NEW: Roger Stone arrives at a DC courthouse for expected sentencing on his conviction for witness tampering and lying to Congress. A few onlookers yelled 'Traitor!' at him as entered the building.
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Stone's defense team has requested a new trial and had asked Jackson to delay sentencing until she rules on that motion. A new set of prosecutors was in court Tuesday after the original team resigned last week in protest of Attorney General William Barr's decision to overrule their recommendation that Stone serve at least seven years in prison.
Stone was convicted in November on a seven-count 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 2016The judge indicated she would delay the execution of Stone's sentence, pending resolution of the motion for a new trial.
Asked whether he was planning to pardon Stone on a day when he issued other high-profile pardons, Trump said, “I haven't given it any thought .... but I think he's been treated very unfairly.”
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