A US federal judge has issued a gag order for Roger Stone, the former Donald Trump campaign adviser, who was indicted last month on charges stemming from the Office of Special Counsel’s Russiagate investigation.
Stone was ordered Friday to refrain from making public statements or statements to the press “that pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case.” Sputnik reported on February 2 that US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson was considering issuing such an order after Stone took to the press to defend his innocence following his charging and release on January 25, citing a number of “extrajudicial statements by the defendant.
