A federal judge has slapped a full gag order on longtime Donald Trump friend and adviser Roger Stone.
Stone was called to court after putting up a post on Instagram Monday that featured crosshairs next to a photo of Judge Amy Berman Jackson. In the caption, he wrote: “Through legal
Stone later deleted the post saying it was “misinterpreted.” He also wrote an apology to the judge. But the judge ordered him to court to reevaluate the status of his gag order and conditions of bail.
At Thursday’s hearing, Stone, who has apologized both publicly and in court documents, sought to take responsibility for the content of the post but maintained he did not select the image.
“I am kicking myself over my own stupidity, though not more than my wife was kicking me. I offer no excuse for it, no justification,” Stone said. “This is just a stupid lack of judgment.”
But Jackson continued questioning Stone about his decision to post the image, questioning why he could not have selected an image without crosshairs.
“It is your Instagram. So, it’s fair to say you are 100 percent responsible for what gets posted on it and not anybody else,” she said. “Do you know how to do a Google search? And do the volunteers who work for you know how to do a Google search? How hard was it for you to select a photo that did not have a crosshairs in the corner?”
