A federal judge appears to have done the impossible: Silence Roger Stone
His profession is speaking to reporters, his persona causing agitation. He was a welcomed guest on Infowars and the star of his own documentary. He blogged about how to achieve sartorial success. He was pugilistic on social media. The Proud Boys, the far-right street brawlers, were his security detail.But on Tuesday, Stone was barely a presence at the opening of his trial on charges he lied to Congress. After only a few hours, Stone addressed the judge: “I have, apparently, some food poisoning.
Indeed, something has changed for Stone since the summer when federal prosecutors showed Jackson several of his Instagram posts criticizing the media coverage of his case. He’s fighting charges that he lied to Congress and obstructed lawmakers’ 2016 Russia investigation. During Tuesday’s proceedings, Jackson’s struggle in trying to at least limit Stone’s penchant for publicity was apparent. She peppered dozens of potential jurors with questions about their professions and media consumption, and many of the people replied they had indeed formed hardened — and negative — opinions about Trump and his administration.
One potential juror said he’d followed some of Stone’s antics on Twitter and was aware of his reputation as a “dirty trickster” and his Richard Nixon back tattoo. Jackson released the man, saying his description of Stone suggested a bias that might be hard to overcome. “I just think that’s not a good place to start,” the judge said.
But even that brief appearance was far more than Stone has been saying since Jackson’s decision in June to ban him from social media through the duration of his trial. Stone’s attorneys fought back as Jackson tried to clamp down on their client. At one point, they even made the
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