After posting what is being described as a threatening image of crosshairs right next to the face of the federal judge in his court case to his Instagram page, Roger Stone is now insisting he did nothing wrong.
Stone says he has removed the image from his Instagram page, but in two new posts says the photo was “misinterpreted,” and was just “a random photo taken from the Internet.” He also claims it is “categorically false” to infer it was meant to threaten U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
“Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong” is actually his current trademark, so to speak. The phrase appears on a teeshirt he’s using (photo, top) to make money off his possibly illegal activities. Stone also used the threatening photo to try to raise funds.
“Proceeds go to Fund my Legal Defense Fund,” he says in one Instagram post.
Here’s how some experts have responded to Stone’s threatening post:
U.S. Senator:
U.S. Congressman:
National security lawyer:
Writer, scholar, and Russian expert:
Former federal prosecutor, now a CNN legal analyst:
Daily Beast reporter:
Law Professor, former chief White House ethics lawyer: