Breaking: Roger Stone, political operative and longtime confidant of President Trump, is sentenced to 40 months in prison by a federal judge
Roger Stone, a self-described Republican dirty trickster and longtime ally of President Trump, was sentenced to 40 months in prison Thursday for his crimes during the special counsel investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Prosecutors had urged Jackson to impose a substantial prison term, although they did not say how long. The president then congratulated Barr “for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control,” suggesting he had done the president’s bidding. After Stone apologized in court, saying he thought the image was a celtic cross, Jackson issued a gag order but did not jail him. After that, Stone remained largely quiet during his trial.
Jackson agreed with prosecutors that Stone’s obstruction of justice, witness tampering and violations of court orders merited special consideration. She noted that Stone’s efforts to stonewall Congressional investigators and to convince two witnesses to not cooperate led the House to issue an “inccurate, incorrect and incomplete report.”
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