President Donald Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison this week for impeding the congressional investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, moved Friday to disqualify the judge in his case, claiming her remarks at his sentencing rendered her unable to fairly rule on his bid for a new trial.
Jackson made her remark during an impassioned rebuke of the arguments Stone's legal team offered during his trial. She said that Stone and his lawyers minimized the significance of his effort to frustrate congressional investigators as they sought to understand Russia's interference in the 2016 election, a grave national security challenge.
Stone was convicted last year on multiple counts of lying to congressional investigators, as well as a count of witness intimidation for pressuring an associate to refuse to cooperate with Congress.
Trump's allies are agitating for the president to issue a pardon or commute Stone's sentence, and though Trump is widely expected to do so eventually, the timing is uncertain. Jackson also used her sentencing comments to underscore that Stone's overarching effort in impeding Congress was to protect Trump from scrutiny.
it'll be a country club Roger you can wear all your duds
This is what money can do if you're rich...everyone else...go straight to jail, do not pass go and forget about collecting money
Sorry Charle but that doesn’t qualify you for a retrial 🌈🇨🇦🇺🇸🇵🇷👊🏻
JAIL STONE NOW!
It is hardly a “last ditch” effort. Get real, or be known as yet another fake-news inventor.
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So much time and resources spent on these long list of common criminals cohorts of don corleone trump another common criminal BUT justice is slow and we’re jailing the criminals and SURELY working our way up to the EEL be patient America VOTE
Crooks will be crooks.
Trx1000 These scumbags are astounding in their psychosis and cognitive dissonance. They're also exceedingly dangerous to our most critical institutions because they constantly seek to undermine them, esp when those institutions don't support their views or sordid aims.
Truth hurts
Not going to happen
Lol. He's a twit.
Jeep trying, Dirty Trickster. You are the convicted criminal here.
All trump supporters live frivolous law suits. It’s a DNA flaw.
😂😂😂🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ others get more years!, be happy you didn’t get the full 7-9 years you deserved for what you did!! You are no one special nor is Donald Trump! You break laws JAIL!! They are judges for a reason!, hello 👋
They are right. Can you imaging a conservative judge saying this at a liberal defense? DC is injust
Roger is an admitted liar and dirty trickster and now felon. While I can see why Trump loves him, why does anyone else? He would turn your granny against you if it served his purpose.
Roger Stone is q desperate criminal.
That Judge is a liberal hack!
I’m not a lawyer but I was wondering if her words at sentencing might have an impact on this....new trial!!
I hope he gets off. Totally biased from beginning.
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