Former special counsel Robert Mueller defended his investigation of Roger Stone on Saturday after President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence for his longtime friend.
"We made every decision in Stone's case, as in all our cases, based solely on the facts and the law and in accordance with the rule of law," Mueller wrote in an op-ed at The Washington Post.
"The Russia investigation was of paramount importance. Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so," Mueller added.
Trump commuted Stone's prison sentence on Friday, days before he was set to begin a 40-month stint at a federal prison in Georgia.
The White House took a direct shot at Mueller's team of prosecutors in an announcement of the clemency for Stone.
"Mr. Stone was charged by the same prosecutors from the Mueller Investigation tasked with finding evidence of collusion with Russia," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEneny said in a statement on Friday.
Mueller did not identify the Russian intelligence officers who were allegedly in communication with Stone.
"We made every decision in Stone's case, as in all our cases, based solely on the facts and the law and in accordance with the rule of law," Mueller wrote in an op-ed at The Washington Post.
"The Russia investigation was of paramount importance. Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so," Mueller added.
Trump commuted Stone's prison sentence on Friday, days before he was set to begin a 40-month stint at a federal prison in Georgia.
The White House took a direct shot at Mueller's team of prosecutors in an announcement of the clemency for Stone.
"Mr. Stone was charged by the same prosecutors from the Mueller Investigation tasked with finding evidence of collusion with Russia," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEneny said in a statement on Friday.
Mueller did not identify the Russian intelligence officers who were allegedly in communication with Stone.
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