Judge Gags Roger Stone From Mueller Comments Around D.C. Courthouse

(Politico) DARREN SAMUELSOHN 02/15/2019 03:06 PM Roger Stone remains free to talk about Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation just not in and around the Washington D.C. courthouse where the longtime Donald Trump associate is fighting the special counsels charges he lied to Congress and obstructed its Russia investigation. Thats the end result from a four-page order issued Friday from a federal judge who had been considering a complete gag order on Stone in the wake of his full-on media blitz since his arrest last month in south Florida. Also Friday Muellers team released a filing in the case that included a tantalizing nugget suggesting federal prosecutors might have obtained Stones communications with WikiLeaks the website that dumped stolen Democratic emails during the election. While the language was somewhat vague legal watchers quickly noted that it might represent a jarring new revelation as previously Stone had only conceded to trying to connect with WikiLeaks via intermediaries. The double-barrel developments in Stones case came amid a flurry of activity late on Friday marking the busiest day yet in a court battle that still remains in a preliminary stage.