BREAKING: Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, witness tampering
Roger Stone, a political consultant and longtime ally to President Donald Trump, was sentenced to 40 months on Thursday after being convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering.
Prosecutors initially recommended a sentence of seven to nine years in federal prison for Stone, but Attorney General William Barr had other ideas. Earlier this month, Department of Justice leadership took the unprecedented step of walking back federal prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation shortly after a 2 a.m. Trump tweet whining that it was “a horrible and very unfair situation” for Stone.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson ultimately decided on the felon’s sentencing. Stone’s lawyers attempted and failed to delay the sentencing earlier in the week. Stone was found guilty in November of lying to congressional investigators about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He was convicted on all seven counts he was charged with, including obstructing an official proceeding and witness tampering.
Stone had previously bragged about his connection to WikiLeaks, the shady information hub that released a trove of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee. He later lied to Congress about his connection with WikiLeaks. Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign official, testified that he was in communication with Stone and believed the political operative had inside access to WikiLeaks.
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