Roger Stone's dirty tricks just caught up with him

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In the world of politics, being a self-described “dirty trickster” has worked out just fine for Roger Stone. At a hearing Thursday, a judge noted that the longtime Trump adviser earned as much as $47,000 a month as a consultant.

But being a dirty trickster apparently works quite a bit less well in a court of law.

The judge presiding over Stone’s case Thursday eviscerated him for a social media post in which an image of her appeared next to what looked like crosshairs. Stone apologized profusely and argued that he didn’t mean for the post to be threatening, but the judge wasn’t having it.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the post clearly had a “more sinister message” than Stone admitted. “Roger Stone knows full well the power of words and the power of symbols,” she said. “There’s nothing ambiguous about crosshairs.”

In other words: Your reputation precedes you, Mr. Stone.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/roger-stones-dirty-tricks-just-caught-up-with-him/ar-BBTV19I?li=BBnbcA1

[Historic NY]

1. He's afraid his tattoo has no mojo.

in prison.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Yea it's soooo sinster she just let him stroll out of there

[Fuzzpope]

3. Paving out the rope

And letting him hang himself is a very smart move.

There's already far right politics at work calling for her to recuse herself and leveling unfair treatment of Stone.

Two outcomes, one greatly easier to defend against:

Full gag order which Stone violates and gets himself locked up until sentence, and

Her locking him up herself which will amplify the cries of political brinkmanship.

She made the right choice here, we absolutely need this judge to preside over this case.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. Was just going to say the same thing. "Give him enough rope and..." eom

[Stargazer09]

5. Agreed

At first, I thought that she let him off too easily, especially since any other person in Stone’s shoes would have gone straight to jail for that stunt.

Instead, she gave him more rope. You’re right, it avoids the appearance of bias.

He won’t be able to stop himself for long, so the end result will be the same.