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Roger Stone requests removal of judge reviewing his case; request is denied

Roger Stone requests removal of judge reviewing his case; request is denied

Roger Stone

A US federal judge on Sunday denied a request by Roger Stone's lawyers that she be removed from the case in which she last week sentenced the long-timeadviser to President Donald Trumpto three years and four months in prison.

US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had been accused of bias by Stone's attorneys in a filing on Friday that called for her recusal. Stone, 67, was convicted on November 15 oflying to Congress, obstruction of justiceand witness tampering.

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In a court filing on Sunday, Jackson rejected his lawyers' arguments and defended her impartiality.

Trump has also complained about the judge in posts on Twitter. He has said he has no immediateplans to pardon Stoneand would let the legal process play out, but that "at some point, I'm going to decide."

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In sentencing Stone on Thursday, Jackson said the veteranRepublican operative's lies to lawmakersinvestigating Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election amounted to athreat to American democracy.

Stone was convicted of lying to the Intelligence Committee about his attempts to contact WikiLeaks, the website thatreleased damaging emailsabout Trump's 2016 Democratic election rival Hillary Clinton that US intelligence officials have concluded were stolen by Russian hackers.