Roger Stone trial set for Nov. 5 start
The case pits the longtime Trump associate against special counsel Robert Mueller on charges Stone lied to Congress and obstructed lawmakers’ Russia investigation.
Roger Stone will go on trial starting Nov. 5 in Washington, the federal judge presiding over the high-profile case said Thursday.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson set out a calendar for a two-week trial that will pit the longtime Trump associate against special counsel Robert Mueller on charges Stone lied to Congress and obstructed lawmakers’ Russia investigations.
Jackson opened the proceedings saying she didn’t “intend to dwell” on the dispute, which centers on discrepancies over whether Stone mislead the court about plans to rerelease a recent book with a new introduction bashing Mueller’s investigation.
Jackson last week reprimanded Stone over the book flap and accused him of using court filings to promote its sales. The judge, an Obama appointee, also raised questions over whether Stone and his lawyers knew about the book issue but didn’t raise it during a Feb. 21 hearing in which Jackson imposed a more sweeping gag order.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/roger-stone-trial-1221289