abc 7 reporter rena roy has the latest on this. >> reporter: long time trumpe a. trump commuting stone's sentence after many speculated for months he'd do just that to help out his friend and confidant. >> he said that he had thought about it, he had followed my face throughout and he thought i had been treated unfairly. >> reporter: stone has been under house arrest and was expected to report to federal prison on july 14th to serve 40 months after being convicted last november on charges of lying to congress, witness tampering and obstructing a congressional investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. the high profile roller coaster case causing controversy on capitol hill. four federal prosecutors stepping down from stone's case when attorney general william barr stepped in. in an unusual and sudden reversal barr overruled their original sentencing recommendation of 7 to 9 years of prison time. a justice department spokesperson calling the prosecutors initial suggestion, quote, extreme and excessive. but the move led one of the former prosecuto

abc news reporter rena roy has the latest. >> reporter: long time trump ami and former campaign prisone after many just that to help out his friend and confidant. >> he said that he had thought about it, he had followed my face throughout and he thought had been treated unfairly. >> reporter: stone has been under house arrest and was expected to report to federal prison on july 14th to serve 40 months. after being convicted last november on charges of lying to congress, witness tampering and obstructing a congressional investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. the high profile roller coaster case causing controversy on capitol hill. four federal prosecutors stepping down from stone's case when attorney general william barr stepped in. in an unusual and sudden reversal barr overruled their original sentencing recommendation of 7 to 9 years of prison time. a justice department spokesperson calling the prosecutors initial suggestion, quote, extreme and excessive. but the move led one of the former prosecutors to testify before congress. >> roger stone was treated diffe