Roger Stone is a long time political strategist, colleague of Paul Manafort and friend of Donald Trump. He was an adviser for Donald Trump on the 2016 presidential campaign. After he attacked FoxNews anchor Megyn Kelly over a debate question, he was fired from the Trump campaign. Trump claiming he wanted to have “only the best people” and that Stone “no longer serves a useful function for my campaign.”
Known for his over the top attacks and “dirty tricks” Stone was banned from CNN and MSNBC by February 2016 after attacking Republican strategist Ana Navarro and columnist Roland Martin. During the primary he was responsible for spreading rumors against opponents like Ted Cruz, who he insinuated was having multiple affairs. The threatened anti-Trump delegates.
Then came the attacks on Hillary Clinton and John Podesta via Wikileaks. Each was preceded by foreknowledge of Stone. On August 10, 2016, Stone claimed to the South West Broward Republican Organization that he was in contact with Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. He said, “I’ve actually communicated with Julian Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation but there’s no telling what the October surprise may be.” Again on August 12, Stone claims to know that Wikileaks will reveal emails of Hillary Clinton before the election. Then on August 21, 2016, Stone tweeted: “Trust me, it will soon the Podesta’s time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary”.
On October 1, 2016, Stone tweeted: “Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. #wikileaks”
Days later, came the first batch of Podesta emails.
Guccifer 2.0
Stone claimed to be in contact with Guccifer 2.0, declared a front for the Russian GRU, military intelligence. Portions of the messags were published via The Washington Times and The Smoking Gun. He later published messages he claimed where between the two regarding the hacking of Hillary Clinton.
Nigel Farage
One person of interest in the FBI’s case is UK politician, Nigel Farage. Farage and Stone met in Cleveland during the RNC and again in a D.C hotel. He claimed to have “hooked up” Farage with Donald Trump.
Stone’s Changing Stories
Stone’s story on talking to Assange changed and Julian Assange denied any contact with Stone. Stone stated there was a “back channel intermediary” to Assange. He then denied any contact with Assange “either directly or indirectly” entirely. He also denied having knowledge of “the hacking of Mr. Podesta” on his blog, StoneColdTruth. This contradicts later pandering to leaking claims.
He’s promoted debunked conspiracy theory about Seth Rich in interviews and a feature segment on InfoWars despite earlier statements on origin of hacks. He’s turned to RT to smear the U.S. intelligence agencies.
He is currently part of the FBI’s investigation into Trump campaign contacts with Russian intelligence.
RELATED ARTICLES
[catlist name=roger-stone date=yes]