--- title: Roger Stone Posts Photo of Federal Judge With Crosshairs description: Roger Stone posted and later deleted a photo of the federal judge presiding over his criminal court case with a crosshairs graphic. canonical: https://time.com/5532054/roger-stone-judge-crosshairs/ author: Tara Law article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-18T21:44:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:22:54.207Z article:section: Politics og:title: Roger Stone Posts, Deletes Photo of Judge With Crosshairs og:description: Just a few days after she issued a gag order in his case og:url: https://time.com/5532054/roger-stone-judge-crosshairs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9636b771a1ba1a16/69894551e76ad28fc4634305/roger-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Roger-Stone-Court og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Roger Stone Posts, Deletes Photo of Judge With Crosshairs twitter:description: Just a few days after she issued a gag order in his case twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9636b771a1ba1a16/69894551e76ad28fc4634305/roger-stone.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Roger Stone Posts and Deletes Photo of Judge With Crosshairs > Sponsored content. 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Stone appeared at court in shackles later in the morning and was released on a $250,000 bond_  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Feb 18, 2019 9:44 PM UTC  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Feb 18, 2019 9:44 PM UTC Embattled political consultant Roger Stone on Monday posted and later deleted a photo of the federal judge presiding over his criminal court case with a crosshairs graphic looming over her head. Stone, a longtime Trump ally, pleaded [not guilty](http://time.com/5515456/roger-stone-not-guilty-plea/) on Jan. 29 to charges of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Those charges arose as a result of the ongoing investigation into Russian election meddling. In a caption accompanying the Instagram post, Stone attacked U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson as an “Obama appointed judge.” Jackson was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by the Senate 97-0. “Through legal trickery Deep State hitman Robert Mueller has guaranteed that my upcoming show trial is before judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointed judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges against Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction for any crime,” the post said. It also included a link for supporters to donate to his legal defense fund. > [](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1097576910488510464) Stone’s post came just a few days after Jackson issued a partial [gag order](https://www.scribd.com/document/399730113/Roger-Stone-Gag-Order) in the case, which she wrote was intended to avoid a “prejudicial effect” on the proceedings. The order would require people involved with the trial to “refrain from making further statements to the media or in public settings.” The order also warned that if Stone continued to speak out, it could harm his case, writing, “one factor that will be considered in the evaluation of any future request for relief based on pretrial publicity will be the extent to which the publicity was engendered by the defendant himself.” After Stone posted the photo, some wondered aloud whether the image constituted threatening a federal judge, which is [a felony](https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-18-crimes-and-criminal-procedure/18-usc-sect-115.html). > [](https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1097599115758686208) ## Transcript Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up. [ SOUND ] As I have always said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. After a Two year inquisition. The charges today relate in no way to Russian collusion, WikiLeaks collaboration, or any other illegal act in connection with the 2016 campaign. I am falsely accused of making false statements during my testimony to the House Lock him up. Lock him up. [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Committee, that is incorrect. Any error I made in my testimony would be both immaterial and without intent. I find it disturbing that the Special Counsel's office released a press release prior to informing my attorney That I would be charged today. This morning, at the crack of dawn, 29 FBI agents arrived at my home with 17 vehicles with their lights flashing when they could simply have contacted [ UNKNOWN ], and I would've been more than willing To surrender voluntarily. They terrorized my wife, my dogs. I was taken to the FBI facility, although I must say the FBI agents were extraordinarily courteous. I will plead Not guilty to these charges. I will defeat them in court. I believe this is a politically motivated investigation. I am troubled by the political motivations of the prosecutors. And as I have said previously, there is no circumstance Whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the president, nor will I make up lies to ease the pressure on myself. I look forward to being fully and completely vindicated. Since I was not contacted prior to the charges today my lawyers have not talked to the special prosecutor. 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