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Roger Stone due back in court after Instagram post that showed judge in his case
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Roger Stone due back in court after Instagram post that showed judge in his case
By Rachel Weiner
February 21 at 6:30 AM
Longtime Republican operative and Trump confidante Roger Stone is due back in federal court Thursday in the wake of posting an Instagram photo of the judge in his criminal case that included what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun sight.
The initial picture was deleted from Stone’s account soon after it went online Monday and reposted again without the background image. Then that post, too, was deleted.
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Stone, 66, is under a limited gag imposed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson after being accused of lying about his efforts in 2016 to gather information concerning hacked Democratic Party emails. A caption on the Instagram post of Jackson said Stone faced a “show trial” in her courtroom after his indictment stemming from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Jackson called a hearing for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. to ask why, in light of the image, she should not expand the gag order in Stone’s case or restrict his freedom. He has pleaded not guilty and is currently out on a $250,000 bond, allowed to travel between South Florida, Washington and New York City. He is also allowed to discuss the case publicly, just not in the immediate vicinity of the D.C. federal courthouse.
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Rachel Weiner tries to cover Alexandria's federal court from a small windowless room with no cellphone access. She sometimes ventures outside to write about crime in Alexandria and Arlington. Follow https://twitter.com/rachelweinerwp
Roger Stone due back in court after Instagram post that showed judge in his case
By Rachel Weiner
February 21 at 6:30 AM
Longtime Republican operative and Trump confidante Roger Stone is due back in federal court Thursday in the wake of posting an Instagram photo of the judge in his criminal case that included what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun sight.
The initial picture was deleted from Stone’s account soon after it went online Monday and reposted again without the background image. Then that post, too, was deleted.
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Stone, 66, is under a limited gag imposed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson after being accused of lying about his efforts in 2016 to gather information concerning hacked Democratic Party emails. A caption on the Instagram post of Jackson said Stone faced a “show trial” in her courtroom after his indictment stemming from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Jackson called a hearing for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. to ask why, in light of the image, she should not expand the gag order in Stone’s case or restrict his freedom. He has pleaded not guilty and is currently out on a $250,000 bond, allowed to travel between South Florida, Washington and New York City. He is also allowed to discuss the case publicly, just not in the immediate vicinity of the D.C. federal courthouse.
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Rachel Weiner tries to cover Alexandria's federal court from a small windowless room with no cellphone access. She sometimes ventures outside to write about crime in Alexandria and Arlington. Follow https://twitter.com/rachelweinerwp
Hello on this snow-meltingly warm day from the DC federal courthouse, where Roger Stone is due at 2:30pm for a hearing on his Instagram post about the judge, and whether she'll strengthen her gag order and/or change his release conditions as a result. See: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/roger-stone-instagram-judge-photo …
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T-minus two hours before he's due in court to answer for his Instagram activity, Roger Stone has taken to the platform to quote from the bible (HT @dsamuelsohn)
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