Roger Stone avoids arrest for gag order violation, but has social media blackout imposed.
before imposing a court-mandated social media blackout on the political trickster and longtime friend of President Donald Trump.
An exasperated U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson stopped short of having Stone arrested, but instead ordered him to stay off Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.The judge said Stone seeks attention “when interest in the case was flagging and wants to make himself the subject of the story.” The government had argued that Stone violated the judge's gag order with Instagram posts that disparaged the investigation of former special counsel Robert Mueller and the broader election interference probe.The longtime GOP operative was arrested Jan.
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