Judge will sentence Roger Stone on Thursday, but will postpone punishment pending bid for new trial
Published Tue, Feb 18 2020 11:20 AM ESTUpdated Moments Ago
Dan Mangan
Kevin Breuninger
The federal judge in the Roger Stone case said Tuesday she will still sentence the Republican operative for multiple crimes on Thursday — but will delay imposing the terms of punishment on the longtime friend of President Donald Trump pending resolution of his request for a new trial.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson said during a conference call with Stone’s lawyers and prosecutors that she thought “delaying the sentence would not be a prudent thing.â€
Stone’s lawyers last week filed a motion seeking a new trial on the heels of disclosures that the jury forewoman in Stone’s trial had a history of anti-Trump social media posts.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/judge-will-still-sentence-roger-stone-on-thursday.html The federal judge in Roger Stone’s criminal trial said she will still sentence the Republican operative on Thursday.
But Judge Amy Berman Jackson will postpone imposing the terms of that punishment pending resolution of his request for a new trial.
Stone, a longtime friend of President Trump, was convicted last fall of lying to Congress about his contacts during the 2016 presidential election with the document disclosure group WikiLeaks.
it was revealed last week that the jury forewoman had a number of social media posts critical of Trump, and retweeted another user’s posts commenting on Stone’s arrest in early 2019.
