Roger Stone moves to disqualify judge in last-ditch bid to avoid prison

[Zorro]

President Donald Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison this week for impeding the congressional investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, moved Friday to disqualify the judge in his case, claiming her remarks at his sentencing rendered her unable to fairly rule on his bid for a new trial.

Stone's lawyers say, in particular, that Judge Amy Berman Jackson's decision to assert that jurors in the case "served with integrity" strikes at the heart of Stone's motion for a new trial, which they indicated is largely based on whether at least one juror was inappropriately biased against him.

"Whether the subject juror (and perhaps others) served with 'integrity' is one of the paramount questions presented in the pending Motion," Stone's lawyers argued. "The Court’s ardent conclusion of 'integrity' indicates an inability to reserve judgment on an issue which has yet been heard."

Jackson made her remark during an impassioned rebuke of the arguments Stone's legal team offered during his trial. She said that Stone and his lawyers minimized the significance of his effort to frustrate congressional investigators as they sought to understand Russia's interference in the 2016 election, a grave national security challenge.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/21/roger-stone-prison-judge-116696

I will be soooo glad when this asshole goes to prison.

[2naSalit]

1. I'll be glad when

he leaves the planet.

[CaptYossarian]

3. And take that stupid Jiminy Cricket hat with him.

If he thinks his fashion sense is flattering, why didn't he just plead insanity?

And I'm sitting here in a Three Stooges T-shirt and sweatpants.

[montanacowboy]

2. Her big mistake

not throwing this POS fucker in jail when he continually disobeyed her rulings all through the trial. She continually let him get away with gag ruling over and over again. She bent over backwards for him and when that picture of her in the crosshairs surfaced, that should have done it. Only one way to treat these scum, bang the fucking hammer down and do it hard.

[spanone]

5. ⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧👍🏼⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧

[malaise]

10. THIS

is the truth

[2naSalit]

11. Yup. ...nt

[Talitha]

12. Exactly!

[leftieNanner]

4. I wish Judge Jackson had clapped him in irons last week

Do we know when he might actually end up in the orange jump suit? Assuming The Orange One doesn't pardon him? I'm guessing that he's out on appeal and trying to get a new trial, but there has to be a date set for him to show up at the pokey, right?

Monday morning would work for me.

[Tumbulu]

6. Yes, does anyone know when he is supposed to go?

And why wasn’t he put in jail right then?

[former9thward]

13. The judge said she is reviewing defense motions about jury misconduct.

Until then he will remain free.

[onenote]

14. He wasn't jailed immediately because judges often continue bail

pending post-trial motions or even pending appeal.

For example, while Blagojevich was ordered to start serving his sentence while his appeal (which ultimately was granted in part) was pending, Rep. Jefferson was convicted in 2009, but was not ordered to report to prison until 2012 after his appeal was denied.

[Tumbulu]

16. Thanks!

He might never go then.

[Faux pas]

7. Kickin' with disgust!

[Iliyah]

8. This is NY charges against lover boy . . .

I don't think shithole can pardon him

[montanacowboy]

9. Federal Charges

Orange fuckface can pardon him and believe me he will

[gembaby1]

15. This guy really is like a gallery rogues villain 🦹‍♀️ from Batman.

[Vivienne235729]

17. Before he rots in hell, I hope he rots in prison.