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C Moon

(12,210 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:43 PM Mar 2019

So I guess the gag order, was just a gag. :/

Any violation of the order, the judge said, would be a basis for revoking Stone’s bond or detaining him pending trial. If he didn’t comply, she told him, she’d find it necessary to “adjust your environment.” Now she’s already been tasked with reviewing two potential violations of the order.

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So I guess the gag order, was just a gag. :/ (Original Post) C Moon Mar 2019 OP
She just got the reports & response yesterday... Usually takes them a while to consider. hlthe2b Mar 2019 #1
Imo, way too soon to leap to despair and contempt. Hortensis Mar 2019 #2
She might schedule another hearing. Just because nothing has been done yet The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #3
I was afraid of that FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #4
The judge has just ordered Stone to file a status report The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #5
Wow. Thanks for sharing that. It IS scathing. Now I hope Mueller pnwmom Mar 2019 #6

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. Imo, way too soon to leap to despair and contempt.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:57 PM
Mar 2019

And even if she didn't act, I'd wonder why she didn't and try to find out.

After all, the only weak and stupid people who might manage to become U.S. District Court judges, in one of the most desirable districts also, are appointed to serve Republicans.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
3. She might schedule another hearing. Just because nothing has been done yet
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 03:01 PM
Mar 2019

doesn't mean nothing will be done. Normally the subject of any kind of order is given an opportunity to respond.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
5. The judge has just ordered Stone to file a status report
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 03:42 PM
Mar 2019

"...detailing his efforts to come into compliance with the Court's rulings and supplement the record with the information as set forth in the order." This report is due on March 11 (next Monday). https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/14515855/56/united-states-v-stone/

The order is pretty scathing. I think she is giving him a pro forma chance to defend the indefensible. He won't be able to do it (and I wouldn't be surprised if he violates the order again in the meantime), which will cause him to go to jail. I think she doesn't want to have him hauled off just yet but would rather give him plenty of rope to hang himself with, giving him no justification for holding himself out as a martyr to the Deep State.

pnwmom

(108,960 posts)
6. Wow. Thanks for sharing that. It IS scathing. Now I hope Mueller
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 04:26 PM
Mar 2019

brings to her attention the two newly reported Instagrams from Sunday (that were discussed in the NY Times article.) They were worse than the "Who framed Roger Stone" Instagram.

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