Roger "I am not a crook" Stone asks for a new judge and vows to fight gag order
According to Talking Points Memo: In a pair of Friday court filings, lawyers for Roger Stone requested that a new judge be assigned to oversee his case and pledged to fight any attempt to impose a gag order.
Stone’s case for obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and witness tampering is currently pending before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C. In other special counsel matters brought before her, Jackson has elucidated her clear disapproval for witness grandstanding.
Stone’s attorneys asked that a new judge be “randomly assigned” in the case, disagreeing with the government’s assessment that Stone’s case should be overseen by Jackson as it relates to another case currently before her: Russian intelligence officers hacking of Democratic officials during the 2016 campaign. The U.S. government has said that Stone’s case and the hacking case share a common search warrant and involve “activities which are a part of the same alleged criminal event or transaction.”
Stone’s lawyers countered that his communications about WikiLeaks’ release of the documents hacked from Democratic targets were unrelated to the hacking alleged in the other case.
They allege that the government improperly engaged in “judge shopping” by assigning the case to Jackson, violating Stone’s right to due process.
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