Roger Stone's lawyers told a federal judge they were not trying to hide anything from the court at a gag-order-related hearing last month where they failed to mention that Stone was in the midst of releasing a book trashing Robert Mueller’s investigation
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Shortly after Stone was indicted in January, Jackson imposed a rather limited gag order that precluded the conservative author and provocateur from speaking about his case in the environs of the federal courthouse. However, after Stone posted an image of the judge and what appeared to be crosshairs on his Instagram feed, Jackson ordered him into court to explain himself.
Stone is due back in court Thursday for a hearing expected to feature both discussion of a possible trial date and an indication of what, if anything, Jackson plans to do in response to the book.
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