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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:36 AM Feb 2019

If Stone gets "a tongue lashing" today, just throw the last shovel of dirt on our "judicial system."

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Roger Stone will face a judge later today after his Instagram posts.

"He's going to, at a minimum, get a tongue lashing," says ex-Clinton WH Counsel @quinnjack. "If stupidity were a crime, Roger would be in jail for the rest of his life." http://cnn.it/2SSwDUu


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If Stone gets "a tongue lashing" today, just throw the last shovel of dirt on our "judicial system." (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2019 OP
Two mikeysnot Feb 2019 #1
Only for some... PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #2
Followed by a quick round of cyber dick-waving by Stone on social media. bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #3
I hope that this arrogant little ratface gets thrown into jail, but more than likely... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #4
Either way, the "base" will be satisfied. Miles Archer Feb 2019 #6
yes he wants to be a martyr and/or he wants the judge to get herself a recusal by taking wiggs Feb 2019 #7
Not really. I do not expect the judge to MineralMan Feb 2019 #5
I don't think that Judge bdamomma Feb 2019 #8
Yeah, I'd throw the book at him, too, and revoke his release. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10
If I were the judge, I'd jail this shit for a week for contempt... backscatter712 Feb 2019 #9
She could do that. The question is: Will she? MineralMan Feb 2019 #11
OK, give him another chance to behave... after a week in jail to think about it first. backscatter712 Feb 2019 #12
If this behavior is allowed without being jailed duforsure Feb 2019 #13

SWBTATTReg

(22,143 posts)
4. I hope that this arrogant little ratface gets thrown into jail, but more than likely...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:44 AM
Feb 2019

this is what stone wants, to become a martyr (thrown into jail)...for some case or other. Better thing to do is make him pick up trash for a couple of weeks, since he's so good at dispensing it.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
6. Either way, the "base" will be satisfied.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:47 AM
Feb 2019

"Tongue lashing" = victory lap.

"Jail" = as you say, martyrdom. And Trump will use that to ignite the MAGAts even more.

He's a cosplay cockroach.

wiggs

(7,814 posts)
7. yes he wants to be a martyr and/or he wants the judge to get herself a recusal by taking
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:47 AM
Feb 2019

the gag order violation personally.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. Not really. I do not expect the judge to
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:46 AM
Feb 2019

withdraw his release conditions. Instead, I expect her to tighten those conditions and increase the level of her "gag order." I think she'll give Roger Stone another chance, but with strict conditions.

Will Stone do what she orders? Likely not. The next time, she'll remand him to jail until his trial.

Her decision will not affect our overall judicial system, which often gives defendants the benefit of the doubt, as it should. Another chance. That, I predict, is what she'll give Roger Stone. Then, I predict that Roger Stone will soon do yet another stupid thing.

bdamomma

(63,875 posts)
8. I don't think that Judge
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:49 AM
Feb 2019

is going to bend to Stone, after all he did threaten her with that picture of the cross hairs. I would love to see him behind bars.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
10. Yeah, I'd throw the book at him, too, and revoke his release.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:52 AM
Feb 2019

However, I'm not a judge. Maybe that's why I'm not a judge. I think the judge in this case is going to weigh everything and give Stone another chance to behave properly. I don't think that's possible for Stone, though.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
9. If I were the judge, I'd jail this shit for a week for contempt...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:51 AM
Feb 2019

... then tell him if he so much as twitches again, he'll be locked up until the end of his trial.

Oh, fuck it, just lock him up until trial.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
11. She could do that. The question is: Will she?
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:54 AM
Feb 2019

I think she'll probably decide to err on the side of caution and just tighten up the terms of his release before trial. She has to consider potential appeals and avoid the appearance of prejudice in this case. She knows that, and that's why I think she'll punt and give Stone another chance to behave. However, I do not believe that Stone is capable of that.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
12. OK, give him another chance to behave... after a week in jail to think about it first.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 10:55 AM
Feb 2019

It's time these subhuman fucks learn that court orders aren't optional.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
13. If this behavior is allowed without being jailed
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:01 AM
Feb 2019

Will only make future threats much worse against our judicial system employees next time. He should be made an example of against doing this, and not allowing this type of suggestive and vague threats to only be normalized .

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