A smiling and smartly dressed Roger Stone just arrived at court in D.C. to face arraignment.
He has been defiant since his arrest and is expected to plead not guilty to charges that he lied to Congress and engaged in witness tampering.
Stone has said he’s being targeted by the Mueller team and has promised he’ll fight the charges.
Check out the crazy scene outside the D.C. courthouse this morning:
One side was saying “Roger Stone did nothing wrong” and the other was screaming “Lock him up!”
Note the unhinged leftist on the right side of the video screaming “Lock him up!” What grown man would go out to the courthouse and scream at someone like that? It’s bananas! The University of Michigan must be so proud that the unhinged screaming man is wearing that hat.
This is really all about the left being angry that Hillary lost. Here we are two years after the election and we have people lined up to protest a man who was arrested on flimsy charges. This should frighten every American. Who is exempt from having the same thing done to them?
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Stone’s arrest was overkill (see video below) and the charges are obviously ridiculous. This is a blatant attempt by Mueller to try and shake low hanging fruit from the tree in order to pressure Stone into saying whatever they want…or else.
.@GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel's reaction to Roger Stone's plea: "No collusion, no collusion, no collusion." pic.twitter.com/79FcZM77zH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 29, 2019
Roger Stone spoke to Sean Hannity about what he feels was a heavy hand by Mueller on him:
Roger Stone argues the FBI didn't need to be so tough on him because he's merely charged with "nonviolent process crimes."
"That's the point here!" Hannity replies. pic.twitter.com/dfHsweGXun
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 29, 2019
THIS IS WHAT OVERKILL LOOKS LIKE:
Longtime Trump associate Roger Stone was arrested at his home in Florida on seven counts including lying about his communications with Credico and Jerome Corsi over supposed second-hand communications and efforts to communicate with Julian Assange of Wikileaks. This is more of the Mueller witch hunt and has nothing to do with collusion but just Stone’s effort at opposition research which is not illegal.
A breakdown of all seven indictments:
-Stone is charged with one count of obstructing House Intel Committee investigation
-Five counts of lying to the committee
-One count of trying to get another witness (Randy Credico) to lie to the committee
Mueller’s team is at it again with a Friday arrest of someone who is connected to our president. The Mueller team has reached a new low with this ridiculous stunt.
Of course, CNN has an exclusive report complete with video of Stone’s arrest:
This is horrible. The FBI arrives and says “FBI, Open the door.” The FBI agents are acting like Stone is some mass murderer they’ve been hunting down. The should be embarrassed at how they’ve treated Roger Stone. This is similar to how Paul Manafort was treated. Shameful!
“FBI. Open the door.”
Watch exclusive CNN footage of the FBI arresting longtime Trump associate Roger Stone. Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. https://t.co/5QHKDB2mfA pic.twitter.com/UeKo7CmXWo
— CNN (@CNN) January 25, 2019
The FBI arrives in flak jackets with weapons drawn…total PR move.
BREAKING: The FBI has arrested longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone https://t.co/PCyFIJw37B pic.twitter.com/4GA0PFtP9H
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 25, 2019
Pete Williams explains the back story of why Stone was arrested:
.@petewilliamsnbc explains what today's indictment tells us about Roger Stone and WikiLeaks pic.twitter.com/6bZHUbClYc
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 25, 2019
If you’ve been following the Mueller investigation, you’ve got to be shaking your head. This is a total PR stunt on a Friday morning complete with FBI agents wearing flak jackets and brandishing their weapons. What a sham!
Here’s the Roger Stone indictment: https://t.co/02ht2VEamF pic.twitter.com/q6wgpVH8Rh
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) January 25, 2019