The jury deliberated for just eight hours before convicting Stone last week on each count federal prosecutors had advanced.
"Since we delivered that verdict, I have been taken aback by the accounts of pundits and politicians that our decision was somehow the product of a deeply polarized, partisan divide," Cousins recalled."Let me be clear: We did not convict Stone based on his political beliefs or his expression of those beliefs."
Evidence presented during trial showed that in addition to obstructing Congress, Stone also sought to stymie the congressional testimony of a possible WikiLeaks intermediary, comedian Randy Credico, who denies ever serving as a point of contact. Testimony from former senior Trump campaign official Rick Gates, who testified as part of a cooperation agreement with prosecutors, revealed that Stone apparently knew in advance of some hacked material WikiLeaks would release. Stone also apparently communicated this knowledge to Trump in a July 2016 phone call.
"So they now convict Roger Stone of lying and want to jail him for many years to come," the president wrote."Well, what about Crooked Hillary, Comey, Strzok, Page, McCabe, Brennan, Clapper, Shifty Schiff, Ohr & Nellie, Steele & all of the others, including even Mueller himself?"
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