Special Counsel Robert Mueller told a federal judge on Monday about an image Roger Stone posted to Instagram that suggests Mueller 'framed' the former Trump adviser.
'Who Framed Roger Stone,' it read, mimicking the film poster from the 1988 comedy 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' Stone's version was a solicitation for his legal defense fund.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in February that Stone would be permitted to raise money for his defense, and to proclaim his innocence, but otherwise forbade him from making any public comments about his trial on charges of lying to investigators, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
The note about Ston'e Instagram account was an afterthought. Muellerwrote to alert Jackson that a new introduction Stone wrote to accompany the impending release of his book, titled 'The Myth of Russia Collusion,' was available to the public on Amazon com.
In it, Stone writes that 'Mr. Mueller may frame me for some bogus charge in order to silence me or induce me to testify against the president.'
Special Counsel Robert Mueller warned a federal judge on Monday that Roger Stone posted a series of images on Instagram including one that may violate her February 21 gag order
Stone's judge, Amy Berman Jackson, warned him that she would jail him until his federal trial if he spoke publicly about his case, including on social media, beyond making appeals for money and proclaiming his innocence; the gag order specifically forbade him from commenting on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation
Mueller and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia alerted Judge Jackson on Monday about the Instagram post, and attached a copy of a new introduction Stone wrote to accompany a re-release of his 2017 book
The new introduction is available for free on Amazon and Google Books; in it Stone claims he might be 'framed' by Mueller, and clals him 'crooked'
'I now find myself on Crooked Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's hit list because I've advised Donald Trump for the past forty years. I am being targeted not because I committed a crime, but because the Deep State liberals want to silence me and pressure me to testify against my good friend,' Stone writes.
Stone's attorneys also wrote to Judge Jackson on Monday, asking her to clarify her February 21 gag order – and insisting that none of the book's new material was written after her ruling.
'The Publisher received the draft on January 14, 2019; edits were made and approved on January 15, 2019. To the best of Stone’s knowledge, information, and belief, not a single word in the book was created after February 21, 2019,' the attorneys wrote.
'[W]ith the pre-February 21, 2019 printing by the Publisher, and the imminent general relase of the book’s contents, including the [introduction], Defendant respectfully requests that the publication of this book ... should not be viewed as contravening the Court’s prohibitions,' they added.
Mueller wrote a short time later to tell the judge about the Instagram posting, which mirrored the language in Stone's new writing.
Judge Jackson ordered Stone to stop communicating publicly about his criminal case after he posted an image of her (right) with rifle crosshairs next to her head; now Stone appears to have written in a book and on social media that Special Counsel Robert Mueller (left) 'framed' him
The 'framed' image was posted alongside these other two images, which promoted his merchandise line and also asked for money for his legal defense fund
'We note for the Court that according to public reporting, on March 3, 2019, the defendant’s Instagram account shared an image with the title “who framed Roger Stone,' Mueller and Jessie Liu, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, wrote.
Stone first published the book as 'The Making of the President 2016' after President Trump's inauguration in 2017. The retitled version includes Stone's new text.
'A preview of the defendant’s book, including the updated Introduction referenced in the defendant’s Motion to Clarify, is currently publicly available on Amazon.com and Google Books,' Mueller and Liu wrote.
The Instagram post from Stone, a staunch Trump loyalist, was meant to automatically disappear after 24 hours.
Captions visible while it was live read 'I am committed to proving my innocence. But I need your help' and noted that he 'always had Trump's back. Will you have mine?' according to CNBC.
Stone is a longtime Trump ally. They are pictured together here in October 1999
The Instagram posts came just two days after Judge Jackson questioned Stone's lawyers about why they hadn't alerted her that Stone was re-releasing (left) his 2017 book with a new title and a new introduction
Stone also promoted t-shirts and sweatshirts bearing the slogan 'Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong.'
The 'Who Framed Roger Stone' post was nestled among his commercial pitches.
Judge Jackson's gag order covered media interviews, publishing and all social media.
She had earlier handed down a more permissive order, permitting Stone to talk publicly about his case as long as he avoided the area immediately around the courthouse in Washington.
Jackson quickly superseded that with a new order after Stone posted a photo of her with rifle crosshairs pictured next to her head.
Stone was taken into custody in January, as seen in here in this surveillance camera image
Stone is currently out on a $250,000 bond after pleading not guilty to seven charges
'I’m not giving you another chance,' Jackson said after Stone delivered a string of apologies. 'I have serious doubts about whether you have learned any lesson at all.'
'The defendant may not speak publicly about the case. Period,' she ruled. 'He may not comment about the case indirectly.'
'Defendant may not speak publicly about the investigation or the case or anyone participating in the investigation or case, period. You apparently need clear boundaries so here they are.'
The judge also prohibited him from talking about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's larger Russia investigation, and blocked him from using 'surrogates, family members, spokespersons, representatives, or volunteers' to speak publicly on his behalf.
Jackson said she would jail Stone until his trial on charges of obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and witness tampering if she defies her new gag order.
'Violation of this order will be a basis for revoking your bond and detaining you pending trial,' she scolded. 'This is not baseball. There will be no third chance. If you cannot abide by this, I will be forced to change your surroundings so you have no temptations.'
Jackson questioned Stone's lawyers on Friday about why they failed to tell her about Stone's book release, suggesting it could constitute a violation of her order.
Stone was arrested on January 25 at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during a pre-dawn FBI raid.
He has pleaded not guilty, and posted a $250,000 bond in January. The case surrounds conversations he may have had during the 2016 election season about WikiLeaks and emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.
Neither representatives for Mueller nor Stone have commented about the Instagram post yet.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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