Roger Stone Can No Longer Talk About His Case — Or Robert Mueller — After Posting A Photo Of The Judge With Crosshairs
Stone testified in his defense on Thursday, saying he was "kicking myself over my own stupidity" for posting a photo of the judge on Instagram with what appeared to be a crosshairs symbol. The judge said his apology "rings quite hollow."
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WASHINGTON – A federal judge has barred Roger Stone from speaking publicly about his case or special counsel Robert Mueller after he posted a photo of the judge on Instagram next to what appeared to be crosshairs.
Stone will remain free pending his trial, but US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned that any violation of her new gag order would land Stone behind bars. Stone was getting a second chance, the judge said, but unlike in baseball, there would not be a third one. Stone will be allowed to solicit donations for his legal defense fund and assert that he's innocent, but that's it, the judge said.
"The privilege, the liberty he was afforded was promptly abused," Jackson said as she announced her decision from the bench. "If the conduct of the past weekend is what Mr. Stone would call judicious, it would be foolhardy for the court to take no action and learn what injudicious looks like.”
Jackson barred Stone from speaking publicly about his case, the investigation against him, and any participants in that investigation — a category that would include Mueller and his office. She had previously only blocked him from speaking to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Washington.
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