Roger Stone is in court today. His lawyers attempting to get evidence thrown out, and the Court a little annoyed that he seems to be violating the gag order.
Darren Samuelsohn of Politico there. He’s pretty much live tweeting, but not threading all that much
We begin with motions to suppress evidence from Roger Stone’s lawyers. Judge Jackson says she “may or may not” get to the gag order issue today.
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) July 16, 2019
Buschel arguing for last 15 mins now that the evidence needs to be tossed because the underlying facts of the warrants are wrong surrounding WikiLeaks receiving the stolen DNC emails from Russia. Judge Jackson sums it up, “What you are attacking is the USIC.” [Intel community]
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) July 16, 2019
Judge Jackson to Stone’s lawyers about the information in the FBI search warrants: “What is the statement that was knowingly or recklessly false? Point to one affidavit.”
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) July 16, 2019
Federal prosecutor Michael Marando swings back at Stone’s attempt to knock out evidence, saying his lawyers are pushing “conspiracy theory” that is taking the court on a “long and frolicking detour” that has nothing to do with the case against the longtime Trump associate.
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) July 16, 2019
Stone lawyer Bruce Rogow tells Judge Jackson it is indeed a Stone Instagram post but argues it’s not a violation of the gag order “because ‘Who framed Roger Stone?’ is simply a comment on his situation that he’s in court, that he’s subject to some action in court.”
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) July 16, 2019
Judge Jackson asks Stone’s lawyers to explain how this Stone Instagram post from March 29 about Rep. Adam Schiff isn’t in violation of the court- imposed gag order. pic.twitter.com/gUfzIuoDu0
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) July 16, 2019