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Roger Stone May Have Just Violated His Gag Order Against Talking About His Case With a New Post on Instagram

Roger Stone May Have Just Violated His Gag Order Against Talking About His Case With a New Post on Instagram
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Classic.

President Donald Trump's longtime political ally Roger Stone may have just violated his gag order with an Instagram post.

Stone, who in January was arrested as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe, posted a Roger Rabbit-style photo illustration on his Instagram story suggesting he’d been framed. Although Instagram stories disappear after 24 hours, a screenshot soon began to circulate online.


Stone was immediately accused of "flouting" a federal judge's gag order amid calls that he be taken into custody.

Stone is also under scrutiny for the imminent release of a book about Mueller's case.

This isn't the first time Stone has violated his gag order either. On Friday, Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Stone's attorneys to explain by today why they didn't inform her about the book, The Myth of Russian Collusion: The Inside Story of How Trump Really Won, which may also violate the gag order. Jackson has said she would consider sending Stone to jail for continued violations.

Stone also found himself in trouble with Judge Jackson last month after he posted a picture of her under crosshairs to Instagram.

“Please inform the Court that the photograph and comment today was improper and should not have been posted. I had no intention of disrespecting the Court and humbly apologize to the Court for the transgression,” Stone said in a letter submitted to the court by his attorneys.

The fallout prompted Jackson to call Stone back to court, where she why the gag order and conditions of his release "should not be modified or revoked":

“Defendant is ordered to show cause at a hearing to be held on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. as to 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.”

Stone's mockery of the Russia probe goes even further.

In January, shortly after Stone's arrest, internet sleuths resurfaced a rather unbecoming video of Stone mocking Special Counsel Robert Mueller while drinking a glass of vodka.

“Oh my God, I’m busted drinking Russian vodka. Mueller, arrest me…libtards,” says Stone in a video he posted to his own Instagram account on February 5, 2018, a cavalier attitude that prompted critics to suggest he was tempting fate with the special counsel.

A February 2017 interview Stone gave to TIME also resurfaced. At the time, Stone scoffed at a New York Times report that revealed he was “among a couple of Trump associates under federal investigation for alleged ties to Russia.”

“I have not been contacted by anybody in law enforcement. There is absolutely no foundation to this whatsoever. The intelligence community could not have found email transmissions or financial transactions involving me and the Russians and the Trump campaign because there are none,” he said then, adding:

I have no Russian clients. I have no Russian contacts. I have no Russian money. I have no Russian influences. I do like Russian vodka. This thing is a canard. Were the Russians hacking us? Maybe. But did they affect the election in any way? No.

Prosecutors say Stone's trial is expected to last up to eight days. Stone has pleaded not guilty to charges that he obstructed an official proceeding, made false statements and engaged in witness tampering.

Update:

Prosecutors have informed Judge Berman Jackson of Stone's Instagram post in official court documents.

Stay tuned for further developments.

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