NOW: A judge has denied Roger Stone's efforts to dismiss the prosecution against him. She will let him see a few unredacted sections of Mueller's report, but he cannot share them publicly ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p… 
The fact that the judge denied Roger Stone's motions to dismiss the case and block the prosecution is not surprising — arguments did not go well for him on this in late May
https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1134138214988558336
The judge's findings:
- Congress did not need to make a criminal referral for DOJ to charge Stone with lying to Congress
- Mueller's appointment didn't violate the Appropriations Clause, the Appointments Clause, or anything else in the Constitution
- Congress did not need to make a criminal referral for DOJ to charge Stone with lying to Congress
- Mueller's appointment didn't violate the Appropriations Clause, the Appointments Clause, or anything else in the Constitution
Judge Amy Berman Jackson: "Based on the allegations in the indictment which are assumed to be true for purposes of these motions, it is fair to say that Roger Stone has no one but himself to blame for the fact that he was investigated by the Department of Justice."
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