BREAKING: US Justice Dept. is backpedaling on sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, senior dept. official tells NBCNews. The move comes hours after Pres. Trump tweeted that sentencing recommendation was 'disgraceful!' and a 'miscarriage of justice!'
Federal prosecutors sought seven to nine years in prison for Stone in a sentencing memorandum they filed Monday in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors said the recommendation is in line with the sentence guideline outlined by federal law.
"Roger Stone obstructed Congress's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, lied under oath, and tampered with a witness," prosecutors wrote in a 26-page memo."When his crimes were revealed by the indictment in this case, he displayed contempt for this court and the rule of law."
Stone, a self-described"dirty trickster," has been well-known in conservative circles dating to President Richard Nixon's campaign. Stone, a Trump associate for over three decades, also served early on as an adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign and has called the case against him politically motivated.just over a year ago. He was the sixth Trump aide or adviser to be convicted of charges brought as part of the former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.
This is not the first time a Trump associate in a Mueller-derived case had their sentence reduced. Former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison last March by a federal judge in Virginia on financial fraud charges, considerably less than the federal guidelines of 19½ to 24 years. The judge in that case, Judge T.S. Ellis, called the guidelines"excessive.
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