprehend what these but for now lets go to ben, in the breakfast studio, for the rest of the days news. Ladies and gentlemen did to us to in other news, its the last day give us ourfreedom. Of the us president Donald Trumps state visit to the uk. Following this mornings d day commemorations, he will travel to ireland inaudible. For a bilateral meeting with irish premier, leo varadkar. Last night the president and first lady, melania trump, elsewhere this morning, in sport, hosted a dinnerfor the prince history forJohanna Konta. Shes through to the semi of wales and the duchess of cornwall finals of the french open, the furthest any british woman has at the american ambassadors reached at R
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