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February 22, 2020

Roger Stone’s legal team files request for Judge Jackson’s removal from case

The legal team of Roger Stone – the former adviser to President Trump who received a 40-month prison sentence this week – filed court documents Friday to have the judge removed from his case.

February 21, 2020

Roger Stone judge's bias may have jeopardized entire trial: former Democratic Party lawyer

Former Democratic party lawyer, David Schoen, suggested that the U.S. District Judge, who sentenced former Trump associated Roger Stone to 40 months in prison, may have jeopardized the entire case be injecting her own personal bias into the trial. 

February 21, 2020

Who is Tomeka Hart?

Tomeka Hart served as the foreperson on the jury that convicted former Trump associate Roger Stone in his trial for lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering related to the 2016 presidential campaign.

February 21, 2020

Trump says Roger Stone has 'very good chance of exoneration' in Las Vegas

President Trump blasted Roger Stone's treatment by the criminal justice system, the Justice Department and the jury forewoman in the GOP operative's trial Thursday in a blistering address in front of an audience in Las Vegas, saying Stone has a “very good chance of exoneration.”

February 21, 2020

Sol Wisenberg: Roger Stone case revealed AG Barr and his people viewed as 'occupying force' by some inside DOJ

Federal prosecutors' initial recommendation of a nine-year prison sentence for former Trump adviser Roger Stone -- who instead received a 40-month sentence Thursday -- was "draconian," former deputy independent counsel Sol Wisenberg said Thursday night.

February 21, 2020

James Comey responds to Trump with Mariah Carey GIF: 'Why are you so obsessed with me?'

Former FBI Director James Comey responded to a tweet by President Donald Trump on Thursday by posting a GIF of Mariah Carey with the caption, "Why are you so obsessed with me?"

February 20, 2020

Geraldo Rivera calls Roger Stone a 'bully' and a 'braggart' but admits prosecution has 'very, very unfair'

Fox News Correspondent-At-Large Geraldo Rivera described longtime Republican consultant Roger Stone as a bigmouthed braggart Thursday but added that shouldn't allow him to be unfairly prosecuted.

February 20, 2020

Mob scene erupts outside Roger Stone sentencing

As Trump associate Roger Stone was preparing to exit the D.C. federal courthouse after receiving a 40-month sentence for witness tampering and other charges, a fracas broke out on the other side of the building among pro-Stone forces, anti-Stone protesters and members of the media. 

February 20, 2020

Roger Stone sentenced to 3 years for lying, witness tampering as case roils DOJ

GOP operative Roger Stone was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Thursday after days of drama ensnaring career prosecutors, the attorney general and the president over how severe Stone's punishment should be for making false statements to investigators during the Trump-Russia probe. 

February 20, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: Roger Stone's sentence proves that AG Barr was right and trial prosecutors were wrong

Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed with Barr’s assessment and meted out a punishment of 40 months.