BREAKING: Disgraced ex-Donald Trump aide Roger Stone jailed for 40 months
Donald Trump’s ex campaign adviser Roger Stone was jailed Thursday for lying to Congress and witness tampering has been jailed for 40 months for lying to investigators.
The president has branded Stone’s conviction a ‘miscarriage of justice,’ and hit out at it on Twitter during Stone’s sentencing hearing, claiming former FBI bosses James Comey and Andrew McCabe had gotten away with lying.‘OH, I see, but so did Comey , and so did Andy McCabe, who also lied to the FBI! FAIRNESS?’
Sentencing Stone, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the US Justice Departments recommendation that Stone serve between seven and nine years behind bars was excessive.But she also hit out at attempts to minimize his crimes, saying: ‘The truth still exists, the truth still matters…
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