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Article snippet: MORE, but described his former associate as a “good person” and said he had been treated very unfairly. “I hadn’t thought of it,” Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday when asked if he would pardon Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing a congressional inquiry in November. “I think it’s very tough what they did to Roger Stone compared to what they do to other people on their side,” Trump continued. Trump said Stone and his first national security adviser Michael Flynn — both of whom were charged in connection with former special counsel MORE’s Russia investigation — had been “hit very hard” while claiming, without evidence, his campaign had been improperly targeted by “dirty cops.” “Roger Stone was not involved in my campaign in any way other than the very, very beginning before I think, long before I announced,” Trump said. “I’ve known Roger over the years, he’s a nice guy. A lot of people like him. And he got hit very hard, as did Gen. Flynn and as did a lot of other people,” Trump said. “Now they’re finding out it was all a big hoax.” “We were spied on. My campaign was spied on,” the president continued. Trump made the comments following a video teleconference with members of the U.S. military Tuesday morning. Stone served briefly on Trump’s first presidential campaign but left in August 2015; still, he remained in contact with campaign officials about WikiLeaks, according to prosecutors, and was convic... Link to the full article to read more