Trump is slammed for Stone jail let-off

and “laying waste” to American values. Leading Democrat Elizabeth Warren claimed the decision shows Trump to be “the most corrupt president in history”. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam

Schiff described Stone as “a crony who lied and obstructed our investigation to protect Trump” and said the move was “offensive to the rule of law and principles of justice”.

Stone, 67, was convicted in November of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.

He had been due to report to a federal prison in Jesup,

Georgia, on Tuesday to begin his sentence.

But on Friday, the White House revealed Trump had signed an Executive Order of Clemency commuting his “unjust sentence” but not pardoning him.

Stone was the President’s sixth aide to be found guilty of charges arising from alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

DONALD Trump was last night facing an outcry over his decision to commute the 40-month prison sentence handed to his former adviser and friend Roger Stone. Joe Biden, who will face Trump in November’s US election, accused him of abuse of power