Roger Stone Is Sentenced

February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020

Trump’s longtime friend and political adviser, Roger Stone, was just sentenced by Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Federal prosecutors initially suggested that he should serve 7–9 years in prison for false statements to Congress and the other ways he meddled with the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation in 2017 and 2018. 

But the case has become a flashpoint for concerns of presidential influence over the Justice Department. The DOJ last week watered down its sentencing recommendation, prompting the entire team of career DOJ attorneys who had been leading Stone’s prosecution to withdraw from the case.

What To Expect

  • The hearing got underway at 10 a.m. ET.
  • TPM's Tierney Sneed liveblogged from the courthouse.
  • Stone himself declined to make a statement.
  • The sentence may not be the final word on Stone’s punishment, as he has already launched an effort to demand a new trial.
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Trump’s longtime friend and political adviser, Roger Stone, was just sentenced by Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Federal prosecutors initially suggested that he should serve 7–9 years in prison for false statements to Congress and the other ways he meddled with the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation in 2017 and 2018. 

But the case has become a flashpoint for concerns of presidential influence over the Justice Department. The DOJ last week watered down its sentencing recommendation, prompting the entire team of career DOJ attorneys who had been leading Stone’s prosecution to withdraw from the case.

Notable Replies

  1. Houston, initiate countdown to pardon…

  2. Well, then, never say Susan Collins doesn’t do anything then. Writing concerned finger-wagging letters is something

    :smirk:

  3. I don’t think a countdown will be necessary - I think it’s immediate and without any delay.

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