The COVID Diaries – 104 11th July
In the States Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of close ally Roger Stone, with a White House statement claiming he “is a victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency”.
Stone had been due to start 40 months behind bars on next week for lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering – charges linked to an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the US political process.
Meanwhile, for the third consecutive day a record was set for new cases of Covid-19 in the US with the figure rising by 69,000 on Friday.