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Judge Refuses to Put Off Stone Sentencing

Kenneth Schwartz

   The federal judge in the Roger Stone trial is refusing to postpone
   sentencing while President Donald Trump says the conviction of his
   close friend and confidant should be thrown out.

   Judge Amy Berman Jackson said during a conference call Tuesday with
   Stone and his lawyers that the sentencing will take place Thursday as
   planned.

   But Jackson appeared to say that she could put off an order for Stone
   to begin his sentence after Stone's lawyers requested a new trial.

   That request came after Trump tweeted his belief last week that the
   foreperson on the Stone jury was "unambiguously" biased -- an opinion
   he re-tweeted Tuesday when a Fox News commentator also said Stone
   deserved a new trial.

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