Judge rules if CNN was tipped off on Roger Stone’s arrest

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A judge has ruled that there is no evidence that the government leaked news of Roger Stone’s arrest to CNN, who happened to have a crew outside his Florida home at the time of his arrest.

• Stone, who was arrested in a pre-dawn raid Jan. 25, 2019 as the result of the Robert Mueller probe, had filed a complaint that the government purposefully leaked news of its plans to CNN, who captured dark video and muffled audio of the takedown.
• Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a ruling saying there was no evidence that CNN was given any head’s up.
• CNN, meanwhile, has maintained that its crew was outside of Stone’s home as the result of careful reporting and observations — and a little bit of luck.

The judge in Roger Stone's case has rejected Stone's arguments that the government violated a sealing order re: sending out his indictment to reporters post-arrest https://t.co/v15OMujEfg "The defendant misapprehends the clear purpose and the intent of the sealing order." pic.twitter.com/e4h46YnwTm

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) February 27, 2019