The judge presiding over Roger Stone's case said the defense's motion to disqualify her over alleged bias 'appears to be nothing more than an attempt to use the Court's docket to disseminate a statement ... that has the words 'judge' and 'biased' in it.'
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson refused to remove herself from Roger Stone's case, two days after his defense team filed a motion for her disqualification because of alleged bias.U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson refused to remove herself from Roger Stone's case, two days after his defense team filed a motion for her disqualification because of alleged bias.The U.S.
"At bottom, given the absence of any factual or legal support for the motion for disqualification, the pleading appears to be nothing more than an attempt to use the Court's docket to disseminate a statement for public consumption that has the words 'judge' and 'biased' in it," Jackson wrote. A day later, Stone's defense filed the disqualification motion, asserting that Jackson exhibited bias during Thursday's sentencing hearing when she said the jurors who found Stone guilty"served with integrity."The defense has a pending motion before Jackson requesting a new trial based on the unsupported claim that a juror"misled the Court regarding her ability to be unbiased and fair.
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