Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign adviser. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM.

Trump ally Roger Stone and his legal team will gain access to certain redacted portions of special counsel Robert Meuller III’s report, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington ruled Thursday.

The judge denied Stone’s motion to dismiss charges against him, but said he can use parts of the report to aid his defense, provided he does not share them publicly.

The order allows Stone to view information that the government had withheld to avoid affecting the ongoing prosecution of the case. But Stone still won’t be able to access any information that would infringe on the personal privacy of third parties or cause them reputational harm, or anything that would raise national security or law enforcement concerns.

Stone is accused of lying to congressional investigators looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, obstructing justice and tampering with a witness.

Jackson said Stone is in no position to complain, because he “chose to place himself directly in the vortex of multiple investigating bodies when he publicly took credit for the Wikileaks release of hacked Democratic Party emails, even if it were just ‘braggadocio.’

“Based on the allegations in the indictment which are assumed to be true for purposes of these motions, it is fair to say that Roger Stone has no one but himself to blame for the fact that he was investigated by the Department of Justice,” the order said.

Stone’s Fort Lauderdale attorney Bruce Rogow said his team looks forward to receiving the unredacted versions of Mueller’s report, and added, “braggadocio is not a crime.” He noted that one of the legal questions raised in Stone’s motion to dismiss was a first.

“The judge treated the serious constitutional issues we raised and did so seriously and at length. These are important issues, and, for example, the appropriations clause question as applied to the special counsel is one never addressed before,” Rogow said. “If Mr. Stone is acquitted, there will be no need to present that to the appellate court or the Supreme Court.”

Jackson disagreed with Stone’s contention that his indictment violated the U.S. Constitution’s appropriations clause, which gives Congress exclusive power over the federal purse, because the special counsel’s investigation wasn’t approved by Congress.

Stone also argued that he was selectively prosecuted because of his support of Trump. But Jackson disagreed, finding he’d provided no proof that he was singled out from anyone in a similar boat. Stone had claimed two people who weren’t prosecuted, Jerome Corsi and Randy Credico, were similarly situated because they allegedly lied to the special counsel. But the judge pointed out that Stone was indicted on a range of charges that Corsi and Credico never faced.

Stone is living under an enhanced gag order that bans him from posting anything on social media, after a series of run-ins with Jackson over his posts.

Read the court order:

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