The judge insisted, she was influenced neither by Donald Trump, who had denounced "unfair" requisitions, nor by those who wanted to make Roger Stone an "example". On Thursday, this close and former Trump adviser was finally sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison. Prosecutors had demanded a sentence of between 7 and 9 years, which had prompted Justice Minister Bill Barr to speak out against the harsh requisition - an intervention that had led the four prosecutors to kick the door.
Roger Stone was convicted for interfering with the investigation by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller into Russia and the Donald Trump campaign. This self-proclaimed follower of "obscure arts" and "blows" notably lied to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks when he was looking for hacked emails from Hillary Clinton. He was also convicted of witness tampering - he had sought to silence an associate, Randy Credico, including by threatening his dog.
Towards a pardon of Donald Trump?
Now, all eyes are on Donald Trump. The American president, who denounced a “witch hunt”, could in theory pardon his friend of thirty years. But the judge complicated his life by pointing out that Roger Stone had acted to "protect" the American president.
Even if the Mueller report cleared him of any "collusion" with Moscow, Donald Trump is not done with the Russian soap. A lawyer for Julian Assange said on Wednesday that a Republican politician had offered the founder of WikiLeaks a presidential pardon in 2017 for the leadership of Donald Trump if he cleared Russia in the case of hacking emails from the Democratic Party. , an allegation immediately denied by the President.
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