Pirro: Mueller's 'Gestapo' Tactics Arresting Roger Stone Intended to 'Poison the Jury Pool'

Saturday during her “Opening Statement” segment on Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro hammered Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller for his use of heavy-handed tactics in arresting political operative Roger Stone in a pre-dawn raid for what she deemed to be “process crimes.” Pirro questioned the necessity for such a law enforcement presence and said it could have backfired given Stone’s wife is deaf. “The Mueller team gets an indictment against Roger Stone which is represented by an attorney. But instead of notifying the attorney and requesting he bring his client in for arraignment — standard protocol in cases like Stone’s —  the Mueller team decides on Gestapo tactics,” Pirro said. “While still dark and well before dawn, 29 armed FBI agents and a SWAT team donning body armor and fatigues, and tactical vests arrive at Stone’s home. Seventeen vehicles including armors trucks, lights flashing, a bullhorn. They begin to banging on Stone’s home, yelling, ‘FBI — open the door.’ The only people home were Stone, his wife, and their dogs. And lo and behold CNN is there with cameras in tow, waiting for the FBI for an hour waiting for to it starts. Now, why would they