Trump Claims Roger Stone's Jury Was Tainted by Bias

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON — Citing a report from Fox News, President Trump said Thursday the jury that convicted his friend Roger J. Stone Jr. had a biased member — a claim dismissed by a federal judge a day earlier.

The accusation that Mr. Stone was convicted by a prejudiced jury is the president’s latest attempt to undermine the case against Mr. Stone and feed mistrust of the Justice Department, a theme Mr. Trump has returned to again and again since his earliest days in office.

It was not immediately clear why Mr. Trump put the word “justice” in quotes, as he praised the leader of the Justice Department, Attorney General William P. Barr, on Wednesday for a decision to override a sentencing recommendation for Mr. Stone.

In a previously sealed filing, Mr. Stone argued that one of the jurors was biased against Mr. Trump and therefore he deserved a new trial. On Wednesday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled against that motion in the U.S. District Court in Washington. Mr. Stone’s sentencing is set for later this month.



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/politics/trump-roger-stone.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

[CurtEastPoint]

2. The only 'taint' is on that orange pusbag and his criminal friends.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. "Citing a report from Fox News"

'nuff said

[Botany]

6. Fox News gets it wrong 85% of the time ... And that is not by mistake but on purpose

One of the worst things that Reagan did was his killing off the fairness doctrine which allowed
the rise of Fox and other hate talk radio and tv shows for now > 2 generations and they are
brain dead for all practical purposes. Trump feeds of these walking zombies and this 25 to 35%
of America is his base.


A good read by a reporter who watched Fox for 44 months.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/25/fox-news-watching-what-i-learned

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Somebody subjected themselves to Fox News for 44 months?

Wow. I feel sorry for them. I can't subject myself to it for more than a few minutes without my blood pressure raising.

[Botany]

4. Good God in Butter we are so far down the rabbit hole w/Trump it is not funny

He heard something on Fox so it must be true in his wrapped mind.

BTW If a jury member was prejudiced then Stone's lawyer could have filed an appeal
to a higher court which did not happen.

[NCjack]

5. Trump's impeachment trial was tainted by bias. Tell everyone. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. THAT was indisputable

[Bucky]

7. Well, poisoning the well IS of his field of expertise

[PRETZEL]

8. Laying out the groundwork for the pardon

it'll be based on "Stone didn't do anything wrong", "the sentence was too harsh", "the jury was tainted".