Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an unusual Sunday evening for a phone meeting tomorrow morning between the new prosecutors and the lawyers for Roger Stone. Stone is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday. #mondaythoughts politico.com/news/2020/02/1…
2-"It's unclear whether the judge will decide to proceed with the sentencing as scheduled, given the latest motion for a new trial and questions about how easily prosecutors will be able to respond to it with those most familiar with the case having formally stepped back from it
3-"and, in one instance, quit his job altogether. Some former Justice Department prosecutors are urging Jackson to inquire into the abrupt withdrawal of the trial team last week and the reversal in the government's position, but she has not yet signaled any plans to do that.
4-"As recently as Friday, the judge seemed intent on moving toward sentencing, issuing an order requiring the government to respond to the latest new trial motion — which remains under seal — by midnight Tuesday."
