He has also criticized his case as involving only “process crimes.” Stone has maintained his innocence and blasted the special counsel’s investigation as politically motivated. In implementing the limited gag order on Friday, Jackson said it was necessary to “maintain the dignity and seriousness of the courthouse and these proceedings.” Stone’s lawyers argued that placing any limits on his public comments would infringe on his constitutionally protected right to free speech. But the order did not constrain Stone from making other public comments about the prosecution or his case. Last week, Jackson issued a limited gag order, which prevents Stone from discussing his case near the courthouse and generally bars his lawyers, prosecutors and witnesses from making public comments that could “pose a substantial likelihood” of prejudicing potential jurors. He’s currently free on a $250,000 personal recognizance bond. Stone was arrested last month and is the sixth Trump aide or adviser charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The charges stem from conversations he had during the 2016 election about WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that released material stolen from Democratic groups, including Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The political operative and self-described dirty trickster has pleaded not guilty to charges he lied to Congress, engaged in witness tampering and obstructed a congressional investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. She has overseen Paul Manafort’s high-profile case and ordered the disgraced one-time Trump campaign chairman behind bars after she ruled he had tried to tamper with witnesses in the special counsel’s investigation.Stone said that the photo was “misinterpreted” and that it was “a random photo taken from the Internet.” He dismissed any suggestion that he was trying to threaten the judge as “categorically false.” Jackson, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011, has gained some national attention since Mueller began his investigation into possible collusion between Russians and Trump associates ahead of the 2016 election. citizens killed in the 2012 attack at the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Stone’s Hillary Clinton comment appeared to reference Jackson’s dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit against the former secretary of state filed in 2017 by the families of two U.S. “There can be no misinterpretation since I didn’t notice the symbol in the corner.” “My criticism is of the manner in which my case was mandated before a specific judge rather than randomly,” Stone said. Stone, whose indictment stems from his 2016 contacts with WikiLeaks, shrugged off the gag order Monday and said his attorney had told him the Instagram post was not in violation. Stone, 66, fired off the missive even though Jackson issued a gag order in his case Friday, barring him and his legal team from making any public statements that could “pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case.” “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 against Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction for any crime,” Stone captioned the since-deleted post, which also requested that people donate to his legal defense fund. Minutes later, Stone deleted the photo and replaced it with one cropping out the crosshairs. “It is simply a photo of the judge off the Internet.” “I saw no such thing,” Stone told the Daily News. Stone, who was indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation last month, claimed he “didn’t notice the symbol in the corner.” The embattled confidant to President Trump posted the picture of Washington, D.C., Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Instagram but quickly deleted it after the New York Daily News reached out and asked about the apparent rifle scope symbol in the upper left-hand corner. Roger Stone took aim at the federal judge overseeing his criminal case on Monday, blasting her as an “Obama appointed” partisan and posting a photo of her face featuring what appeared to be a crosshairs symbol.
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