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Judge in Roger Stone case orders hearing after he appeared to threaten her on Instagram

A federal judge has demanded that Roger Stone explain why the conditions of his release and freedom to talk about the charges against him should not be changed after he posted an Instagram photo of that judge that included her name, a close-up of her face and what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun sight near her head.

Stone deleted the initial picture soon afterward, then reposted it without the crosshairs before deleting that post, as well.

He later said he did not mean to threaten the judge overseeing his criminal case. In a letter to Judge Amy Berman Jackson, he apologized and called the picture “improper.”

View the complete February 19 article by Reis Thebault, Manuel Roig-Franzia and Rachel Weiner on The Washington Post here.

Roger Stone Posts Threatening Image Of Judge In His Case

Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump who has been charged as a part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, posted a threatening Instagram picture Monday depicting the judge overseeing his case next to an image of crosshairs.

“Through legal trickery Deep State hitman Robert Mueller has guaranteed that my upcoming show trial is before Judge Amy Berman Jackson , an Obama appointed Judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges again Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction for any crime,” Stone said in text next to the image. “Help mef ight for my life,” he added.

The post was removed about an hour after it went up. A few minutes later, Stone posted the image again, but he cropped the crosshairs out.

View the complete February 18 article by Cody Fenwick on the National Memo website here.