Roger Stone apologizes for the Instagram image of Judge Amy Berman Jackson and his line of sight.

Roger Stone, through his lawyers on Monday night, filed a Notice of Apology, which is not really a thing, but still has all the attributes of an official document, which makes it not one more thing.

Earlier in the day, Donald Trump 's former adviser, charged with obstruction, misrepresentation and attempted tampering with witnesses, posted a note on Instagram with the name and face of his wife. Amy Berman Jackson, the federal judge who oversees her criminal case. . This image was accompanied by a cross-shaped symbol and a diatribe on a gag order that she had imposed on her last week.

The message said: "Thanks to the legal trickery, Deep State hitter Robert Mueller has ensured that my next trial would be in front of Judge Amy Berman Jackson," Stone wrote, adding that Jackson was "a judge named by Obama. "and the" #fixisin ".

Stone deleted the photo later on Monday. He is obviously very sorry for something, as evidenced by his official opinion of apologies, which is still not a thing. Stone 's signed statement reads: "Please inform the court that the photo and commentary of today were incorrect and that they should not have been posted. I had no intention of disrespecting the court and humbly excusing myself in court for the transgression. "

We do not know at all what Stone thought was inappropriate, when he told CBS News that the deleted image was posted by someone who worked for him and was not supposed to be a threat. He told the Washington Post that these words were not central to his initial message: "What some say are reticles are actually the logo of the organization that published it to the US. origin, which is called central corruption. They use the logo on many photos. "He posted on Instagram a statement saying," A photo of Judge Jackson posted on my Instagram has been misinterpreted. It was a photo taken at random on the Internet. Any inference that it was supposed to threaten in one way or another the disrespectful judge or court is categorically wrong. The excuses, in short, seem to have been the legal version of Sorry this benign thing hurt your feelings.

Judge Jackson ruled on Friday against a motion by Stone to replace her as a judge, and also imposed a gag order on statements Stone can make at the federal courthouse. In that order, she indicated that she would be paying attention to Stone's conduct: "Although it does not belong to the court to tell the defendant if a succession of public statements would be in its best interest at this time, the factor that will be taken into account in the assessment of any future claim for relief on the basis of preliminary advertising will be the degree of production of the advertisement by the defendant himself. "

The experts tell me that there is no notice of apology. Alternet Interviewed several long-time lawyers and did not result in anything: "I have never seen a" request for an apology "before," said a former federal prosecutor. Renato Mariotti.

"I have been practicing federal criminal law for 24 years and I have never seen anything like it," admitted Ken White, defense lawyer and legal analyst. "This is not normal."

Stay on the lookout for the most inventive new advocacy from Stone 's legal team, including, without a doubt, a "Notice that I' ve been stealing all my life and that I can not afford it. quarrel now, "a" motion to believe that these viewfinders were a smiling face ", a" request to delay the time I had before threatening a federal judge who was watching my case ", and a" cross request that nothing matters in any case.