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Thread by @awprokop: "The Roger Stone trial is ready to get started in earnest. Judge Amy Berman Jackson warns spectators to behave. "Attempts to contact or ident […]"

The Roger Stone trial is ready to get started in earnest.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson warns spectators to behave. "Attempts to contact or identify jurors are prohibited." Says that rule may already have been broken by someone in the courtroom yesterday

Apparently referring to this. "Fortunately," Judge Jackson said, the info circulating online was "riddled with inaccuracies." (And this potential juror was not picked in the end.)

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The judge in Roger Stone’s trial is warning people to not try and identify the jurors. Meanwhile, two of Stone’s closest associates spent yesterday trying to out one of the potential jurors live on Infowars. https://www.mediamatters.org/roger-stone/alex-jones-trying-out-identity-potential-roger-stone-trial-juror-help-stones-assistant …

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Opening statement from prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky:

"In a critical investigation of national importance, the defendant, Roger Stone, repeatedly lied under oath to a congressional committee and lied under oath to cover up his tracks"

Zelinsky refers to Donald Trump as "the defendant’s longtime friend and associate."

"You will hear that, over and over again, Roger Stone proclaimed he was in contact with WikiLeaks. That he had information about what was coming."

"You will hear that Roger Stone tried to cover up that Jerome Corsi was his backchannel (to WikiLeaks), and that he tried to pin everything on Randy Credico."

“You will hear that Roger Stone discussed what he was learning with the senior levels of the Trump campaign, both in regards to Jerome Corsi, and in regards to Randy Credico.”

(This is Count 6 against Stone, the fifth false statements charge.)

Zelinsky: "The evidence will show that Roger Stone lied to the House Intelligence Committee because the truth looked bad. The truth looked bad for the Trump campaign and the truth looked bad for Donald Trump."

NEW: Zelinsky says that just after the Democratic National Committee announced it had been hacked by the Russian government, Roger Stone placed a call — to Donald Trump. Doesn’t know what was said.

Zelinsky: Stone called Trump again on July 31. They spoke for about ten minutes. About an hour later, Stone emailed Corsi again, to say that a friend of theirs in London should see Assange.

Prosecutor: After getting message from Corsi on Assange’s plans, Roger Stone emailed chairman of the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort on August 3. That he had an idea — in his words, “to save Trump’s ass.” And he asked that Manafort call him. (!!)

Prosecutor: Stone also emailed Bannon saying he knew how to win this, but "it ain't pretty"

Prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky refers again to these two emails - to Manafort about wanting “to save Trump’s ass,” and to Bannon about the way to win this that “ain’t pretty.”

(Will Bannon testify and explain what he understood Stone's message to mean?)

Zelinsky: “If you are looking for someone to pin something on, Randy Credico is a pretty good person to pick.” Says Credico will admit he has struggled with alcohol, that he’s excitable — and Stone knew all this.

Zelinsky: “You’ll hear that he [Stone] and Bannon had actually been talking about WikiLeaks, about Julian Assange, all summer long.” That Stone said had inside information on what Assange was doing.

(Foreshadows Bannon testimony)

Now Erik Prince is mentioned. He is IDed as the Trump campaign supporter mentioned here in the indictment, chatting with Stone about Assange
Zelinsky: "Just as Roger Stone promised, on October 7, 2016, WikiLeaks began releasing a massive amount of hacked emails" belonging to Podesta

Releases continued through election day.

"And on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States."

Now a lengthy discussion of the witness tampering charge.

Zelinsky says Stone pressured Credico to take the Fifth to the House Intelligence Committee, because otherwise (in Zelinsky's words) "it wouldn't look pretty for President Donald Trump"

Zelinsky confirms Bannon will testify: "You're gonna hear from Steve Bannon."

Prosecutors' opening statement has concluded. Breaking for lunch now, defense will give their opening at 2 PM.

Zelinsky's main theme: Stone lied because the truth would "look bad," for him and Trump, and it's proven by the documents.

One thing we did not get in the opening statement was new info about what Stone knew about WikiLeaks / Podesta emails, beyond what's already in the indictment.

(The case is about whether he lied to Congress and tried to obstruct an investigation, not the WL contacts themselves)

The new information revealed was about Stone's contacts with the Trump campaign — ominous emails to Manafort and Bannon, and calls with Trump at key times.

That's because Stone is charged with a false statements count on that. (Related to his testimony to House Intel)