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From KQED. And welcome back to forum. I'm Michael Krasny.

On Friday, President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and political advisor

Roger Stone, who had been convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering.

In a statement about Stone's sentence, Trump again disparaged an investigation into the ties

between Russia and his 2016

presidential campaign. The next day, former special counselor Robert Mueller defended his

investigation and wrote that Stone was, quote, prosecuted and convicted because he committed

federal crimes, end quote. We're going to discuss this in other national political news with

Marisa Lagos, KQED Politics Correspondent and co-hosts of KQBD's

political breakdown show. Good morning, Marisa.

Morning, Michael. Welcome. We also want to welcome to Lou Aura Linapah, who is White House reporter with the Washington Post, and we welcome you back to forum.

Good morning to you. Good morning. Good to have you both with us. And Marisa, let me begin with you.

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