Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and self-described “dirty trickster” is in hot water as he faces a federal judge on Thursday.
MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) — Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” is in hot water.
He faces a federal judge on Thursday afternoon who wants to address his recent antics while he awaits trial.
Two posts he made on Instagram on Monday could put at risk his ability to stay out of jail and the leeway he has to speak about his case publicly.
The first post was a picture of Judge Amy Berman Jackson with what appeared to be the crosshairs of a gun drawn behind her head. Stone’s caption called special counsel Robert Mueller a “Deep State hitman,” said his case was a “show trial” and implied that Jackson was biased as an Obama appointee and because she had ruled on a Benghazi-related case and “incarcerated Paul Manafort.” “#Fixisin,” Stone added to his post.
Soon after, he replaced the post with a cropped image of Jackson, this time with the crosshairs cut out. He also slightly altered the text about Mueller and added a few more hashtags.
Then, the post got pulled.
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