Despite Boost From DOJ, Roger Stone Not In Great Legal Shape
Despite Boost From DOJ, Roger Stone Not In Great Legal Shape

Roger Stone was refused his request for a new trial on Wednesday.

Stone has received support from high places this week, including word that the Justice Department would seek a lighter sentence in his case.

However, Newser reports that may be cold comfort to the political operative.

In his request, Stone claimed that a juror who worked for the IRS was biased against him.

But Judge Amy Berman Jackson wasn't having it.

The fact that the juror was just one of these approximately 1,400 lawyers (at the IRS) does not begin to establish...inherent bias.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson