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...Stone's defense team argues that Judge Amy Berman Jackson's claim during his Thursday sentencing that the jury in the case had "Served with integrity," should disqualify Jackson from presiding as Stone pursues his bid to receive a new trial.
...Making the case that the jury's integrity is in question, the defense lawyers argue that "Newly discovered information" suggests "Juror misconduct" occurred during the trial, thus depriving Stone of having his case heard before an impartial jury.
...If the claims of "Juror misconduct" are true, then Jackson's description of the jury as having integrity "Indicates an inability to reserve judgment on an issue which has yet to be heard," thus their call for Jackson's recusal.
...Jackson's remarks about the jury came as Stone was being sentenced Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of lying to investigators and intimidating a witness in connection with the Trump-Russia probe.
...During a Friday appearance on Fox Nation's "Liberty File," former Democratic Party lawyer David Schoen argued that Jackson injected personal bias into the Stone trial.
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