A week before he was scheduled to report to federal prison, Roger Stone's lawyers have filed a motion seeking to delay his surrender, citing the deadly risk posed by the coronavirus outbreak.
He was convicted in November of lying to Congress and witness tampering.
The 67-year-old was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Feb. 20 by Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C. Stone's attorneys also asked to file a letter under seal from a physician concerning their client's medical conditions.Longtime informal adviser to President Trump Roger Stone speaks to cameras at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington.
Longtime informal adviser to President Trump Roger Stone speaks to cameras at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington.A jury found Stone guilty of lying to Congress and misleading investigators on several key elements of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Stone was a central figure in communications with the Trump campaign about the WikiLeaks plan to disseminate private email and other documents stolen from senior Democrats.
Jackson will need to sign off on the latest bid by Stone to delay his sentence, but his motion was unopposed by the Department of Justice.
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