Stone's lawyers later filed a notice of apology in the case, which read: 'Undersigned counsel, which the attached authority of Roger J. He later deleted the post, sharing his own comments calling the outrage 'misrepresenting,' and his lawyers later filed a formal apology with the court. Stone told that his post was not meant to imply that someone should target the judge. Stone shared the image on Monday with a caption noting that Jackson had dismissed charges against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ordered Paul Manafort to be kept in custody and that she was appointed by former President Barack Obama.Īfter Stone posted the photo people responded with disgust at the implication that a target was on the judge, with some pointing out that if he meant it as a threat against Jackson, Stone had just committed a felony. The image of Judge Amy Berman Jackson was very tightly cropped around her hair and face, while showing a logo next to her head that resembled what would be projected onto a target from a gunscope, to help aim before shooting a firearm. Roger Stone apologized after sharing and then deleting a photo on Instagram of the judge assigned to his federal criminal case with what looked like a depiction of crosshairs near her head. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office disclosed its possession of the communications for the first time in a court filing on Fridayīy Stephanie Haney For and Megan Sheets For and Reuters.The longtime Donald Trump adviser was indicted in January for lying to Congress about communication with others over hacked Democratic emails.His lawyers later filed a formal apology on Monday saying Stone 'recognizes the impropriety and had it removed' about the post.
He shared the image after Jackson took 'no action' on Stone's objection to his case being assigned to her specifically, rather than to any other federal judge.Roger Stone posted then deleted an image of Judge Amy Berman Jackson that was tightly cropped in on her face with a crosshairs logo next to her head.The same day that Jackson gagged Stone and his lawyers, the special counsel’s prosecutors suggested in a filing that they might have discovered “Stone’s communications” with WikiLeaks, which made stolen Democratic emails public before the 2016 election.ĭarren Samuelsohn contributed to this report.Roger Stone apologizes after he posted a photo of the judge who imposed a gag order in his case with CROSSHAIRS next to her head and denies it suggested she should be targeted Another Trump associate demonstrates contempt for the rule of law & the desperate need for accountability.” The real Roger Stone - criminally threatening a federal judge. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote on Twitter: “This image is stomach turning. They use the logo in many photos,” Stone wrote. “What some say are crosshairs are in fact the logo of the organization that originally posted it something called corruption central. Stone posted again half an hour later on Instagram, further defending his original post. Any inference that this was meant to somehow threaten the Judge or disrespect court is categorically false.” “This was a random photo taken from the internet. “A photo of Judge Jackson posted on my Instagram has been misrepresented,” Stone wrote in a subsequent statement on Instagram. Stone’s original Instagram post was later replaced with a similar photo and wording but without the crosshairs. The photo illustration of Jackson appears to be taken from a conspiracy site that contains photos of judges and politicians with crosshairs in the background and the words “corruption central” alongside them. The two cases share common search warrants and evidence, the special counsel’s office said in its initial court filings accompanying the Stone indictment. Mueller’s team had deemed Stone’s case related to another in front of Jackson that involves 11 Russian military officials accused of hacking the Democratic Party’s computer systems to sabotage the 2016 election.
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