Trump associate Roger Stone sentenced to 3 years, 4 months in prison for lying to Congress

Roger Stone, a friend of President Donald Trump and longtime Republican campaign adviser, was sentenced to three years, four months in federal prison Thursday for obstructing a congressional investigation of Russia's 2016 presidential election meddling.

“He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president,” Federal District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said before she handed down her sentence of 40 months, a $20,000 fine, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service.

Trump has called Stone's prosecution a "disgrace," but Jackson disagreed. “There was nothing unfair, phony, or disgraceful about the investigation or the prosecution," the judge said.

"At his core, Mr. Stone is an insecure person who craves and recklessly pursues attention. Nothing about this case was a joke. It wasn’t funny," she said.

Stone showed no emotion while the sentence was read, almost appearing bored. He started with his hands in his pockets and continually rocked on his heels, but smiled outside the Washington, D.C., courthouse as he left.