Mueller tells judge of new Roger Stone post on Instagram
Source: Politico
03/04/2019 06:02 PM EST
Roger Stone is under fire for possible violations of his court-imposed gag order after a weekend social media post suggested hed been framed in special counsel Robert Muellers investigation and ahead of the imminent re-release of a book he co-wrote that explores the myth of Russian collusion.
The longtime Donald Trump associate remains under a Feb. 21 order from U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson that bans him from making public comments of any kind about his upcoming criminal trial on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing lawmakers Russia probe.
But Stone on several recent occasions has already tested the limits of the gag order which did allow him to continue speaking about matters unrelated to the Russia investigation, and also to make statements to raise money for his legal defense fund and to explain in simple terms that he had entered a plea of not guilty...................................
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The special counsels office took no other position on the post, which was made on the same social media platform as a controversial image that landed Stone in trouble last month because it featured Jackson with what appeared to be a guns crosshairs above her head. Stone deleted that image and replaced it with one without the crosshairs. He then later deleted that second Instagram post.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/04/mueller-roger-stone-post-instagram-1202919
oh oh, Roger is in trouble!
In a filing, Robert Muellers office pointed to public reporting that Roger Stone on Sunday had posted an image to his Instagram account with the words who framed Roger Stone. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Have fun in prison, Roger.
OMGWTF
(3,959 posts)erronis
(15,303 posts)Botany
(70,516 posts)This is not baseball sir you will not get one more strike because if anything else happens you will be out.
lastlib
(23,247 posts)I don't want him out, I want him *IN*!! Jail, that is!)
Evolve Dammit
(16,743 posts)lock him up already
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)And she'll probably set a hearing for Thursday. Mark it on your calendars: Roger Stone's last day as a free man will be Wednesday, March 6th. May he only eff rats from this point forward, since that's always been his calling card.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)They think they won the world. Up until now they have been correct. Would love to see Stone,Manafort and Trump take their last living breaths in jail.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)The judge should throw the book at him.
JDC
(10,129 posts)TNNurse
(6,927 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Be a great Halloween costume. "THE DON".
Joe Biden
(8 posts)He's violated the terms of his release several times now.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Massacure
(7,525 posts)They also submitted a declaration from Stones publisher stating that the book was already on retailers bookshelves in early February and had sold 96 copies as of Feb. 16
Amazon ranks The Myth of Russian Collusion as their 24,735 best selling book, but pre-orders for The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion is currently at #688.
BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)I also noticed that the judge said that two strikes is it, not three. The book and another instagram post makes four strikes at this time.
Why did Mueller have to notify the judge? We at DU knew of the two new additions to his breaking a gag order, why wouldn't the judge already know without Mueller, does she live on a remote island without communication?
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)It might have also been a way to make Stone keenly aware she knew about it.
BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)One scumbag at a time.
shraby
(21,946 posts)I was close.
djacq
(1,634 posts)OMGWTF
(3,959 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,390 posts)Coincidence?
I think not.
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)==============
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Eugene
(61,900 posts)I expected him to break the order much sooner.
Alwaysna
(574 posts)And the only thing I desire is celibacy.
napi21
(45,806 posts)As I watched him leave court After the gag order, I was netting he wouldn't last till the next day!
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Is going to jail, and he knows it.
His actions make it obvious he knows this.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)Blue Owl
(50,423 posts)Then off to jail with his corrupt ass.
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)Tried to look like a tough thug. We will see how he fares with the Lady Judge.
Since Mueller reported his latest the Judge will not be giving third chances. There is the book the Attorneys did not think to tell her about, either.