Trump Adviser Sentenced to 40 Months HOUSE IS WARNED Attacks by President of RUSSIAN EFFORT Grow in Stone Case to BOLSTER TRUMP
C M Y K Nxxx,2020-02-21,A,001,Bs-4C,E2 Late Edition Today, plenty of sunshine, another cold day, high 36. Tonight, clear, not as cold as last night, low 29. Tomor- row, plenty of sunshine, milder, high 50. Weather map is on Page B12. VOL. CLXIX ... No. 58,610 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020 $3.00 Trump Adviser Sentenced to 40 Months HOUSE IS WARNED Attacks by President OF RUSSIAN EFFORT Grow in Stone Case TO BOLSTER TRUMP By SHARON LaFRANIERE WASHINGTON — Roger J. President Is Said to Fear Democrats Will Stone Jr., a longtime friend and adviser of President Trump, was ‘Weaponize’ Disclosure in Race sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison in a political- ly fraught case that put the presi- dent at odds with his attorney This article is by Adam Goldman, had strengthened European secu- general, stirred widespread con- Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Ha- rity. sternation in the Justice Depart- berman and Nicholas Fandos. Some intelligence officials ment and provoked the judge in WASHINGTON — Intelligence viewed the briefing as a tactical the case to denounce pressure on officials warned House lawmak- error, saying the conclusions the justice system. ers last week that Russia was in- could have been delivered in a less In announcing the 40-month terfering in the 2020 campaign to pointed manner or left out entirely sentence, Judge Amy Berman try to get President Trump re- to avoid angering Republicans. Jackson of United States District elected, five people familiar with The intelligence official who deliv- ered the briefing, Shelby Pierson, Court in Washington suggested the matter said, a disclosure to is an aide to Mr.
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