“The Proud Boys Have Already Been Used to Intimidate Those Holding Trump Accountable - and Bill Barr Has Protected Them” - emptywheel - @emptywheel wrote this in September 2020. Must read. #RogerStone #ProudBoys 1/ emptywheel.net/2020/09/30/the…
Recall that Roger Stone was convicted not only of perjury & obstruction of Justice, but also of witness intimidation after telling Randy Credico (an adverse witness) to “prepare to die, cocks#cker.” Credico took the threat seriously bc of Stone’s ties to the Proud Boys gang. 2/ 
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As explained in the piece, members of the Proud Boys gang then posted an image to Stone’s Instagram account (yes, he gave them access). The image was of the judge with what appeared to be cross hairs next to her head. As always, Stone had a CYA & claimed they were just a logo.4/
The judge then warned that Stone’s own friends say he is known 4 incendiary behavior, that he had made social media his new “sweet spot,” & that he had used it to “willfully increase[] the risk that someone else, w/ even poorer judgment than he has, would act on his behalf…” 5/
“Both Credico and ABJ, then, pointed to the [Proud Boys] gang that Roger Stone hangs out with to explain why Roger Stone’s threats must be taken seriously.” 6/
“And Bill Barr dismissed the seriousness of both those threats — the threats Roger Stone makes that might lead one of his associates to take violent action — when he undermined the sentencing recommendation on Stone.” 7/
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