Nobody is confusing Roger Stone with Kim Kardashian, ever…
I get the sense that Roger Stone prides himself on his ability to top from the bottom.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson: “Bailiff, please issue the defendant one regulation pony. BWAHAHAHAHAHA, have a good weekend folks.”
Sure… One “hanging Judge” coming right up!
Using any and all Rights and Privileges people fought and died for in order to destroy them.
Please proceed, dumbass.
Yes, that’s what gets my goat the most about these people. He will openly and cheerfully admit he thinks laws and rules are for suckers and you should do anything whatsoever you can get away with, but then will use every available legal argument to try and slither his way out of his predicament.
“He has published a half dozen books, many stating controversial viewpoints."
Indeed. I see his problem here. Colluding with America’s enemies to overthrow our democracy for fun and profit is fairly controversial and it makes sense why he’d like to be able to lie about what he did outside the courtroom to better hide the truth that’s revealed in the court. It’s not easy running a GoFundYourself if you can’t embellish the truth a little.
So, Stone’s lawyer’s argument is that defendants should be able to publically trash the government’s case against them as long as they have fewer twitter followers than Kim Kardashian?
It’ll be interesting to see how Judge Berman Jackson reacts to that argument.
Soon Stone will be asking for a steak for dinner every night in prison, perhaps a cel with only one bunk in it…
I’m fighting off gagging myself…
As far as a one bunk demand goes, I’d be okay with the courts putting Stone in solitary for the duration of the trial.
Well, gag me with a spoon.
Yawn. Just fishing for appeal issues.
Poor old Roger Stone after all these years of writing and talking and he’s still not as important as a younger woman who’s claim to fame is her big booty and her sense of style.
As for tainting a prospective jury pool, Stone’s lawyers note that while political junkies may be familiar with him, he boasts far fewer Instagram followers than Kim Kardashian.
So, jury tampering is only possible if the alleged tamperer is the person who the most people pay attention to?
Does this “Kardashian Standard” have any limitations? Does it contemplate dividing audiences into the language(s) they understand, or is it impossible as a matter of logic for any English-speaker to tamper with the jury pool if there’s e.g. a Chinese govt official who has more followers on Twitter than there are speakers of English?
Only a criminal caught dead to rights argues they should be freed on the basis that there is a different criminal who is more successful than they are. Which is probably why so many Trumpers rely on this argument.
Sorry Roger Brett Kavanaugh won’t be your Judge.
What I want to know is: Do Russian Trolls and bots count when when determining if the “Kardashian Standard” has been met?
Stone: “Your honor, I…”
Judge: “STFU! Next!”