Roger Stone sentenced to three years

Roger Stone’s convictions stem from the former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Roger Stone, a longtime ally of Donald Trump and a self-described political dirty trickster, was sentenced on Thursday to more than three years in prison for his attempts to sabotage a congressional investigation that posed a political threat to the president.