Bingo, judge.
Thoughts of being raped in prison are stressing him out. So he posted a picture of the judge with crosshairs on it. As we all would. But wait. It gets better.
He noticed the crosshairs, researched it and found it was a Celtic occult symbol. What he's saying is, after he got busted for posting the picture he researched what he might possibly claim the symbol was other than crosshairs. Why doesn't his lawyer shut him up?
An obvious lie. If he innocently researched to find out what the symbol might be, he would have definitely seen references to crosshairs. If he didn't know what the symbol was, why not choose another picture?
I can't imagine why. The asshat should have just admitted to what he did and claimed poor judgment and remorse.
He didn't recognize the implications but he researched it. Christ. First you post the picture, then you treat the judge to her face like she's an imbecile. He just keeps digging. Is he that stupid, or is he doubling down on poking a thumb in Judge Jackson's eye?
I'm not getting the impression that Stone's lawyers are really much better than Trump's.
You have to be ordered not to impugn the court?
Judge Jackson has just ruled. What do you think it will be?
He's lucky he's not in jail. And when he goes to trial, I'm assuming his lawyers have learned they can't put him on the stand.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE:
Right? What a bunch of douchery.
UPDATE:
That may be the best assessment. No doubt he expects he'll be getting a pardon. But relying on Donald Trump may be his biggest mistake.
Some background from Stone's first court appearance:
His "well-known First Amendment attorney" may be well-known, but not particularly competent judging by today's performance.If Stone is gagged, his contingency plan is already in place. He’s got a well-known First Amendment attorney on his legal team who represented the rap group 2 Live Crew against obscenity charges in the early 1990s. And Stone has designated a pair of close friends as spokesmen in the event he and his lawyers are told to stop talking.
Until then, Stone won’t stop chattering.
Since his arrest last Friday, Stone has been on a media blitz. He gave his first interview to the conspiracy theory website InfoWars and then addressed reporters outside the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. He’s discussed his legal defense plans during a series of interviews with the major television and cable networks, as well as in impromptu press conferences outside his South Florida home. Anyone on Stone’s email list got a message Monday with the subject line “Let’s talk about my arrest” and a plea for “emergency” contributions to help pay his mounting legal bills.
On Instagram, Stone as of Tuesday night had posted 30 times about the indictment, including a mock-up photograph of the special counsel in a waiter outfit holding up a tray topped with an empty hamburger bun. “Here’s what Mueller has on me #nothingburger” Stone wrote.
“It’s always been Roger’s intention to maintain his First Amendment rights throughout the process,” said Michael Caputo, a longtime Stone associate and one of the people who is in position to step up as a spokesman if Stone gets gagged.
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“No gag order! I will fight and the deep state is in panic mode! Onward,” Stone wrote Tuesday afternoon in an Instagram post that featured a picture of him surrounded by police officers outside the Washington, D.C., federal courthouse.
Tuesday night, Stone appeared on Fox News with host Laura Ingraham — his third interview on the conservative cable network since his arrest. Appearing Monday night with Sean Hannity, Stone argued that Mueller had charged him for “errors of memory” and later played the gag order card.
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[ Shanlon Wu, a former attorney for Gates] said a fight over his First Amendment rights might be a wasted effort. “It’s not an obscenity trial. It’s not that he was arrested for protesting," he said. “Nine out of 10 lawyers would say, ‘Hey, just shut up and let us do our job and don’t make things worse.’”
[...]
Annemarie McAvoy, another former member of the Gates defense team, predicted a silencing dictate will probably come soon from Jackson against Stone. “It is unlikely any judge is going to want a defendant in the public eye commenting about a case to the extent that Roger Stone has been doing,” she said, adding that Stone would face the harsh backstop of a criminal contempt order — punishable with fines and jail — if he doesn’t comply.
Politico
Judge Berman took him down a couple of notches.
UPDATE:
Jesus Christ.
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