This whole thing is a farce. I think the judge, the jury, the prosecution and the lawyers for the defense all teamed up and decided to railroad Stone.
There’s perks for “being on the team”. Hunter Biden, ferinstance.
Starting with the Clinton second term, the DoJ was methodically stuffed full of people who saw it as the means to establish as political commissars of the democrat party with the power of the entire Federal government under their control. Anything not acceptable to the democrat elite became a target for prosecution whether there were grounds to do so or not.
Bankrupting and establishing a felony record for a target was the preferred outcome since that objective could be achieved without ever going to court where all sorts of things could end up being made public by a defense attorney not playing ball with the democrat machine. Bankrupting alone was acceptable, though, if that's all they could get with a plea deal to avoid going to court since in the best of circumstances a trial is still far more unpredictable than a plea deal.
Unless and until the DoJ, the FBI, and ALL Intelligence agencies are cleaned out this country is now on the fast track to real, open, violent, Civil War.
JMHo
And let’s not forget the outrageous raid and assault on his person! Police and the warrant judge need to be investigated as well. Smacks of FISA judicial training.