It’s even worse than that.
She can keep the gag order on Stone while this is continuing. She prevents Stone from appealing because the trial court’s outcome is not final. She can order a new trial, but keep the case in her court, and maintain the gag order for many months more. And Stone knows that if he is convicted in the second one, she will send him away for 40 months, so she can hope he will break down at some point and plead guilty as part of a deal. And this will drag on past the election, and continue to be misreported in the press.
It is pure torture of an innocent man by Obama’s representative on the DC court.
It’s even worse than that.
She can keep the gag order on Stone while this is continuing. She prevents Stone from appealing because the trial court’s outcome is not final. She can order a new trial, but keep the case in her court, and maintain the gag order for many months more. And Stone knows that if he is convicted in the second one, she will send him away for 40 months, so she can hope he will break down at some point and plead guilty as part of a deal. And this will drag on past the election, and continue to be misreported in the press.