Newly indicted Trump ally Roger Stone has been ordered to appear in Washington, D.C. court for his arraignment on Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Stone was arrested early Friday morning and indicted by a grand jury convened by special counsel Robert Mueller with one count of obstructing an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.
He appeared in a Florida court briefly on Friday, where his bond was set at $250,000. Following that court appearance, Stone said that “There are no circumstances I would plead guilty” to the charges.
Stone said that “There are no circumstances I would plead guilty” . . . because that would be telling the truth, and I NEVER do that.
A personality trait that Stone seems to share with Trump.
Stone is in a lot of trouble. The witness tampering statute he violated (in writing) has a 20 year penalty. No way that Stone can wear his spats shoes, cuff links, and double breasted suits in jail. Plus, the issues for trial are really cut and dry. Mueller ought to be able to go to a jury in 6 months max.
Mueller knows the answer that Stone was talking with/taking orders from Trump, and he has the leverage to get that testimony from Stone, or Stone will spend the rest of his life in jail…
Is anyone else tired of Stone’s refusal “to bear false witness” formulation to describe lying? I wonder when he last attended church. Sanctimonious jerk.
Stone will be staying in the Trump Hotel, free of charge, in the I"LL Pardon You Suite.