Roger Stone leaves jury selection early, food poisoning blamed

Roger Stone had to leave jury selection early today because he had 'food poisoning.'

Earlier, an observer was taken out of the courtroom on a stretcher after appearing to have had a seizure.

From the Daily Beast:

Stone abruptly got up and fled the courtroom after the first potential juror took the witness stand. Moments later, a spectator in the back of the courtroom reportedly moaned loudly and collapsed-causing the proceedings to stop as the entire courtroom was cleared. The man was later seen walking out of the courtroom with medical personnel, and a crew had to clean up the areas where the man apparently fell ill. Shortly after proceedings started back up, Stone was seen resting his head in his hand, and Judge Amy Berman Jackson called a lunch break. He was then observed entering the courthouse's heath unit while jury selections continued in his absence. In January, he pleaded not guilty to charges that stemmed from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference during the 2016 election.

Here's video of Roger Stone leaving court early today. A bit shaky as I dashed out behind him https://t.co/oTWPOuVXRZ pic.twitter.com/cbMwHBrjUC

- Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) November 5, 2019

Roger Stone leaves jury selection for his trial due to food poisoning; earlier, an observer was taken out of the courtroom on a stretcher after appearing to have a seizure. https://t.co/sQ33YIhNKS

- MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 5, 2019

Jury selection in the Roger Stone trial off to a bizarre start.

Stone left the proceedings after he said he got food poisoning. Another observer had to be stretchered out after suffering an apparent seizure. https://t.co/omPGSgdh3n

- Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) November 5, 2019