@nycsouthpaw Yes, prosecution.
@nycsouthpaw Here's our @politico story when Stone was convicted - 97 days ago: politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
@nycsouthpaw @politico "All rise!" - The Stone sentencing hearing has begun.
@nycsouthpaw @politico The DOJ prosecutors here just introduced themselves to Judge Jackson: J.P. Cooney & John Crabb Jr.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Judge Jackson warns everyone in the courtroom to "maintain decorum" when the sentence is read. She tells anyone who wants to react aloud to go into the overflow courtroom where the hearing is being shown.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Judge Jackson dealing with some procedural issues here, noting the Stone and DOJ pre-sentencing memos.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Jackson notes the initial DOJ sentencing memo that caused all the furor and led to the resignations of the prosecutors from the case. She says it hasn't actually been withdrawn. Quickly moves on to other issues.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Jackson running now through a list of all the letters submitted on Stone's behalf, many of which are now on the docket. She said she's read all of the letters.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Jackson ticking through the 7 different counts Stone was convicted of, but stops to ask someone in the courtroom to take off their sunglasses.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Stone lawyer Seth Ginsberg addressing court about the witness tampering conviction.
@nycsouthpaw @politico Ginsberg says there shouldn't be a more severe sentence on the specific witness tampering conviction because Stone wasn't really being threatening. He noted that Randy Credico and Stone had a 20-year relationship: "It was just Stone being Stone. He's all bark. No bite."
@nycsouthpaw @politico Ginsberg notes Credico during the trial testified he didn't think Stone was going to threaten him or his dog. And he points to a Credico letter submitted on Stone's behalf from last month. Here's @CNBC coverage of that letter: cnbc.com/2020/01/23/tru…
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Here's the Credico letter to Judge Jackson they're discussing in court now. 
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC DOJ prosecutor John Crabb says the stronger sentence should be applied to Stone on the witness tampering charge.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson rules that she agrees with DOJ and will apply the stronger sentencing guidelines because of Stone's witness intimidation & pressure campaign on Randy Credico.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson reading some of those colorful Stone-Credico emails we heard during the trial with various not-for-a-family-newspaper comments from Stone.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Still in discussions over whether Stone's sentence should be stronger on the witness intimidation charge. Ginsberg arguing Stone only stands convicted of interfering with Credico in the House probe. Jackson responds that Stone did try to get Credico not to testify to Mueller.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Ginsberg counters that Credico did indeed testify before Mueller and provided documents and computer hard drives with the special counsel's investigators.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson rules that Stone's obstruction of justice conviction sentence should be stronger because governmental resources were unnecessarily expended.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Jackson says the House Intelligence Committee's Russia probe was stymied because of Stone. His obstruction, she says, "led to an inaccurate, incomplete and incorrect report."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson still working through different things that happened during the course of the Stone prosecution to decide what the sentencing guidelines will be that she uses to reach the final total.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson now bringing up the many different gag order issues that came up during the pre-trial process and whether she should up Stone's sentence because of them. Here's one of our many @politico stories summing things up as it was all going down: politico.com/story/2019/07/…
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson rules she will give Stone a stronger sentence b/c of his social media campaign challenging his prosecution: "This is intolerable to the administration of justice and the courts should not sit idly by, shrug its shoulders and just say it's 'Roger being Roger.'"
