Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Judge Jackson denies Stone's "Motion for Clarification"




I think she should have stopped there.  But she went on for five pages.

She addresses the "re-release of a book defendant published in 2017, which had been augmented in January of 2019 with a new introduction that is critical of the ongoing investigation by the Office of Special Counsel."  She confirms that she then ordered Stone to file additional paper "identifying the specific date of the 'imminent general release' of the book."




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She then tells him that the gag order "is entirely the fault of the defendant," as she didn't impose any restrictions on him at all until he "abused the latitude" given him (in his own words).





And, in a footnote, she notes that she's not fooled by his intentions.






You might think neither Stone or his lawyer has ever had any dealings with a judge before.

Judge Jackson also notes this exchange for the earlier hearing when she came down on Stone for publishing a picture of her with a crosshairs symbol and Stone's absurd plea was that her limited order wasn't clear.










How she doesn't come off her chair and knock these clowns in the head, I don't know.




  


I have to say, all this bullshit IS keeping him in the news, so he's got that going for him.










And if he's angling to have cause to try to get her removed as the judge, I think he's going to be sorely disappointed.

Jackson's Order posted by Politico.

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