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dalton99a

(81,513 posts)
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 12:29 AM Mar 2019

Judge orders Roger Stone to explain imminent release of book that may violate gag order

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-orders-roger-stone-to-explain-imminent-release-of-book-that-may-violate-gag-order/2019/03/01/c5302c0e-3c80-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html

Judge orders Roger Stone to explain imminent release of book that may violate gag order
By Spencer S. Hsu
March 1 at 10:28 PM

Republican operative and longtime Trump friend Roger Stone faced fresh legal trouble Friday after a federal judge ordered his attorneys to explain why they failed to tell her before now about the imminent publication of a book that could violate his gag order by potentially criticizing the judge or prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

The order by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia late Friday came barely eight days after Jackson barred Stone from speaking publicly about his case, prompted by a photo posted on Stone’s Instagram account that placed a crosshairs next to a photo of Jackson’s head.

Stone apologized for abusing the court’s trust, asking for a second chance. Jackson said in imposing the gag order Feb. 21 that it would be “foolhardy” to wait for him to transgress again, that she had “serious doubts whether you’ve learned any lesson at all,” and warned she would order him to jail for future violations.

Stone, 66, is accused of lying to Congress and obstructing justice to cover up his efforts to gather information concerning hacked Democratic Party emails during the 2016 campaign.


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Judge orders Roger Stone to explain imminent release of book that may violate gag order (Original Post) dalton99a Mar 2019 OP
It will be hard to make the book signing gigs when you're parked in the pokey Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #1
Just fucking throw him the fucking prison cell al-fucking-ready! ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #2
He's a psychopath. defacto7 Mar 2019 #3
That book with its new intro, dated Jan 2019, is already for sale on Amazon pnwmom Mar 2019 #4
Lock him up!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 #5
If Stone is not put in jail, this judge is total bullshit. He should have been in jail. nt allgood33 Mar 2019 #6
I agree. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #7
LHTFU!! malaise Mar 2019 #8

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
2. Just fucking throw him the fucking prison cell al-fucking-ready!
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 12:32 AM
Mar 2019

So sick of these second, third, fourth chances. Didn't she say he wasn't going to get any more chances the last time around? Well, stop coddling the fucker and throw him in the pokey.

pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
4. That book with its new intro, dated Jan 2019, is already for sale on Amazon
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 12:50 AM
Mar 2019

in both paperback and Kindle editions.

It's called "The Myth of Russian Collusion." It has a new intro dated January 2019, in which Stone claims that the Deep State has gone after the Trump administration, and that the "Crooked Special Counsel Robert Mueller" has Stone on his "target list."

According to the website the book with its new intro was released Feb 19, 2 days before the gag order.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judge-orders-roger-stone-to-explain-imminent-release-of-book-that-may-violate-gag-order/2019/03/01/c5302c0e-3c80-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html

But Jackson also ordered Stone’s attorneys to explain by Monday why they waited until now in making that request to disclose the “imminent general rel[e]ase” of a book, which Jackson said “was known to the defendant.”

Jackson said Stone’s attorneys could have told the court about the unidentified book either in a February court filing or the Feb. 21 hearing on whether she should impose a gag order to limit prejudicial pretrial publicity and ensure Stone’s right to a fair trial.

That was particularly so, she noted, because prosecutors specified their request for an order providing that Stone “should not be talking about this Court. He should not be talking about the special prosecutor,” Jackson said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Kravis also argued in the hearing that an order should say, “This Court should not be criticized by Mr. Stone. The government should not be impugned by Mr. Stone. The integrity of this case should not be impugned by Mr. Stone,” Jackson noted.

SNIP

On Jan. 16, Stone announced via Instagram that he would be publishing a book titled “The Myth of Russian Collusion: The Inside Story of How Trump Really Won.” He included an image of the book cover. At the time, a source familiar with the publication plans told The Washington Post that the book consisted of a new introduction attached to a previous book that Stone had written about the 2016 presidential campaign. On Feb. 15, he announced via Instagram that the book would be published March 1, and he accompanied the post with hashtags such as #noconspiracy and #norussiancollusion.


https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+myth+of+collusion+stone&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
7. I agree.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:50 AM
Mar 2019

If anyone else in any other case had sent out a picture of a judge with crosshairs, they would have been thrown in jail. That shit was all shades of wrong, but she let him go with a warning. If I had been that judge, it would have been my pleasure to throw that asshole in jail. You don't play with people who make casual death threats like that. Makes me think she's not being serious about this.

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