Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S. Attorney for D.C. told the court Friday they anticipate needing five to eight days to prove their case against Roger Stone.
“The United States of America respectfully submits this notice in response to the Court’s Minute Order dated February 27, 2019,” the filing from the Special Counsel’s Office said. “In response to the Court’s inquiry, the government anticipates that its case-in-chief at trial, including expected cross-examination of its witnesses by the defense, will take approximately five to eight days trial days to complete.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Marando has already said that he and Stone’s lawyers are targeting the fall of 2019 for trial.
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[T]he higher end of Mueller’s Stone trial length estimate, for what it’s worth, matches up with how long arguments and cross-examination took in the [Paul] Manafort case.
Stone Notice of Anticipated Trial Length
Here’s How Long Mueller Thinks It’s Going to Take to Prove Roger Stone Is Guilty (Law and Crime)