The White House declined to comment on ABC News.
Roger Stone saw President Donald Trump Sunday night and personally thanked the president for pardoning him last week.
“Yes, I saw the president last night in passing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach,” Stone told ABC News on Monday. ‘My wife and I both had the opportunity to personally thank the President for rectifying the injustice of my conviction in a Soviet-style trial, in which the judge’s epic prejudice appeared, which was undefended evidence of my defense. withheld, misconduct by the jury woman. and material misconduct by the prosecutors. ‘
Stone told ABC News he and his wife, Nydia Stone, were guests of Newsmax publisher Christopher Ruddy for the club’s buffet dinner, where they spotted Trump eating with the family.
“The president decided to dine with his son Donald Trump Jr., Kimberley Guilfoil, Eric Trump and his wife Lara Trump at the club. Because of his decision to sign the stimulus bill, it was unclear whether the president was at the club. would eat, which he normally does on Sunday evenings when he visits Mar-A-Lago, ”Stone said.
The White House declined to comment to ABC News.
Because the club rules prohibit photos of meals for privacy reasons, the Stones did not want to provide a photo.
However, ABC News reached out to a source who was present in a dining room of about 100 people who gave a photo of Trump greeting Stone with a friendly pat on the shoulder.
Stone, a decade-long friend and former campaign adviser to Trump, often described as a political ‘dirty fraudster’, has been charged and convicted on a seven counts of perjury, witness tampering and various charges of fact that Congress lied in a special way. Advocate Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election in November 2019.
In July, a few days before the veteran GOP operator had to report to a federal prison in Georgia, Trump converted Stone’s 40-month prison sentence.
Trump’s full presidential pardon, issued on December 23, completely nullifies Stone’s conviction.