WASHINGTON _ It's showtime for Roger J. Stone Jr., a man who loves the spotlight.
Jury selection begins here on Tuesday for the federal trial of the prominent and controversial South Floridian, a close ally of President Donald Trump.
In the months leading up to his trial, expected to last for two weeks, Stone's case has taken on an air of a big top circus. He's been threatened with a gag order, then hit with one in late February after U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson took his comments _ and an Instagram image of the judge's face next to rifle crosshairs _ as a personal threat.
