Headline: Roger Stone sentenced to over
3 years in prison as judge slams him for
‘covering up for’ Trump.
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- 1. President Donald Trump’s friend Roger Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison for crimes related to lying to Congress and tampering with a witness.
- 2. Trump has criticized the case against Stone, who lied to a House committee about his contacts with Trump’s campaign related to WikiLeaks.
- 3. Stone’s sentence by Judge Amy Berman Jackson will be suspended until she rules on his motion seeking a new trial based on alleged juror misconduct.
- 4. Attorney General William Barr has been criticized for demanding a new sentencing recommendation for Stone that was sharply less than what trial prosecutors first requested.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/trump-friend-roger-stone-sentenced-to-prison-for-wikileaks-lies.html
HEADLINE: Trump ally Roger Stone found
guilty of lying to Congress, witness tampering...
- Roger Stone, a longtime friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, was found guilty of lying to Congress and witness tampering by a jury in federal court in Washington, D.C.
- Stone, 67, a self-described political trickster, was convicted of all seven criminal counts that he faced: obstruction of proceedings, five founds of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.
- The charges related to allegations that Stone had lied to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 election, and to his alleged efforts to get his associate Randy Credico to back up his lies.