That Stone has asked for a new trial?

If Mom says no, go ask Dad.

Sheesh.

...so that might mean she's going with the original submitted guidelines?

I want this gerbil to die wearing orange. The same for the rest of the Trump Outfit.

I suspect judge knows this and is likely to decide 'better to get him jail for at least SOME time' ...

My guess is it'll be like a year.

to send a signal.

Seven years.

the fuck up!
That is all

Trump’s protest is probably a setup for a pardon.

by former DoJ personnel that she should take him into custody at sentencing and have him incarcerated right then and there after she tells him he gets the max. There will be a major stink bomb lobbed if the imbecile tries to pardon him.

pending a ruling on the request for a new trial. In other words, if she gives him X number of years, she will suspend any incarceration until she decides whether the request for a new trial can proceed.

The good news is the request for a new trial appears frivolous.

Would that be grounds for a new trial?

If she only blogged about trump I wouldn’t think that would do it unless she lied when questioned to be on the jury.

I think a new trial would likely end up in acquittal because I don’t trust the DOJ to honestly reprosecute

I think the claims are bs just like all the rest of their weak arguments.

They made their bed. Let them wallow in it.

Then why did Stone allow the juror to be seated in the first place? "Because we just thought of it" isn't a very persuasive argument from what I've seen.

As I understand it, though, the vote to convict on all charges wasn't even close. But the whole thing is frivolous anyway. Everybody has political beliefs and if we start dissecting in fine details everybody's political beliefs, then virtually nobody would be allowed to serve as jurors if they have the slightest whiff of political beliefs that may run counter to the defendant's political views.

Frankly, I expect the Stone pardon any time now.

of a Presidential pardon is deemed an admission of guilt.

Then it should be:
Trump needed Russian help to get to the WH and Republican help to stay there.
Stone needed a Presidential pardon to avoid prison.

They can think whatever they want to think but Trump remains impeached for life and Stone will be deemed guilty for the rest of his life.

What conclusions might the public draw if the sentence given is lower than the initial sentence recommendation?

And what happens (heads up - nothing) when the dictator in chief pardons this piece of slime?

If tRumP gets to negate the jury’s decision and the judge’s sentence why have we wasted money and time with a trial. It makes no sense to me. Are there no rules about the pardon? Like the circumstances of the crime or other factors that make a pardon fair. Maybe the person suffers from a terminal illness (that can be independently verified.) Or they have an advanced dementia, also proven by unbiased physicians. But just because tRump is your bud and wants you to keep silent about some things?? I don’t think so. We definitely need to rethink the power to pardon by the President. tRump ruins everything he touches. He is rotten to the core.

I'm going with 7 years, the low end of original recommendation as that will look like she was being fair and what's 2 years if he gets pardoned anyway.

Can the state file charges if he does? I have no idea how that works.

Trump to pardon him on Friday.

and he's still sitting in jail

and immediately pardon him. tRUMP's laying the ground work since the foreperson statement came out.
None of his gop enablers will care, the cult45 ers will not care and one more chip, a big one, against the rule of law will be covered by the media. Just sayin..

He'll soon use, again trying to intimidate and scare her with. Stone is no better and deserves the maximum sentence. Trump and Barr are now openly trying to fix the sentencing for him calling his 7 felonies all an injustice jurors determined he was guilty of. trump is now promoting trump justice going after all who oppose him, while backers get off with little or no consequences. More people close to trump will be getting indicted, and face consequences for many crimes, including him.