Roger Stone posted an Instagram story Sunday afternoon calling for former CIA Director John Brennan to be hung for treason.
“This psycho must be charged, tried, convicted” the provocateur and Republican operative wrote, below which he placed a photo of Brennan and then added, “and hung for treason,”
The post was removed by Instagram soon after it was posted, with the company saying it “violated our Community Guidelines.”
Stone, 66, was arrested at his Florida home on Jan. 25 and charged by special counsel Robert Mueller with lying to Congress, obstructing justice, and witness tampering. He pleaded not guilty and was released on a $250,000 bond. Stone’s trial is set for Nov. 5.
He has come under fire for his social media posts. On another Instagram story, he posted a photo of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s face next to an image of crosshairs. Jackson is the judge in Stone’s case. He deleted the post and released a statement denying it “was meant to somehow threaten the Judge or disrespect [the] court.”
In February, Jackson issued a gag order that forbade attorneys for both Mueller and Stone from “making statements to the media or in public settings that pose a substantial likelihood of material prejudice to this case.” She also said Stone is not allowed to speak about the case in the vicinity of the courthouse.
Brennan has been a frequent critic of President Trump and major proponent of Mueller’s investigation, which led to the criminal convictions of other Trump associates, including Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. He was CIA director under President Barack Obama from 2013 until Trump was sworn into office.
