US President Trump's longtime adviser Stone gets 40 months in prison for charges that include lying to lawmakers probing Russian interference in 2016 presidential polls
Roger Stone, former campaign adviser to US President Donald Trump, arrives for his criminal trial on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and witness tampering at US District Court in Washington, US, November 6, 2019.
Stone was convicted in November on all seven counts of an indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election. She said during the hearing that Stone's use of social media to stoke public sentiment against the prosecution and the court was intended to reach a wide audience, including using a photo of Jackson with crosshairs superimposed."Why are you the one who is standing here today?" Jackson asked federal prosecutor John Crabb, who took over the case after the original trial team quit.
Given Trump's recent clemency spree that saw him commute the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, as well as nearly a dozen others, there has been speculation that Trump could eventually pardon Stone. Stone's defence team requested a new trial and had asked the judge to delay sentencing until she rules on that motion. Earlier this week she refused.
Barr's decision became public just hours after Trump, in an overnight tweet, called the situation “horrible and very unfair.” He added, “Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice!”In a stunning public rebuke, he said the president's tweets were making it “impossible” for him to do his job. Meanwhile, Barr's actions on the sentencing for Stone prompted the entire trial team to quit.
Witnesses testified that Trump’s campaign viewed Stone as an “access point” to WikiLeaks and tried to use him to get advance word about hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton.
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