Roger Stone says he's 'praying for a pardon' from President Trump.
in February to three years, four months in prison, Trump tweeted,"Everything having to do with this fraudulent investigation is badly tainted and, in my opinion, should be thrown out."about his efforts to discover what WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange planned to do with Clinton campaign e-mails hacked by the Russians. Judge Amy Berman Jackson last week denied Stone's motion for a new trial, rejecting his claim that a juror was biased against him.
Jackson ordered Stone to report to prison by April 30. He said it would amount to a death sentence, given the"I'm 67 years old. I had very, very severe asthma as a child. If you look at the profile of those who are most at risk, I think I fit that," he said.. Such a move would cost nearly $1 million, he said, on top of the $2 million his trial defense cost. He is also considering a claim that his lawyers provided ineffective counsel.
"In retrospect, I should have represented myself," he told Morano."I may not have been able to file all the forms correctly, because I'm not a trained attorney. But I have a right to defend myself." In rejecting Stone's motion for a new trial, the judge also lifted gag orders that prevented him from talking about the case, and now he’s making up for lost time.Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.
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