Who is Roger Stone?
Roger Stone, Trump loyalist and self-described "agent provocateur" has been sentenced to 3 years, 4 months in prison amid uproar after Donald Trump criticized the prosecutors' sentencing recommendation. This is his story.
An ally and friend of Donald Trump
He’s a Republican political strategist, and a self-described “agent provocateur.” This is Roger Stone. Before becoming a Republican, Stone was a JFK supporter at 8 years old. He's worked on Republican campaigns since the 1970s. When he was just 19, his name first came up amid a famous scandal. He met Donald Trump in 1979 and encouraged him to run for president since the late 1980s.
Found guilty
In 2016, Stone was briefly an advisor on Trump’s campaign. In November 2019, Stone was found guilty of 7 criminal counts including obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and lying to Congress. His conviction is connected to the release by Wikileaks of thousands of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton's campaign. Stone later denied any involvement with Assange.
His sentence
In February 2020, the prosecution recommended a sentence of 7 to 9 years in jail, for Stone. But then in a dramatic move, the DOJ overruled the recommendations the day after Trump tweeted about it. 4 of the prosecutors on Stone’s case resigned, amid fears the Executive branch of the government is interfering with the DOJ. He is the 6th Trump aide to be convicted of charges as part of the Mueller probe.
What does this mean?
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Stone to 40 months in federal prison, but he is a friend to Donald Trump. Since he is an ally to President Trump, most people are expecting him to be eventually pardoned by the President. At least in the eyes of legal observers, being a friend to Trump, or someone her personally favors, seems to be enough to severely minimize the essential force of the law. Alas, Roger Stone appears to only be the most recent, obvious face of Trump’s efforts to eliminate the boundaries surrounding the justice department’s independence.
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220 comments
Ruben R.
12/08/2020 21:35Birds of a feather flock together show me your friends and I will tell you who you are ! I think a few of these birds are going to be sharing a cage together
Anne N.
12/06/2020 20:33Another nut job whos time is up.they are sad.new word for trump.ahhhhh
Stewart P.
12/04/2020 18:41Only the Deep State can lie in court and commit perjury and get away with it like James Comey for example. Absolutely a double standard
Matt M.
12/03/2020 23:09Republicans Rule!!!!!
Michelle E.
12/03/2020 17:15🙄🤔😳
William R.
12/03/2020 06:38F*** you Trump and f*** Rodger Stone your butt buddy
Firio D.
12/03/2020 03:31Idiotas!!!#*€£÷#&[email protected]😠😡
Michelle W.
12/02/2020 22:21Trump shut the hell up trump so sick of hearing your crap Biden won period you people need to wake the hell up this is so old come on get a grip !!! All trumps puppets will believe anything thing he says !!! Period
David K.
12/02/2020 21:56Legit votes cast by legit voters. Biden won Trump lost. Face it Trump worshippers, 80 million legitimate voters, legitimately don't like Trump. BidenWon2020🇺🇸 God bless America.
Chester M.
12/02/2020 12:15You ignorant delusional lowdown lowlife hypocrite crooks!
Paul N.
12/02/2020 03:09There are no independent verifiable results for any election, to say otherwise is fraud itself and I didn't vote for either Trump or Biden, I still push for election integrity and have been for 40 years. Peace and Good Luck.
Jose C.
12/02/2020 02:05Ps
Kimberly P.
12/02/2020 01:54This ELECTION WAS STOLEN! It will be proven! This is more disinformation! The truth always comes to Fruition!
Abe B.
12/01/2020 23:42Registering as a good guy they just wanted to shut him up did he see when he got busted in the morning CNN was there at its house that's just f****** ridiculous
David C.
12/01/2020 18:54It’s not just voter fraud it’s a lot of democratic political voter fraud. Nancy cheated n lost n so will Biden. 6 million illegal votes n counting
Roger M.
12/01/2020 17:57Roger Stone should be in prison
Brett S.
12/01/2020 17:23Rigged election from the moment mail in ballots were announced! I didn't know that there were that many idiot's in this country who would vote for Biden and believe his lies!!
William V.
12/01/2020 15:19Fu stupid
Juanita L.
12/01/2020 15:04AND he’s meddled in elections before. Why do you think trump pardoned him in time for the election. That’s why trump keeps fighting the results with all the cheating he did howCOULD he loose???
Daniel H.
12/01/2020 09:31More propaganda b.s. to set all of the sheep up for slaughter the democates are the Nazis reborn