Jurors at the upcoming trial of GOP political consultant Roger Stone won’t be treated to an in-court screening of a scene from a “Godfather” film that prosecutors wanted to show, the judge overseeing the case ruled Monday
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“The government will not be permitted to introduce the clip itself in its case in chief because the prejudicial effect of the videotape, which includes a number of extraneous matters, outweighs its probative value,” wrote Jackson, an appointee of President Barack Obama. The indictment against Stone returned in January alleges that he urged an associate—unnamed in the charges but known to be liberal activist and radio host Roger Credico—to “do a ‘Frank Pentangeli’” and alter his testimony to Congress about dealings the two men during the 2016 election relating to WikiLeaks, its founder Julian Assange and a trove of emails stolen from a top Clinton campaign official.
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