2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Focusing squarely on his ties to President Trump, federal prosecutors argued Wednesday [11-13-19] that Roger J. Stone Jr. blatantly obstructed a congressional investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election because the truth ‘would look really bad’ for Mr. Trump. In closing arguments in Mr. Stone’s obstruction of justice trial, prosecutors argued that he concealed reams of evidence, threatened a fragile witness and told ‘whoppers’ that impeded a House committee’s investigation into how Russia used WikiLeaks to sabotage the 2016 presidential race…Bruce S. Rogow, Mr. Stone’s defense lawyer, countered that the entire premise of the prosecution’s case was false because Mr. Stone had no evidence that would have hurt Mr. Trump, or embarrassed his campaign.”
–Sharon LaFraniere and Zach Montague, “Roger Stone Lied to Protect Trump, Prosecutors Argue at Trial,” The New York Times online, November 13, 2019