Judge bans Stone from speaking about his prosecution in ongoing case

BY ALEX DAUGHERTY
FEBRUARY 21, 2019 04:30 PM,
UPDATED 2 MINUTES AGO

... U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson summoned President Donald Trump’s former adviser and friend from South Florida to Washington on Thursday, after Stone posted a photo on Instagram with Jackson’s face and crosshairs beside it earlier this week.

Stone has been under a partial gag order after being indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing Russia investigation.

The judge asked Stone to explain why he should remain out of jail after he described his upcoming trial as a “show trial” by an “Obama appointed judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges against Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction for any crime.” Stone also called Mueller a “deep state hitman.”

Jackson rejected Stone’s request for leniency, agreeing with Mueller’s lawyers that Stone’s actions in recent days amounted to a pattern of speech that could spur others to threaten the safety of jurors and court officers involved in the case ...

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