Here we go. Roger Stone filed to remove the judge from his case because she said that the jurors served with integrity.
NEW: Roger Stone has filed a motion to disqualify the judge in his case.
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) February 22, 2020
His lawyers allege her remarks about jurors at his sentencing suggest she is not impartial in regard to whether a juror improperly served on his case. pic.twitter.com/LHy6fRPeiq
Roger Stone asks to disqualify Judge Amy Berman Jackson from his case, taking issue with what she said at his sentencing yesterday. Stone claims her statement at his sentencing yesterday, that jurors "served with integrity" should force her to recuse from his case now. @kpolantz
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 22, 2020
Very interesting. I think it’s pretty clear that at least one juror carried bias against Roger Stone and the Trump administration, and it looks like she lied on her juror questionnaire. So I could see the basis for disqualifying the judge.
On the other hand, although she admonished Barr and the Trump administration for trying to influence her sentencing, she ended up pretty much following their recommendation. So… there seems to be a lot of fuss over this when there’s not much substance to it. Especially since it definitely looks like Trump will eventually pardon Stone.
I guess in that case, any motion that Stone files to try to undermine the authority of the court will provide cover for Trump if he has any inclination to pardon his old swinger buddy…