Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign advisor, Roger Stone, was sentenced this Thursday to four years and three months in prison. Last November, it was taken for granted that Roger Stone had lied to Congress under oath, obstructed investigations into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 elections and intimidated witnesses.
The friend of the American President for more than four decades was the sixth official with links to Donald Trump campaign to be convicted in criminal case following investigations into Russia’s interference with the 2016 US presidential election.
Even before the sentence was known, Donald Trump gave the indication through a tweet that you can grant a presidential pardon. Roger Stone maintains the narrative that the case and recent conviction are politically motivated.
The magistrate who decided the sentence, Amy Berman Jackson, considered that the Trump adviser had a conduct “intolerable” and “threatening” in court. “The truth still exists, it still matters. Roger Stone’s insistence that it is not so, his belligerence, his pride in his own lies are a threat to our fundamental institutions, the foundations of our democracy. If it goes unpunished, it will not be a victory for either party, everyone loses, “said the magistrate, cited by The Washinton Post.
Roger Stone did not show any reaction while the sentence was handed down, refusing to comment on the decision when questioned by the journalists present in the court: “I have nothing to say, thank you.”
