{"id":7704,"date":"2019-02-20T04:28:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/roger-stone-sorry-for-judge-crosshair-post\/"},"modified":"2019-02-20T04:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:28:34","slug":"roger-stone-sorry-for-judge-crosshair-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/roger-stone-sorry-for-judge-crosshair-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Stone sorry for judge crosshair post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Roger Stone pictured in December 2018.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/C579\/production\/_105335505_rogerstone.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"689\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Roger Stone removed the post from Instagram<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Roger Stone has apologised to a US judge after posting on Instagram an image of her next to what appeared to be the cross-hairs of a gun sight.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Trump campaign adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-47002713\" class=\"story-body__link\">was arrested in January<\/a> and charged with seven counts as part of Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>In a comment alongside the image of Judge Jackson, who is overseeing his trial, Mr Stone called the special counsel a &#8220;deep state hit-man&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Stone&#8217;s post, now taken down, also called the legal proceedings a &#8220;show trial&#8221; and Judge Jackson &#8220;a [former US President Barack] Obama appointed judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges against Hillary Clinton&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-40709270\" class=\"story-body__link\">Russia-Trump: Who&#8217;s who in the drama to end all dramas?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-47002918\" class=\"story-body__link\">Stone &#8211; a political agitator and Nixon fan <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2017, Judge Jackson dismissed legal action against Mrs Clinton taken by the parents of two of the four Americans killed in a 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Jackson also dismissed a related claim Mrs Clinton, who was US secretary of State at the time, had defamed the parents by lying about them in the press.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter filed with the court, Mr Stone wrote: &#8220;Please inform the court that the photograph and comment today was improper and should not have been posted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had no intention of disrespecting the court and humbly apologise to the court for the transgression.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He also posted on Instagram: &#8220;A photo of Judge Jackson posted on my Instagram has been misinterpreted. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a random photo taken from the internet. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any inference that this was meant to somehow threaten the judge or disrespect court is categorically false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stone has been ordered to appear at a hearing on the 21st to explain the social media post. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defendant is ordered to show cause at a hearing to be held on Thursday 21, 2019&#8221; stated an electronic filing signed by Judge Berman.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-47290459\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Reuters Image caption Roger Stone removed the post from Instagram Roger Stone has apologised to a US judge after posting on Instagram an image of her next to what appeared to be the cross-hairs of a gun sight. 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