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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge links Roger Stone to foiled white supremacist terrorist in blistering courtroom dressing-down
Noor Al-Sibai 21 FEB 2019 AT 17:32 ET
The judge presiding over Trump confidante Roger Stones case dressed him down for posting a photo of her with a thinly-veiled threat and referenced a would-be domestic terrorist while doing so.
During the hearing about Stones Instagram post that featured U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson with a crosshair symbol placed near her, the judge in question was solemn in her condemnation of the imagery.
As Voxs senior political correspondent Andrew Prokop noted on Twitter during the hearing, Jackson alluded to Christopher Hasson, the separated Coast Guard lieutenant and accused white supremacist who was foiled Wednesday before undertaking acts of domestic terrorism.
The judge, Prokop tweeted, said that you dont even have to look at the papers beyond today to see the real threat inciting violence poses.
Roger Stone fully understands the power of words and the power of symbols, Jackson added. And theres nothing ambiguous about crosshairs.
During the hearing about Stones Instagram post that featured U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson with a crosshair symbol placed near her, the judge in question was solemn in her condemnation of the imagery.
As Voxs senior political correspondent Andrew Prokop noted on Twitter during the hearing, Jackson alluded to Christopher Hasson, the separated Coast Guard lieutenant and accused white supremacist who was foiled Wednesday before undertaking acts of domestic terrorism.
The judge, Prokop tweeted, said that you dont even have to look at the papers beyond today to see the real threat inciting violence poses.
Roger Stone fully understands the power of words and the power of symbols, Jackson added. And theres nothing ambiguous about crosshairs.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/judge-links-roger-stone-foiled-white-supremacist-terrorist-blistering-courtroom-dressing/
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Judge links Roger Stone to foiled white supremacist terrorist in blistering courtroom dressing-down (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Feb 2019
OP
Thanks...Can you imagine the public outcry if a DEMOCRAT in this situation was let go at this point
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2019
#6
I honestly can't think of a Democrat who would do anything like what Stone did
emulatorloo
Feb 2019
#10
dogman
(6,073 posts)1. And he walked.
That'll show him.
emulatorloo
(44,274 posts)3. She told him she will jail him if he violates the new gag order.
Hell no doubt violate it as he has no self control. His surrogates are gagged as well.
Long thread covers the court proceedings here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211849602
malaise
(269,328 posts)7. I dare him to try it again
He will go to jail
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)8. I double dog dare him.
malaise
(269,328 posts)9. I quote Obama - please proceed (asshole) governor
dare him
Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)12. I think she is bending over backwards to prevent any grounds for appeal.
Hard to say she treated him unfairly in this and ANY argument he tries to make to the contrary will not be believed.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. Stone can't publiclly talk, but can listen, and reconsider his life plans
Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)4. And he walked but of course were he a dem, instant jailing.
emulatorloo
(44,274 posts)5. Good coverage here:
Roger Stone Can No Longer Talk About His Case Or Robert Mueller After Posting A Photo Of The Judge With Crosshairs
Stone testified in his defense on Thursday, saying he was "kicking myself over my own stupidity" for posting a photo of the judge on Instagram with what appeared to be a crosshairs symbol. The judge said his apology "rings quite hollow."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/zoetillman/roger-stone-gag-order-judge-crosshairs-instagram-mueller
<snip>
WASHINGTON A federal judge has barred Roger Stone from speaking publicly about his case or special counsel Robert Mueller after he posted a photo of the judge on Instagram next to what appeared to be crosshairs.
Stone will remain free pending his trial, but US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned that any violation of her new gag order would land Stone behind bars. Stone was getting a second chance, the judge said, but unlike in baseball, there would not be a third one. Stone will be allowed to solicit donations for his legal defense fund and assert that he's innocent, but that's it, the judge said.
"The privilege, the liberty he was afforded was promptly abused," Jackson said as she announced her decision from the bench. "If the conduct of the past weekend is what Mr. Stone would call judicious, it would be foolhardy for the court to take no action and learn what injudicious looks like.
Jackson barred Stone from speaking publicly about his case, the investigation against him, and any participants in that investigation a category that would include Mueller and his office. She had previously only blocked him from speaking to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Washington.
<more at link>
Stone testified in his defense on Thursday, saying he was "kicking myself over my own stupidity" for posting a photo of the judge on Instagram with what appeared to be a crosshairs symbol. The judge said his apology "rings quite hollow."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/zoetillman/roger-stone-gag-order-judge-crosshairs-instagram-mueller
<snip>
WASHINGTON A federal judge has barred Roger Stone from speaking publicly about his case or special counsel Robert Mueller after he posted a photo of the judge on Instagram next to what appeared to be crosshairs.
Stone will remain free pending his trial, but US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned that any violation of her new gag order would land Stone behind bars. Stone was getting a second chance, the judge said, but unlike in baseball, there would not be a third one. Stone will be allowed to solicit donations for his legal defense fund and assert that he's innocent, but that's it, the judge said.
"The privilege, the liberty he was afforded was promptly abused," Jackson said as she announced her decision from the bench. "If the conduct of the past weekend is what Mr. Stone would call judicious, it would be foolhardy for the court to take no action and learn what injudicious looks like.
Jackson barred Stone from speaking publicly about his case, the investigation against him, and any participants in that investigation a category that would include Mueller and his office. She had previously only blocked him from speaking to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Washington.
<more at link>
Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)6. Thanks...Can you imagine the public outcry if a DEMOCRAT in this situation was let go at this point
emulatorloo
(44,274 posts)10. I honestly can't think of a Democrat who would do anything like what Stone did
Dems respect the rule of law.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)11. she should have thrown the book at him. Don't ever play nice to these monsters. nt