- Trump ally guilty on seven counts, including lying to Congress
- President claims conviction ‘should be thrown out’
Roger Stone, a longtime ally of Donald Trump and a self-described political dirty trickster, is set to be sentenced on Thursday for his attempts to sabotage a congressional investigation that posed a political threat to the president.
The sentencing will go ahead despite an 11th-hour request by Stone’s defense team for a new trial following Trump’s claim that the conviction “should be thrown out”.
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com