Stone, a veteran Republican operative and one of the president's oldest confidants, was convicted in November of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness, and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to cheat in the 2016 election.
Trump said soon after he believed Stone had a"very good chance" of being cleared in the long run, accusing the jury without evidence of being"tainted." Attorney General Bill Barr, who has been blasted for being too close to Trump, personally intervened to have the"extreme and excessive" recommendation withdrawn, prompting all 4 prosecutors to quit the case.
Stone is the sixth aide of Trump – who was impeached last year for abusing his power but acquitted by the Senate – to be convicted of charges arising from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference. In a rare public rebuke, the attorney general said the Trump's Twitter pronouncements in ongoing cases were making his job"impossible."
The seven-count indictment also accused Stone of threatening an associate and his dog to stop him cooperating with investigators.Jackson had previously forbidden Stone from posting on social media about his trial, after he shared a picture of her on Instagram with what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun sight.
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