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Justice Department Recommends 3 to 4 Years for Roger Stone

Justice Department Recommends 3-to-4 Years for Roger Stone

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Department of Justice made a new, more lenient sentencing recommendation for Trump confidant Roger Stone, after the president tweeted earlier that a possible 9-year prison was “very unfair.”

In a filing Tuesday, prosecutors suggested Stone receive a sentence of between 3 and 4 years for lying to congress and other crimes.

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