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Home Front: Politix

Roger Stone to appeal prison sentence, judge's denial of new trial

2020-05-01

[THEHILL] Roger Stone's lawyers told a court on Thursday that they intend to appeal the right-wing wardheeler's 40-month prison sentence and a judge's decision to deny him a new trial.

Stone was convicted in November following a jury trial on charges of lying to Congress and witness tampering in a case that stemmed from his efforts to serve as a backchannel between President Trump's 2016 campaign and WikiLeaks.

After the verdict was pronounced, his lawyers alleged that one of the jurors was biased against Stone because of political beliefs she had voiced on social media. They argued that her bias had prejudiced the jury and was grounds for granting Stone a new trial.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, denied Stone's motion earlier this month, saying that a juror's criticisms of the president are not evidence that she was biased against Trump's former adviser and confidant.

Posted by:Fred

#2 Last night on Tucker Carlson’s show he noted that Stones order to report to federal prison this weekend was delayed for a month by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the last minute. WhuFlu delay or something more significant. I don’t recall anything about blanket delays in intake?

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-05-01 10:40

#1 Isn't there something in the law about "a pervasive culture of misdoing" as being grounds for appeal?

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-05-01 08:54

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