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Roger Stone is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 20.
As sentencing approaches, Roger Stone turns to former mob lawyer for help
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With his sentencing fast approaching, Roger Stone is bolstering his defense team with a veteran criminal defense attorney whose past roster of clients included John Gotti Jr. and other high-profile figures allegedly involved in organized crime.
New York attorney Seth Ginsberg has an extensive background in criminal defense work.
In a filing this week, Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted Stone's request to bring Ginsberg onto his team.
"Roger has an excellent team of attorneys and I'm very pleased he's asked me to assist them," Ginsberg told ABC News on Thursday. Ginsberg added that he was brought on to help Stone's legal team with their sentencing strategy.
Ginsberg has had a colorful career inside and outside the courthouse.
At one point, in 2010, he was banned from a Manhattan federal detention center after he was caught walking in with marijuana in his bag while on his way to visit an alleged associate of the Gambino crime family.
He also previously represented an alleged member of the Luchese crime family.
The move comes after Stone's case unexpectedly touched off a major firestorm in Washington this week.
Judge Jackson is scheduled to sentence Stone on Feb. 20.
Mob lawyer Seth Ginsberg (left, with lawyer Charles Carnesi) got caught carrying marijuana in his briefcase as he tried to go into Manhattan federal lockup to see a client.