Roger Stone Indictment

[L'Emmerdeur]

Let us note for the the record that both 42 and Cunt gave credence to that conspiracy theory...

Trump promoted it, as did Breitbart, WND, and just about every other entity in the right wing media bubble. Each element of the story has been answered and debunked but that's never stopped conspiracy theorists, in fact it generally only reinforces their belief.

[Joe]

This is amazing to me.

In pleading for a second chance, Stone told Jackson he’s depleted his savings and suffering from emotional and financial stress as a result of the criminal charges against him.

“I’m having trouble putting food on the table and paying rent,” he said. “I cannot use anything I raised in my legal defense for my personal expenses. That goes to my attorneys.”

Stone’s attorney Bruce Rogow had earlier explained to Jackson that Stone makes his living as a communications consultant and by writing and talking publicly. Jackson asked Rogow at one points if Stone’s $47,000 a month income comes from his consulting work.

“As I understand it,” Rogow said.

$47,000 a month for that idiot's advice???

[L'Emmerdeur]

The judge has slapped down dual claims by Stone: That Mueller's office tipped off CNN, and that the release of the Stone indictment by Mueller's office after his arrest was in breach of its terms.

'Judge rejects Stone's claim CNN was tipped off about his arrest'

The federal judge presiding over Roger Stone's criminal case in Washington, D.C., rejected the longtime Trump associate's claim that someone in the special counsel's office tipped off CNN before his arrest last month.

District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Wednesday night there is nothing in the record to substantiate Stone's claim that a news crew knew the time and place of the arrest and was provided with an unfiled, draft copy of the indictment the court had sealed.

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Stone then claimed that Mueller's office had violated the court order by releasing the indictment to the press at 6:11 a.m. He said the indictment wasn't unsealed until Mueller's office informed the court of Stone's arrest, rather than the minute he was arrested.

Jackson disagreed. In a four-page order Wednesday, she said it was the special counsel's office that had asked for the indictment to be sealed in the first place.

Law enforcement, she said, was worried that Stone would flee or try to destroy evidence if the indictment was disclosed.

"The defendant misapprehends the clear purpose and the intent of the sealing order," Jackson said.

"The OSC’s publication of the indictment after the defendant’s arrest was not unauthorized, and the court concludes that no order to show cause is warranted in this case based on these facts."