In 1925 the German-born archaeologist and museum curator Wilhelm Froehner died. A life-long bachelor, Froehner channeled much of his energy and resources into a vast collection that some might say bordered on hoarding and left behind him a rich assemblage of artifacts (many of which went up in smoke in 2004). Among this vast array of antiquities was a 2- foot-by-2-foot block of marble known as […]
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President Donald Trump is well-known for punching back at his critics, and he stuck to that pattern this week regarding a New York Times op-ed by Gail Collins that criticized his administration’s response to the coronavirus threat, calling Collins a “stone cold loser.” Collins’ column, published on Thursday, was titled, “Let’s Call It Trumpvirus,” and took the White House to task for putting more effort into […]
Alt-Right blogger Mike Cernovich filed documents in federal court demanding that the judge presiding over Roger Stone’s criminal proceeding release the pre-trial questionnaire answers provided by the woman who served as the jury foreperson. Cernovich, who was one of the original promoters of the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, called for U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson to let him access the documents by permitting him to formally […]
Roger Stone lashed out under questioning from a conservative lawyer as part of an hours-long deposition in South Florida, just days before he was sentenced in his criminal case in Washington D.C. The grueling questioning came as part of a case unrelated to the high profile D.C. trial: A slew of civil libel lawsuits filed by conservative lawyer Larry Klayman against Stone and his associates. Klayman […]
The House Judiciary committee has demanded that Attorney General William Barr hands over any communications President Donald Trump sent relating to the sentencing of his longtime friend Roger Stone. In a letter released Friday morning, committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler made the urgent request to Barr that he had over any information which may show “improper political interference, including by President Trump, in enforcement matters handled […]
What a day it was in the hallowed and placid halls of the 156-year-old U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson attempted to elicit key information from several jurors in a high-profile case after the defendant was already convicted and sentenced. Judge Jackson’s grilling of jurors on the Roger Stone case comes amid claims from the recently-convicted felon that the […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images During a closed Tuesday hearing on Roger Stone’s request for a new trial, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson called out Fox News’s Tucker Carlson, stating, “Any attempts to invade the privacy of the jurors or to harass or intimidate them is completely antithetical to our system of justice.” Jackson is referring to Carlson’s attacks of Tomeka Hart, who served as the foreperson on the jury that convicted […]
The judge in Roger Stone’s trial who sentenced the longtime Trump adviser to more than three years in prison last week has shut down Stone’s request that she exit the case before ruling on whether he should get a new trial over a controversial juror. US District Court Amy Berman Jackson issued a harsh rebuke to Stone’s legal team, who accused her of bias when she […]
Convicted felon and former Trump campaign surrogate Roger Stone didn’t get his way Sunday. He wanted the presiding judge in his criminal case to step down as he pursued a retrial. She refused and was pretty pointed about it. “At bottom, given the absence of any factual or legal support for the motion for disqualification, the pleading appears to be nothing more than an attempt to use the […]
Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, defended President Donald Trump’s comments about hoping to see Roger Stone get exonerated on Fox News Sunday. Chris Wallace reviewed the ‘treasure trove of evidence” against Stone and asked, “Why does the president think he should be exonerated?” “You know it’s possible he’ll get exonerated, Chris,” Short said. “I’m asking you, why does the president think […]
Convicted felon Roger Stone wants a new trial and he wants a different judge to oversee it. On late Friday night, Stone’s attorneys filed a motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in light of harsh comments she made against President Donald Trump‘s longtime friend and political confidant during his sentencing hearing earlier this week. “The issue at hand arises from the Defendant’s pending […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, Roger Stone’s defense team moved to force the recusal of Judge Amy Berman Jackson from the case for bias. These motions have a very low success rate and this particular motion likely has an even lower likelihood of success. Jackson is a respected and experience judge. I actually was taken aback by a couple of her comments about the case but courts of appeal […]
An independent government ethics watchdog group filed a formal complaint calling for an investigation into several top-ranking Justice Department officials, claiming they “unlawfully interfered” with the criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump’s friend Roger Stone and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. In the six-page complaint, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), highlighted the “highly unusual involvement” of Attorney General William Barr, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and U.S. Attorney […]
“The truth still exists; the truth still matters,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Thursday at the sentencing of the president’s favorite dirty trickster, Roger Stone. It may have seemed like an obvious statement, but as Trumpworld continues its assault on the rule of law, things like the truth mattering seem slightly obscured by the current political climate of relentless lying. Judge ABJ continued, “Roger Stone’s insistence […]
Following the 40 month sentence given to Roger Stone Thursday morning, Lou Dobbs went off on the Department of Justice prosecutors who brought the case — accusing them of thinking they would be “serving in the Soviet Union.” During an interview with Robert Ray — a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team — Dobbs buried the prosecutors in the case, and called out the fact […]
Ukrainians evacuated from Wuhan, China, have been less than welcomed at a village hosting the coronavirus quarantine facility. Videos show locals throwing stones at buses with evacuees, burning tires and clashing with police. Dozens of villagers first attempted to block the road leading to Novye Sanzhary, in the Poltava region of central Ukraine, and stop the government’s plan to quarantine the Ukrainian evacuees from Wuhan there. […]
President Donald Trump spoke out for the first time since Roger Stone was sentenced to three years and four months in prison on Thursday by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the D.C. District Court. During a speech before former prisoners at a criminal justice event in Las Vegas, Trump fired shots at the jury forewoman in the Stone trial, stating, “The forewoman of the jury, the woman who […]
Mediaite founder and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams said on Thursday that if President Donald Trump decides to pardon his former adviser Roger Stone following his sentencing of 40 months in prison, it will be seen as “a rebuke of his own Justice Department.” “This is exactly the sort of sentence that one would have expected if you followed the case closely,” said Abrams. […]
Longtime President Donald Trump ally and dirty trickster Roger Stone left a Washington D.C. federal courthouse Thursday in silence after Judge Amy Berman Jackson handed down a three year and four-month prison sentence to Stone. Stone was previously found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress. As the former Trump campaign confidant walked out of the courthouse, a crowd cheered, “Lock him up.” During the sentencing, […]
Judge Amy Berman Jackson ripped into Roger Stone in a Washington, D.C. federal courthouse Wednesday, blasting the political dirty trickster as an “insecure person” who “craves” attention. Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, was sentenced by Jackson on Thursday to three years and four months in prison. “At his core, Mr. Stone is an insecure person who craves and recklessly pursues attention,” Jackson said of […]
Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison and pay a $20,000 fine on Thursday for witness tampering and lying to Congress. He will be on probation upon his release. Breakdown of Roger Stone’s sentence: COUNT 1 – 40 MONTHSCOUNT 2 to 6 — 12 MONTHSCOUNTS 7 — 18 MONTHS *all to run concurrently* — Megan Mineiro (@MMineiro_CNS) February 20, 2020 Despite […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Roger Stone was sentenced to three years and four months in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of witness tampering and lying to Congress. The sentence was less than the 7-9 years recommended by prosecutors. Stone, a former political adviser to Donald Trump, was convicted in connection with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He was also slapped with […]
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President Donald Trump hinted that he may pardon former campaign adviser Roger Stone on Thursday, following a Fox News segment from Tucker Carlson floating the possibility. On Tucker Carlson Tonight Wednesday, the Fox News host called the prosecution a “travesty” and said President Trump could end it “in an instant with a pardon and there are indications tonight that he will do that.” Stone was found guilty of all […]