Judge will sentence Roger Stone while retrial motion is pending

Published February 18, 2020 6:22pm ET



The judge presiding over Roger Stone’s case ruled that the convicted Trump associate’s prison sentence would be handed down on Thursday and that she would make a decision on his motion for a mistrial soon after.

“I am unable to find any law that would require that such a motion be resolved before sentencing,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Tuesday morning, adding, “I think delaying the sentence would not be a prudent thing to do, given all the circumstances, unless I’m required to do so.”

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