TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 17, 2020

Four federal prosecutors who sought a sentence of seven to nine years for political consultant Roger Stone have withdrawn from the case and at least two have resigned, the ABA Journal reports. Claims of political interference in the case led the American Bar Association to weigh in last week criticizing attacks on judges and prosecutors. And in related news, Stone is asking for a new trial after allegations that jury foreperson and attorney Tomeka Hart previously had shared anti-Trump posts on social media. Hart graduated from the University of Memphis School of Law. She now lives in the Washington, D.C., area and works at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Daily Memphian has more on her role.