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President Donald Trump’s longtime associate Roger Stone filed a sealed request for a new trial less than a week before he’s due to be sentenced for lying to Congress, witness tampering and other crimes.
The Republican operative filed the request in Washington federal court. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered prosecutors to file a sealed response by February 18. Stone is scheduled to be sentenced on February 20.
It’s the latest twist in a politically charged case that’s already led to the resignation of four federal prosecutors, angry tweets from the president and a rare clash between Trump and his attorney general.
Jackson rejected Stone’s earlier request for a new trial. Stone claimed that a juror who worked for the Internal Revenue Service was biased against him because the agency sometimes does joint work with the Justice Department.
The newest filing comes a few days after Stone’s supporters criticised a juror for coming out in support of four prosecutors who resigned from the case after their recommendation for a sentence of seven to nine years was overruled by the Justice Department.