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Judge Jackson asks Crabb why he's the one standing here and not the other prosecutions. Crabb apologizes.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Jackson to Crabb: "I fear you know less about the case than just about anyone" with the possible exception of Stone's newest lawyer, Seth Ginsberg.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Crabb apologized and then she grilled him with a number of rapid-fire questions. Crabb explains the original trial team wrote the initial sentencing memo. He said he was part of the review and approval process. It went to the US attorney for DC, Timothy Shea, who approved of it.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Crabb said there was consultation between the US attorney & main DOJ. But he said the original trial team didn't receive approval from main DOJ, saying there was a miscommunication as to Barr's expectation.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Crabb declined to elaborate when Jackson asked if he had any personal knowledge of what happened. Jackson asked if Crabb was suggesting there was anything in the first filing about the nature of Stone's offense. "I'm not, your honor," Crabb replied.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Crabb then goes on to explain: "The original sentencing memo was done in good faith." He adds, "Sentencing is not an exact science."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Now Ginsberg is up making his final pleading to Judge Jackson. He explains that Stone, 67, has no criminal record and is a family man who is about to become a great grandfather. “Consider the full scope of the person who stands before you in sentencing," he said.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC “Mr. Stone has many admirable qualities,” Ginsberg says, urging Jackson to look beyond the "larger than life persona" Stone plays on TV. He notes Stone's charity work to help veterans, animal welfare and NFL players suffering from traumatic brain injuries.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Stone's lawyer wraps by urging Judge Jackson not to impose any prison time.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Stone opts against saying anything. "I choose not to speak at this time,” he says.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC We are still in the break. Everyone is back in their seats, including Stone and his attorneys. Still waiting for Judge Jackson.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC For those following along, the break continues. Judge Jackson in the past has taken a bit longer than the amount of time she says we'll be waiting before a recess begins.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Jackson: "Unsurprisingly, I have a lot to say.” Stone, surrounded by three of his lawyers, now stand at the lectern.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Jackson now ticking through the history of the case, going back to June 2016 and the WikiLeaks hacks.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Stone has a small grin on his face as he listens to Judge Jackson go through the case history. His hands are in his suit pockets. Standing to his right is Rogow, while Buschel and Ginsberg are on his left.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC She notes Stone was saying back in the fall of 2016 that he was willing to talk to investigators. I wrote about this for @politico back in the heat of the last presidential campaign here: politico.com/story/2016/10/…
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Jackson still working her way through Stone's conviction, including his interactions with Credico.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC Impossible to unpack here on Twitter in the moment as this hearing is going on all the twists and turns of the Stone trial last November. I recommend reading my coverage w/ @joshgerstein - here's one piece we did summing things up: politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson: Stone's effort to obstruct the House Russia probe was "deliberate." She adds, "Stone led and sought to impede production of information. To whom? Not to some secret anti-Trump cabal, but to Congress."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson says she learned a large amount about Stone reading letters submitted on his behalf, including people who wrote explaining he was a hitman and provocateur. “These are the people who wrote on his behalf," she adds.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson: "I’m not passing judgment on Roger Stone the man. That falls to a higher authority.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson notes Stone's charitable work, including his advocacy on medical marijuana, urging GOP to take a new stance on people of color. "The letters are compelling and they are sincere and they are all part of the picture before me.”
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson cites Stone's reputation as well-known political troublemaker: "The problem is nothing about this case was a joke. It wasn't funny. It wasn't a stunt and it wasn't a prank."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Here we go: Jackson says that the 7-9 year sentence recommendation concerned her and "would be greater than necessary."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson noting Stone's health hasn't stopped him from trying to earn a living and that he had been traveling around the country w/ court permission to do just that.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson says "no evidence" that Stone's medical issues have kept him from earning a living or in mounting his defense.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson on reaching her sentencing decision: ”It is not an exact science.”
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson on the cable TV pundits and letter writers who have opinions on what Stone's sentence should be. “The only ones who think this is easy are the ones who don’t have to make the decision," she says.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson says she's gotten letters saying she will be silencing Stone. She counters, "I expect he will keep talking.”
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson: 'He was not prosecuted for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president.'
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson: “Roger Stone will not be sentenced for who his friends are, or who his enemies are.”
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson: “This is not campaign hijinks. This is not Roger just being Roger. He lied to Congress. He lied to our elected representatives.”
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson: "Roger Stone took it upon himself to lie, to impede, to object before the investigation was complete and he endeavored to influence the result."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Jackson now unloading on the Stone defense, which during the trial said "so what" to the jury when pushing back on the charges. The judge, echoing the now-former prosectors, says, "The truth still exists. The truth still matters."
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein BREAKING: Roger Stone, Donald Trump’s longtime adviser and confidant, was sentenced Thursday to three years and four months in prison. Story TK.
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Now comes a much more intense pardon Stone campaign. My @politico story: politico.com/news/2020/02/2…
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Here's our full @politico story from today's sentencing, with some reflows still to come. w/ @joshgerstein politico.com/news/2020/02/2…
@nycsouthpaw @politico @CNBC @joshgerstein Per @joshgerstein outside the courtroom, after the sentencing hearing ended the federal prosecutors declined comment. Asked if he'd be addressing the press, Stone replied, "No, I have nothing to say."
