Stone has been charged with lying, witness tampering and obstruction, and Berman, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing the case, issued a gag order on Friday, forbidding attorneys, prosecutors and witnesses in the case from speaking publicly about it.

The initial Instagram post on Stone’s account on Monday slammed Jackson as an Obama-appointed judge.

“Through legal trickery Deep State hitman Robert Mueller has guaranteed that my upcoming show trial is before Judge Amy Berman Jackson , an Obama appointed Judge who dismissed the Benghazi charges again Hillary Clinton and incarcerated Paul Manafort prior to his conviction for any crime,” the caption said.

“Help me fight for my life,” he wrote, adding a website link.

The photo of Jackson in the post has previously circulated on right-wing blogs. It shows Jackson with a crosshair image in the corner of the picture. The symbol is often used to represent a target.

Before the post was removed it drew reaction on social media.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut called the image “stomach turning” on Twitter.

Stone’s charges grew out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and came after his arrest on Jan. 25 during a pre-dawn raid of his Florida home.

Doha Madani is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. 

Tom Winter

Tom Winter is a producer and reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit based in New York, covering crime, courts, terrorism, and financial fraud on the East Coast.

Anna Schecter

Anna Schecter is a producer for the investigations unit of NBC News.