Judiciary Strikes Back After Trump Pressure on Roger Stone

Trump tweets about Stone in middle of Thursday hearing
Prosecutor urged tough sentence, says case was ‘righteous’

Roger Stone Sentenced to More Than Three Years Behind Bars

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By Erik Larson and David Voreacos

February 20, 2020 at 11:45 PM UTC

Updated on

February 21, 2020 at 3:41 PM UTC

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In the days leading up to Roger Stone’s sentencing, President Donald Trump slammed the judge and decried the prosecutors for carrying out a political hit job. At the hearing Thursday where Stone was given a prison term of three years and four months, the judge took her chance to fire back.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson spelled out in vivid detail Thursday why Stone deserved his sentence for witness tampering and lying to Congress during an investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.