- Roger Stone, 67, arrived at Washington’s federal court with his wife Nydia for sentencing hearing Thursday
- Federal judge Amy Berman Jackson said his punishment for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction will be 40 months in prison
- But because he is asking for a retrial over claims of bias by the jury foreperson, the sentence will not take effect
- Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, said she had rejected prosecutors’ demand for nine years on her – not because of outside pressure
- That was a reference to Trump, who had raged about the initial demand – and for whom a 40 month sentence can be portrayed as a win
- Judge issued a stunning rebuke not just of Stone but of Donald Trump himself for trying to interfere in the case
- Case has plunged attorney general Bill Barr into crisis as he pleaded with Donald Trump to stop tweeting about it – and president refused
- Within an hour of his arrival, Trump was tweeting again about the case this time suggesting the prosecution was unfair
- He claimed James Comey had lied to Congress but was not prosecuted
- Trump called himself the nation’s ‘chief law enforcement officer,’ and Barr was reported to be considering resigning
https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1230555453781954560?s=09
I’d say odds of a pardon are pretty high….
UFS