Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison

By ASHRAF KHALIL, MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO
WASHINGTON  — Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department’s original sentencing recommendation.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Stone’s crimes demanded a significant time behind bars, but she said the seven to nine years originally recommended by the Justice De