Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller defended his investigation as “of paramount importance" and added: "Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so."
The trial against two Russian companies was scheduled for April 6, but federal prosecutors requested the charges be dismissed, indicating some of the evidence would threaten U.S. intelligence.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday the Justice Department must give Congress access to secret grand jury evidence from Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.