After Mr. Stone posted the photo, which depicted the judge overseeing his criminal case, she called a new hearing to reconsider the conditions of his release.
The federal judge overseeing Roger J. Stone Jr.’s criminal case on Tuesday ordered a hearing to consider revoking his bail after he posted a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be the cross hairs of a gun near her head.
The judge, Amy Berman Jackson of the United States District Court in Washington, asked Mr. Stone, a longtime adviser for President Trump, to explain to her at the hearing, set for Thursday, why she should not modify his gag order or otherwise change the conditions of his release in light of the Instagram post.
Mr. Stone had suggested in the post that Judge Jackson, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, would be biased in presiding over his case. Screenshots of the post, which was later deleted, circulated rapidly on social media on Monday.
Last week, Judge Jackson imposed a limited gag order on Mr. Stone, ordering that he must refrain, in the vicinity of the courthouse, from talking to the news media or making statements that “pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case.” Lawyers and witnesses in the case are prohibited from making those sorts of statements anywhere.
Judge Jackson wrote in the order that she believed the gag order was appropriate because of the risk that “public pronouncements” by those involved in the case could inflame the crowds that have gathered outside the court proceedings.
