Discussion: Judge Orders Hearing On Stone Gag Order After His Instagram Post

[bodie1]

He threatened a federal judge. What else is there to consider ?

[misterneutron]

@sniffit

Most people don’t have to be told not to stick their dick in a blender.

Now you tell me.

ETA: As dog is my witness, I thought frappé meant something else entirely.

[justruss]

“Stone will have to explain why his release on bail “shouldn’t not be modified or revoked,”

Well Roger, make the best of your time before the hearing. Plenty of space to do something dumb, inflammatory and self-destructive before blaming it on everyone else.

[hquain]

Is there a game here? Stone trying to provoke the judge to do something that will taint the proceedings?

[misterneutron]

@hquain

Is there a game here? Stone trying to provoke the judge to do something that will taint the proceedings?

Too sophisticated for Stone. He’s just a dolt who simply can’t STFU when that’s the smart thing to do.

[maxaroo]

I think Stone knows exactly what he is doing. He knows he’s guilty as shit, and that’s going to be the outcome of his trial. His only recourse is to make a circus out of the proceedings.

[occamscoin]

@sniffit

Most people don’t have to be told not to stick their dick in a blender.

Or their tongue in a light socket.

[sniffit]

About the only thing I can think of is that he’s trying to feed Faux News red meat for his victimhood narrative in hopes it moves Trump to pardon him.

[karlsgems]

Fuck that guy!!! Throw the book at him, judge!!!

A lotta folks have mentioned that these pricks push the boundaries because they’ve never had consequences for their actions. I’m starting to really embrace that notion.

[rocklaverve]

@maxaroo

The Judge is going to make Stone grovel.

And then throw his ass in jail, I hope.

[steviedee111]

@rocklaverve

And then throw his ass in jail, I hope.

Nah, this was his mulligan.

[morrigan_2575]

Throw him in jail.

[castor_troy]

@steviedee111

Nah, this was his mulligan.

I expect that as well. She’ll lock him down in a full gag order with strict orders that if he violates it with a single tweet, he’s off to prison.

[c_stedman]

Stone: thinking, thinking, aaaalways thinking!

[adabsurdum]

@mpscott

“Shouldn’t NOT be revoked?”

The judge wrote a double negative, in her Order?

There’s a lot hanging on that double negative as she assigns through it the burden of proof to the argument not to revoke. This ought to make Stone shudder.

[ghost]

@mpscott

“Shouldn’t NOT be revoked?"

I’m guessing it’s a TPM typo in the quote.

[rocklaverve]

@hquain

Stone trying … to do something that will taint the proceedings?

I think so, and I’d love to know who he’s taking advice from. Certainly not his lawyers.

[musgrove]

Giving him more rope it looks like.

[socalista]

Revoking his bail wouldn’t taint the proceedings.

And no, there’s no clever stratagem here. Stone is just reflexively turning to what’s always worked for him in the past – aggressively blustering. It’s Pavlovian.

[socalista]

@musgrove

Giving him more rope

Letting him sweat.