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Judge in Roger Stone case warns she might impose a gag order

Washington • The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against longtime Trump friend Roger Stone said Friday she is considering whether to impose a gag order after Stone went on a week-long media blitz to discuss the allegations against him.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told prosecutors and Stone's attorneys to file any opposition to such a directive by next Friday. Stone, a political operative who relishes press attention, has said he worries about a possible gag order because his career is in speaking and writing.

Jackson's comment came as Stone returned to federal court in Washington on Friday for a scheduling hearing after pleading not guilty this week to charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.