New York Post February 23, 2019 A federal judge on Thursday slapped a sweeping gag order on Roger Stone after he posted a photo of her on Instagram with crosshairs next to her head. “What concerns me is the fact that he chose to use his public platform and chose to express himself in a manner that can incite others that feel less constrained,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in her Washington, DC, courtroom. “There’s nothing ambiguous about crosshairs.” Continue Reading…..
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By Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Matthew Choi POLITICO February 21, 2019 Roger Stone must shut up about Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation. That was the mandate from a federal judge on Thursday, who slapped a gag order on the longtime Donald Trump associate just days after he posted a threatening message about her on social media. “No, Mr. Stone, I’m not giving you another chance. I have serious doubts about whether you’ve learned any lesson at all,” U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said near the end of a surreal 90-minute hearing, which was called in the…
By Katelyn Polantz CNN February 21, 2019 Washington (CNN)Roger Stone is in hot water heading into a court hearing on Thursday afternoon. The longtime Republican political operative and self-described “dirty trickster” faces a federal judge who wants to address his recent antics while he awaits trial. Two posts he made on Instagram on Monday could put at risk his ability to stay out of jail and the leeway he has to speak about his case publicly. The first post was a picture of Judge Amy Berman Jackson with what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun drawn behind…
MSNBC.com February 21, 2019 Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that a hearing on Roger Stone’s social media attack on the judge in his case, at which Stone could be hit with a gag order or have his bail revoked, will take place on Thursday, February 21 at 2:30pm ET. Continue Reading…..
By Darren Samuelsohn POLITICO February 20, 2019 Roger Stone scored a small legal victory last Friday, but it took him only four days to blow it. Now, even Stone’s friends expect the longtime Donald Trump associate to get hit with a sweeping gag order preventing him from commenting about his case on Thursday at an emergency hearing in Washington that the judge called after him posting a threatening message about her on Instagram. Continue Reading…..
NBC News February 19, 2019 A judge may send Roger Stone to jail after Stone posted a photo of the judge on Instagram Monday afternoon with crosshairs in the background next to her head. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over Stone’s prosecution in D.C. federal court, scheduled a new hearing Thursday to discuss “why the media contact order entered in this case and/or his conditions of release should not be modified or revoked in light of the posts on his Instagram account.” The judge’s options include revoking his bail. Jackson ordered a gag order last week to…
Celebs You Didn’t Know Went To Duke University The Famous People February 16, 2019 Situated in Dunham, North Carolina is the private research institute, Duke University. The university enjoys a total campus area of 8,600 acres including its three adjoining campuses. The ever-so-popular university enjoys its consistent inclusion among the best universities in the world as per several international university rankings. According to a New York Times corporate study, Duke University’s graduates are presented as the most sought-after and valued in the world. The university also ranks fifth to have created the most Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and Goldwater…
By Matt Naham Law and Crime February 15, 2019 Right-wing author and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi stared down the barrel of a criminal charge and has up to now emerged relatively unscathed as far as Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Corsi doubled down on Wednesday on a strategy that has become more and more apparent as the days go on — a strategy of completely distancing himself from Roger Stone. Corsi, who first accused Mueller of attempting to force him into a lie about his communications with Stone, most recently claimed Stone tried to give him a stroke and threatened…
Daily Caller February 15, 2019 A federal judge issued a limited gag order in the government’s case against Roger Stone, the longtime Trump confidant indicted in the special counsel’s probe last month. The order, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, prohibits Stone from making statements to the media at the Washington, D.C. courthouse where his case will be handled, though the longtime GOP operative will largely be allowed to speak publicly about his case. Lawyers and witnesses in the case face a more stringent gag order, Jackson ruled. Continue Reading…..
By Ted Johnson Variety February 15, 2019 A federal judge imposed a gag order on Roger Stone’s legal proceedings that places some limitations on what he, his lawyers, and other parties say about the case. Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, was arrested last month after special counsel Robert Mueller brought charges that he misled the House Intelligence Committee about his attempts to communicate with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. WikiLeaks released a trove of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and later from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman. Continue Reading…..