The federal judge handling Roger Stone’s criminal case rejected the GOP operative’s request for a new trial, a newly unsealed court ruling shows.

Judge Amy Jackson, the Obama appointee who handled Stone’s case for nearly a year and presided over the two-week jury trial last November, rejected Stone’s claim that he was entitled to a new trial following his defense team’s allegations of “bias” regarding one of the jurors.

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