joins me now. hello, william. you were there for this entire proceeding. first of all, remind us what were the charges against roger stone that he w found guilty of. >> he was charged with lying to congress and witness tpering. this goes back to an investigation that the house hoe intelligence committee was doing into russian meddlg and t role wikileaks played during the release of the democratic e-mails in the campaign. stone was convicd to lying to the investigators of the house committen he was also victed of trying to get a witness to not testify to thotise invtors. he was accused of threatening the witness and the witss' dog. even though the witness later wrote a letter saying he didn't threaten, jackson sn't buying any of it. she said this witness intimidation was "a corrupt and unlawful campaign to tamper with the witness." and really, the judge, all day today, was very, very crical of roger stone. she said, in particular, shei