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Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Roger Stone Appeals 40-Month Sentence From Mueller Russia Probe

© AP Photo / Manuel Balce CenetaRoger Stone accompanied by his wife Nydia Stone, left, arrives for his sentencing at U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
Roger Stone accompanied by his wife Nydia Stone, left, arrives for his sentencing at U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump and a former aide in the president’s 2016 campaign, filed an appeal to a forty-month sentence in connection with Special Counsel Robert Muller’s probe into allegations of Trump-Russia collusion, according to a court document filed by Stone’s attorney on Thursday.

"I Roger Stone, hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [Washington, DC] from the above-stated judgement and order, the sentence imposed and all underlying orders," the filing said.

The filing noted that Stone had been sentenced in February to 40 months in prison, to be served concurrently with at least two shorter sentences, followed by two years of parole.

The charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller stem largely from accusations that Stone made false statements to the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee concerning his contacts with the organisation WikiLeaks.

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Flynn is seeking to withdraw the guilty plea.

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