Roger Stone begs Trump for pardon days before prison term set to begin

Republican operative Roger Stone made a naked appeal to Donald Trump to grant him a pardon or commute his sentence before he starts a 40-month prison term on 14 July.
“I want the president to know that I have exhausted all my legal remedies and that only an act of clemency will provide justice in my case and save my life!” Stone said in a statement sent by text on Tuesday.

Stone's statement came after the US government was ordered by a federal appeals court to respond to his request to delay the start of his 40-month prison term as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.