The government on Monday notified the federal judge presiding over Roger Stone’s criminal case in D.C. that the longtime Donald Trump associate had shared a photo on his Instagram account over the weekend that suggested he’s been framed.
In a notice to District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, special counsel Robert Mueller and U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu said Stone shared an image on March 3 with the title “who framed Roger Stone.”
The post, which The Huffington Post reported looked like a “Roger Rabbit”-inspired photo illustration, came after Stone was ordered by Judge Amy Berman Jackson not to talk publicly about his case or Mueller’s Russia investigation.
The gag order, which extended to all of Stone’s social media accounts, came after he posted a threatening photo of Jackson with what appeared to be the crosshairs of a rifle scope behind her head to his Instagram last month.
It was revealed on Friday that Stone is about to release a new book.
In a late ruling, Jackson ordered Stone to explain why he had not informed of the court that he had a new book coming out and granted his request to ask the court under seal to clarify its gag order.
In a redacted version of the sealed motion released Monday, Stone’s attorneys said the book titled “The Myth of Russian Collusion” is the re-release of his book “The Making of the President 2016” that was originally published in 2017.
“To the best of Stone’s knowledge, information, and belief, not a single word in the book was created after February 21, 2019,” his attorneys said.
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Mueller team turns over Roger Stone Instagram post to judge for possibly violating gag order https://t.co/4V8Ac5HNar pic.twitter.com/BVdpVGZh84
— The Hill (@thehill) March 5, 2019
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