This reporter is live Tweeting the Roger Stone sentencing

[Mike 03]

@DelWilber

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. Thanks for the heads up!

[lark]

2. Hang tough Judge Berman!

Hit Stone with the max penalty recommended by the real lawyers, not the phony Russian Repug version!!!

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

[malaise]

4. Lock him up!!

Please

[still_one]

5. and if I was a betting man, I would bet stone is pardoned before the year is finished

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Or before the week is finished.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Day. My money's on "day". n/t

[still_one]

25. +++. You win

[still_one]

24. Very true

[dalton99a]

18. I suspect today or tomorrow

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. twitter doesn't like me today. update?

[Dennis Donovan]

11. The new prosecutors are trying to get the judge to throw the book at Stone

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I suspect they want him to get the full recommended sentence just so it gets Barr off the hook for interfering with it to begin with. They also know he'll be pardoned moments after sentencing.

Mark my words.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Thanks!

Tweets show up here, but when I click on the link, it just gives me the bird and "something went wrong", over and over.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Sounds like the new prosecutors are defying Trump/Barr.

Recc'ing enhancements for Stone's corrupt threats

[dalton99a]

10. They will be forced out shortly

[C_U_L8R]

13. Trump must be foaming at the mouth in rage.

He thought he could corrupt justice... what a silly stupid twerp

[Dennis Donovan]

12. See my post above - more kabuki

They know Stone will be pardoned, so they want her to give 9 yrs just so it looks like Barr's interference wasn't a factor.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. That's the way it looks to me, too. Just a show by Billy fuBarr.

[C_U_L8R]

16. Interesting point.

Curious if it's all an act or if these prosecutors have integrity. I'm hoping for integrity. But know very well Trump and Barr will do the most heinous corrupt things in their own self-interest.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. I'm an perpetual optimist...

...so my hope is that blood still runs thicker than water with some of the career DOJ prosecutors.

[hlthe2b]

17. Either that or Barr gave them the go-ahead, knowing Trump was going to pardon

[Buckeyeblue]

20. Or maybe things have fallen apart between Trump and Barr

I think Trump wears out people quickly. Barr might have reached his limit. My guess is that many of the pardons issued probably have hurt their relationship.

Barr might have said go forward with the Stone prison sentence. Let dumb fuck continue to show his true colors with a pardon.

[BigOleDummy]

30. I am sorry that...

... I have to agree with you. My faith in the Justice Department is waning by the day I'm afraid. I WANT to believe they are recommending enhancements by the weight of the evidence and the Law but am afraid its just a show. There's no way our chump in chief will let this or any other sentence stand.

[hlthe2b]

21. No update in a while... I guess they must be on a break?

[malaise]

22. They are on a break - sentence coming up

Can't wait - I want ten years minimum and that's jsut for threatening the judge

[Jersey Devil]

23. Live blog at Talking Points Memo

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/roger-stone-is-sentenced

Right now the court is on a break

[IADEMO2004]

26. SHOWTIME NOW

[Hermit-The-Prog]

27. threadreaderapp.com link ...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1230508298601979905.html

[dewsgirl]

28. I followed Megan Mineiro throughout the trial.

Now I'm bouncing between the two.

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[tiredtoo]

29. Sentence actually makes no difference

King Donald will pardon this slimy ass.

[Mersky]

31. I see tRump weasels are nipping at that thread

With misinformation and redirection. I swear, I might have to join twitter just for instances like this.

[joost5]

32. This one's even better IMHO

https://twitter.com/awprokop

[joost5]

33. hmm

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[riversedge]

34. 7m Judge: Stone "lied and sought to impede production of information not to some secret anti-Trump c

Del Quentin Wilber
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Judge: Stone "lied and sought to impede production of information not to some secret anti-Trump cabal but to Congress," when both houses were controlled by REPUBLICANS.

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Del Quentin Wilber
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Judge is speaking very very fast. She is STILL going through extensive record that led to Stone's conviction on ALL counts before a jury.
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Del Quentin Wilber
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She says Stone "flat out lied" about his contacts with Corsi and Credico. There were hundreds of emails to and from Credico alone, she notes.

[riversedge]

35. BUT: ABJ says, she is concerned that 7-9 years is greater than necessary. And would have thought so

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BUT: ABJ says, she is concerned that 7-9 years is greater than necessary. And would have thought so regardless of the sentencing memo chaos.

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[riversedge]

36. ABJ notes that Stone doesn't seem particularly infirm or in ill health because he has often been tra

ABJ notes that Stone doesn’t seem particularly infirm or in ill health because he has often been traveling to many different places.
11:16 AM · Feb 20, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Tami Burages
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She's going to sentence him to be Randy's butler, isn't she?

[riversedge]

37. ...He [Stone] was prosecuted for covering up for the president."

Judge Jackson: “He was not prosecuted, as some have claimed, for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president.”

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TrumpsTaxes
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We have our quote of the day..
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What a line

[riversedge]

38. ABJ calls Trump's comments on the case "entirely inappropriate," she will not be influenced by them.

Andrew Prokop
@awprokop
ABJ calls Trump’s comments on the case “entirely inappropriate,” she will not be influenced by them. But she will not hold them against Stone either.

Also says she will not be influenced by pressure from the left from those who want a stiffer sentence.

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[riversedge]

40. ABJ: "The truth still exists. The truth still matters. Roger Stone's insistence that it doesn't" pos

ABJ: “The truth still exists. The truth still matters. Roger Stone’s insistence that it doesn’t” poses “a threat to our most fundamental institutions, to the very foundation of our democracy.”

“The dismay and disgust at the defendant’s belligerence should transcend party.”

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[joost5]

39. The truth still exists. The truth still matters.

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ABJ: “The truth still exists. The truth still matters. Roger Stone’s insistence that it doesn’t” poses “a threat to our most fundamental institutions, to the very foundation of our democracy.”

“The dismay and disgust at the defendant’s belligerence should transcend party.”

[riversedge]

42. 40 months

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[joost5]

41. 40 months??

[riversedge]

43. Stone will not be going to prison today. The judge deferred the start of his sentence until she rule

Del Quentin Wilber
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Stone will not be going to prison today. The judge deferred the start of his sentence until she rules on defense efforts to toss trial. If their objections have to do with jurors, it likely won't fly. She spoke highly of jurors service.

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Del Quentin Wilber
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That works out to 3 years and four months in prison. He also sentenced to two years of supervised release upon leaving prison.
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Del Quentin Wilber
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That came on Count 1. He got concurrent sentences of 18 months on counts 2-6 and count 7.
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Del Quentin Wilber
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BREAKING --> Roger Stone, political operative and longtime confidant of President Trump, is sentenced to 40 months in prison by a federal judge who was particularly harsh about his lies to Congress, witness tampering, obstruction.