Just as he promised, Roger Stone has taken a bullet for the President and is found guilty on seven counts. Sentencing awaits February 6. If you count up the jail time for each count, it is said to total 20 (or is it 50) years, but no one thinks he will get that much. The way past sentencing has gone, my guess is that he will get 3-1/2 yrs, but I hope for seven years (one for each count).
Prosecutors portrayed Stone, 67, as a serial liar who tried to bully witnesses into not cooperating with authorities. They charged Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, with making false statements, obstruction and witness tampering in a case that was an offshoot of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Stone is the sixth Trump aide or adviser to be convicted of charges brought as part of Mueller's probe.*
It is possible for a white-collar crime to be given no jail time or a matter of weeks. This is a worry because the judge let Stone go on his own recognizance, which is unusual. I don't know why the sentencing takes so long except maybe to let things cool down first.
* https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/roger-stone-found-guilty-all-seven-counts-n1082326
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