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Little Roger Stone didn't have a very good day today.. Judge Amy Berman Jackson has rejected Stone's arguments that he was indicted for politically motivated reasons. #ThursdayThoughts
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
2-"U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said motions filed by Stone’s defense were entirely devoid of evidence that Stone was singled out as an act of political retribution because of his support for Trump.
3-"Stone’s “supposition is made up out of whole cloth,” Jackson wrote in a 56-page ruling issued Thursday morning. “To support this proposition, he marshals no facts….Stone points to nothing that would substantiate his attribution of his indictment to his political views. ”
4-"Jackson said Stone’s claims that he was picked out for special or unusual scrutiny overlook the way in which the publicity-loving consultant and provocateur drew attention to himself in connection with WikiLeaks’ disclosures of politically-damaging emails in the lead-up to the
5-"2016 election. “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,” ~politico
