Roger Stone leaves jury selection in his trial because of food poisoning
Source: NBC News
Jury selection in the trial of Roger Stone, the longtime confidant and adviser to President Donald Trump, got off to a bizarre start on Tuesday as Stone left the proceedings due to what he said was food poisoning shortly after an observer was taken out of the courtroom on a stretcher after appearing to have a seizure.
The selection of the jury continued without Stone present, but because of the earlier delay stemming from the separate medical emergency, it is unlikely jury selection will be completed Tuesday. More than 80 prospective jurors arrived at federal district court in Washington, D.C., to potentially take part in the trial.
Stone, 67, is accused of lying to Congress and pressuring another person to do the same. Stone's case stems from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/roger-stone-leaves-jury-selection-his-trial-because-food-poisoning-n1076711
MANative
(4,105 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)He doesn't drink tea does he?
Turbineguy
(37,213 posts)in your armpits does a great job.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)leftieNanner
(14,998 posts)to ignore your BO?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)We didn't have anchovies, so we kept some pepperonis in our armpits. If someone wanted anchovies, boom, that's what they'd get.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)It won't shock me a bit when one of these fools ends up dead. ( It feels very callous to just say that, but true.)
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)Mr. Stone is so close to prison he can almost smell the disinfectant and raw fear has loosened his bowels.
George II
(67,782 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Roger Boy being a bit nervous for having to answer for all his Ratfucker.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Those places are infested macro and micro.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Isn't that just the prosecutor and defense asking questions and weeding out the jury pool?
SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)If they hear something that they think might prejudice the juror they speak with their lawyer and sometimes an objection gets raised, or the lawyer delves more deeply into the troubling portion.
In one (bizarre) case I was in the jury pool for, the defendant decided he was going to ask questions of the members of the pool. After has asked me about my age and what I did for a living, the judge intervened and made him realize that acting as his own lawyer might not be the best choice he ever made.
D: What do you do for a living?
Me: Photographer
D: What kind? Portrait, landscape,...
Judge cuts him off: How does anything in this line of questioning in any way pertain to your case? (It started as some sort of a traffic stop, and somehow escalated, and he had demanded a jury trial.)
Jury pool excused for a conference. When we returned the guy let his court-appointed attorney ask the questions.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)Christopher Haywood is a heating contractor who lives in the Seattle area. This moron found the no license required to travel sovereign citizen horseshit sites, believed them, sent his license back to the state, and has posted several videos of his traffic stops.
As youd probably expect, the cops dont behave the way he wants them to.
SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)this was just some run of the mill nutjob that didn't have working brake lights or some such. I wasn't chosen for this trial, so I didn't get to sit through whatever insanity he might have tried. This had to have been 15 or more years ago.
Me.
(35,454 posts)ToxMarz
(2,154 posts)That's what he does, lends well to fomenting conspiracy theories. Wouldn't be surprised if the other "medical emergency" was coordinated as well.
Most likely.
hibbing
(10,076 posts)Mighty suspicious
If you can't argue the facts....feign illness.
It provides another delay.
machoneman
(3,955 posts)He's such a transparent fool. Watch for more antics as the trial continues.
Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Traildogbob
(8,584 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Viktor Yushchenko: Ukraine's ex-president on being poisoned
Ukraine's former president Viktor Yushchenko says he hopes Europe will wake up to the threat posed by Russia in the wake of the poisonings in Salisbury.
Fourteen years ago Mr Yushchenko was taking on a presidential candidate favoured by Russia when he was poisoned with a dioxin, a toxic chemical.
This is his story.
02 Apr 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-43611547/viktor-yushchenko-ukraine-s-ex-president-on-being-poisoned
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Look at the growth Roger Stone got earlier in his life. Whatever he ate which caused that must have been godawful:
Traildogbob
(8,584 posts)Love the Tattoo one.
Marthe48
(16,697 posts)realizing he is going down for trumpskie.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,483 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)THAT one should come with some kind of warning!!!!
BumRushDaShow
(127,331 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)I was listening to a day old Stephanie Miller podcast, where a guest, forget who, was lauding the the upcoming Stone testimony because of new developments involving Stone, which Stone and his attorneys were not prepared for (to make up lies about). So when I heard this news today, it all makes sense. I wonder how long a defendant can keep delaying because of "food poisoning" or a bad cold or whatever?
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)Stone told the judge he was ok with jury selection proceeding without him. It was reported, one of the prospective jurors fainted today, too.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)his dog peed on his homework.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)ashredux
(2,593 posts)CanonRay
(14,038 posts)because he's terrified.
Mopar151
(9,965 posts)yonder
(9,631 posts)Now that he's doing time with no reason to play to a jury, I've been wondering if Paul Manafort is still in a wheelchair complaining of gout symptoms?
I'm betting no.
Polly Hennessey
(6,747 posts)He has stress related diarrhea. This is already a circus.
Stallion
(6,473 posts)Cowboy up