ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.</s>CABRERA: I'm Ana Cabrera, in for Brooke Baldwin on this Friday. We have breaking news involving Roger Stone. A federal judge has just placed a gag order on Roger Stone, a Trump confidant, and his attorneys involved in his criminal case, restricting what he can say in public. With us now is Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor. Also joining us, Kara Scannell here with CNN. Renato, let me start with you. What do you make of this? How significant is this gag order?</s>RENATO MARIOTTI, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: It's an unusual step. Typically, the concern is that the government might be prejudicing the defendant, Roger Stone. But frankly, Mr. Stone himself, and to a lesser extent, his attorneys have engaged in a widespread tour, P.R. campaign that involved a lot of disinformation. So I think the judge's concern here is whether the government gets a fair trial. And also to protect Roger Stone against himself. Any smart attorney would advise him not to be doing what he's doing, not to be on television and mouthing off about his case.
Judge Places Gag Order on Roger Stone.