February 21, 2020
When John Crabb Jr. appeared before the federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone on Thursday, the case's top prosecutor made a string of striking arguments that flew in the face of the U.S. Department of Justice's official line.
February 20, 2020
President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone was sentenced to three years and four months in prison Thursday on seven felony charges of lying to Congress about his connections with WikiLeaks, witness tampering and obstructing a congressional panel's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
February 19, 2020
Angry tweets from the president, drama at the Department of Justice and endless media chatter will all be outside noise to U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson when she sentences political operative Roger Stone on Thursday in her latest headline-grabbing case.
February 19, 2020
The Federal Judges Association has postponed indefinitely its emergency meeting, originally scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, over interference from the Trump administration and Attorney General William P. Barr in politically sensitive cases, though no reasoning has been offered for the delay.
February 18, 2020
A national association of federal judges has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday afternoon to discuss interference from the Trump administration and Attorney General William P. Barr in politically sensitive cases, following the sentencing upheaval in the criminal case against Trump ally and longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone.
February 18, 2020
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday said she will sentence Roger Stone this week despite calls for a retrial from both the longtime Republican operative and President Donald Trump, but she noted she may delay imposing the terms until after she examines the merits of the retrial request.
February 13, 2020
After spurring the withdrawal of four federal prosecutors from Roger Stone's criminal case, President Donald Trump's tweets about the case sparked commentary Thursday on judicial independence from both Attorney General William Barr and the chief judge of the D.C. federal court handling the case.
February 12, 2020
A D.C. federal judge tossed Roger Stone's request for a new trial based on claims that a biased government employee sat on the jury panel, which found him guilty on seven felony charges including lying to Congress about WikiLeaks, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday.
February 11, 2020
The four federal prosecutors who won the obstruction conviction of Roger Stone were off the case on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Justice overrode their sentencing recommendation of seven to nine years for the longtime Republican political operative.
February 10, 2020
Federal prosecutors asked a D.C. court on Monday to hand down a sentence of up to nine years in prison to the self-described political "dirty trickster" Roger Stone, who was convicted last year of lying to Congress, obstructing a congressional investigation and witness tampering.