A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Roger Stone, a veteran Republican operative and President Donald Trump's longtime confidant, to more than three years in prison for obstructing a congressional inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Stone sentencing set off speculation of when President Trump might grant Stone a pardon. Trump issued 11 high-profile pardons earlier this week but said he was holding off for now. Before handing down the sentence, Judge Amy Berman Jackson criticized the administration for its handling of the case, calling Barr's intervention "unprecedented" and Trump's repeated public comments "entirely inappropriate." Criminal defense attorney and former CIA officer Jack Rice discusses the unusual nature of a judge excoriating a president.

Plus, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi King Salman discussed security issues presented by Iran Thursday in Riyadh. One day before the meeting, Pompeo told reporters he was ready to negotiate with Iran, but was not in rush to sit with Iranian officials at the bargaining table.

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