‘Lock Him Up’ Chants Break out as Roger Stone Leaves Federal Courthouse

Roger Stone quietly left his sentencing hearing Thursday with a smirk on his face as people screamed “lock him up” in his direction.

Stone, the longtime advisor to President 👤Donald Trump who was convicted of lying to the FBI and witness tampering, was expected to speak after his sentencing. Instead, he silently got into a vehicle and left the scene. Stone was sentenced to three years and four months in prison by Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

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Stone’s sentencing hearing became a national controversy after the Justice Department initially recommended he serve seven to nine years in prison. In the wake of a Trump tweet critical of the recommendation, Attorney General 👤William Barrcaused an uproar by stepping in to change the sentencing guideline. Four prosecutors consequently withdrew from the case in protest.

The two prosecutors who stepped in to take over the case issued a new sentencing memo asking for “far less” time for Stone. But on Thursday, one of those prosecutors said the Justice Department stood by the original sentencing memo and argued that the court