Federal judge says Roger Stone could be jailed after Instagram post

The federal judge who presided over the Roger Stone affair on Tuesday said she planned to gag or imprison Donald Trump's long-time collaborator after posting pictures of her on Instagram.

US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Stone to appear at a hearing Thursday afternoon in Washington, DC, to explain why his posts on social media should not change the terms of the statement. Stone's contract and why she should not impose harsh new restrictions on her speech.

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Jackson issued an order on Friday authorizing Mr. Stone to discuss the investigation of special advocate Robert Mueller on the 2016 presidential election, provided that he does not do so around the court of the High Court where his case is heard.

But the judge, appointed by President Barack Obama, said in that order that she would pay close attention to Stone's comment and that she did not rule out changing the conditions.

Stone, who faces accusations of lying in front of Congress and obstructing his investigation into Russian electoral interference, has put himself in a desperate situation after he released an image Monday of Jackson on Instagram with what appeared to be a line of sight in the corner.

He then deleted the photo and released a new version without the reticle image. By the end of the evening, Stone had also deleted this photo and his lawyers had formally apologized to the court.

"Please inform the court that the photo and comments today were incorrect and should not have been posted," Stone wrote in the court's Monday night standings. "I had no intention of disrespecting the court and presenting my humble apologies to the court for the transgression."

Jackson's reactions in other Mueller-related cases could be a sign that Stone will be in an approximate audience on Thursday. The same judge has insulted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, and their lawyers, in the fall of 2017, just days after the initial indictment of the special advocate against the former president of the campaign Trump and his assistant. She also jailed Manafort last June – he's still in federal custody ever since – after prosecutors accused him of falsifying witnesses.

Mueller's team indicted Stone late last month for indictment of falsehood, obstruction of justice and falsification of witnesses, and asked to be sentenced to a gag order, fearing that his remarks would affect the fairness of the trial. Stone decried the case as a sham, calling a "show trial" orchestrated by "deep state" in his Instagram post.

Stone, who was released on bail of US $ 250,000 after his arrest, is currently under judicial restraint restricting his move to South Florida, New York and the Washington DC area. no longer allowed to contact potential witnesses in his case.