A hot mic caught GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz reassuring former President Donald Trump's ally Roger Stone that he would be granted clemency as he was preparing for trial in 2019, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.

Stone, who had been a Trump associate for decades, was indicted on one count of obstruction, five counts of making false statements to the FBI and congressional investigators, and one count of witness tampering in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

In November 2019, a jury found Stone guilty. In February 2020, he was sentenced to 40 months in prison, but that sentence was later commuted by Trump before he left office. ...