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By Mike Brest, Washington Examiner
Roger Stone, a longtime friend of President Trump, speculated that his upcoming stint in prison would likely be a death sentence for him amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this week, the federal judge who presided over the Roger Stone trial and handed down a 40-month prison sentence shot down his request for a new trial on Thursday. The calls for a new trial intensified in February after it was discovered that one of the jurors likely misled the court to conceal a negative bias toward the longtime associate and friend of Trump.
Stone discussed his upcoming prison sentence during a Friday night interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight.
"So, at this point, the judge has ordered me to surrender in two weeks, and at 67 years old, with some underlying health problems, including a history of asthma, I believe with the coronavirus, it is essentially a death sentence," he explained.
While Stone's sentence is on the verge of beginning, Attorney General Wiliam Barr has recently sought to grant model inmates without a history of violent offenses or those who are at risk of serious illness home confinement in an attempt to avoid spreading the coronavirus among the prison. Each inmate would have to spend two weeks in solitary confinement before being released as a precautionary measure to make sure the newly released prisoners couldn't spread the virus among the communities they were reentering.
A number of high-profile prisoners, including Michael Avenatti and Michael Cohen, have sought and been granted early releases.
Stone was arrested in January 2019 and later found guilty on five separate counts of lying to the House Intelligence Committee during its investigation into Russian interference about his alleged outreach to WikiLeaks, one count that he “corruptly obstructed” the congressional investigation, and another for attempting to intimidate a possible congressional witness, radio host Randy Credico.
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Roger Stone, a longtime friend of President Trump, speculated that his upcoming stint in prison would likely be a death sentence for him amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this week, the federal judge who presided over the Roger Stone trial and handed down a 40-month prison sentence shot down his request for a new trial on Thursday. The calls for a new trial intensified in February after it was discovered that one of the jurors likely misled the court to conceal a negative bias toward the longtime associate and friend of Trump.
Stone discussed his upcoming prison sentence during a Friday night interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight.
"So, at this point, the judge has ordered me to surrender in two weeks, and at 67 years old, with some underlying health problems, including a history of asthma, I believe with the coronavirus, it is essentially a death sentence," he explained.
While Stone's sentence is on the verge of beginning, Attorney General Wiliam Barr has recently sought to grant model inmates without a history of violent offenses or those who are at risk of serious illness home confinement in an attempt to avoid spreading the coronavirus among the prison. Each inmate would have to spend two weeks in solitary confinement before being released as a precautionary measure to make sure the newly released prisoners couldn't spread the virus among the communities they were reentering.
A number of high-profile prisoners, including Michael Avenatti and Michael Cohen, have sought and been granted early releases.
Stone was arrested in January 2019 and later found guilty on five separate counts of lying to the House Intelligence Committee during its investigation into Russian interference about his alleged outreach to WikiLeaks, one count that he “corruptly obstructed” the congressional investigation, and another for attempting to intimidate a possible congressional witness, radio host Randy Credico.
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