“Through legal trickery Deep State hitman Robert Mueller has guaranteed that my upcoming show trial is before Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointed Judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges again Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction for any crime. District Court in Washington, D.C., the Republican provocateur posted a photo of the judge with crosshairs in the background, Politico reports. Now Jackson will decide whether Stone’s photo violated her orders in his criminal case - and what comes next for Stone.Days after a federal judge gagged Roger Stone from talking about the special counsel’s Russia investigation at the U.S. Jackson is also the same judge who remanded Manafort to jail in June after she found that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses ahead of his trial, in violation of the terms of his release. Jackson ruled last week that Manafort had lied to prosecutors in violation of his cooperation agreement, and she’ll take that deception into consideration when sentencing him for his crimes on March 13. Jackson has also presided over other cases related to Mueller’s probe, specifically matters involving Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort. Jackson ruled Friday that she would keep the case, and Stone’s Instagram post looked like a clear attempt to protest or cast doubt on that decision. Mueller is arguing, however, that they are connected - and the judge agreed. Stone’s lawyers argued that “at first blush and without the benefit of discovery,” nothing suggested that the cases were related. Stone’s lawyers fought this designation, basically arguing the cases weren’t connected and that another judge should be randomly assigned to oversee Stone’s indictment. Mueller’s team said this case is related to Stone’s for two reasons: first, that certain “stolen documents” are a topic in both cases, and second, that warrants used in the Russian hacker case surfaced “certain evidence that is relevant” to Stone’s case. Mueller designated Stone’s charges as “related” to another case on Jackson’s docket - specifically, the Mueller indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers who were accused of hacking Democratic emails during the 2016 election. Judge Jackson was assigned to Stone’s case, but in February, Stone and his attorneys filed a motion to have his case transferred to a different judge.īut Jackson didn’t just get Stone’s case randomly. He was also charged with obstruction and threatening a witness in the case. Stone was indicted in January for making false statements to the House Intelligence Committee in 2017 about his contacts and statements regarding his efforts to reach out to WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign. jCS7QJ2X2T- Natasha Bertrand FebruStone didn’t want Jackson presiding over his case Judge Amy Berman Jackson doesn't seem happy with Roger Stone. It included a plea for donations to Stone’s legal defense fund. “Through legal trickery Deep State hitman Robert Mueller has guaranteed my upcoming show trial is before Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointed judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges again Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction of any crime,” read the caption. Stone, who’s been charged with making false statements, witness tampering, and obstruction in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, has a very active Instagram account where he frequently attacks the Russia probe and promotes his innocence.Ī photo was posted Monday to his account of Judge Jackson with an image of crosshairs behind her, ostensibly framing her as a target. On Friday, Jackson had placed a limited gag order on Stone, directing him to curb his comments outside of the DC federal courthouse where his case is being tried. Judge Amy Berman Jackson - the DC federal judge overseeing Stone’s case and the subject of the Instagram post - has ordered Stone to return to court for a hearing on Thursday about the social media post and whether it affects the terms of his release or his ability to talk about the case. He later deleted the post and apologized to the court after a firestorm of criticism.īut that apology might not be enough. On Monday, Stone, the political trickster and longtime associate of Donald Trump, posted an inflammatory photo of the judge presiding over his criminal case on Instagram. It looks like Roger Stone is at it again.
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