'An American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,' tweeted the Republican senator.

“An American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president,” he wrote.

Mr Romney is the most prominent Republican to criticise the President for commuting Mr Stone’s 40-month prison sentence.

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham tweeted prior to the official announcement that it would be justified for the President to commute Mr Stone’s sentence given his age and that it was a non-violent, first-time offence.

The President reportedly rants about the coronavirus pandemic destroying the “greatest economy”; about the “fake news” media never giving him any credit; and the “sick, twisted” police officers in Minneapolis for the killing George Floyd that sparked nationwide protests.

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