Roger Stone

Roger Jason Stone born Roger Joseph Stone Jr August 27 1952 is an American rightwing political activist consultant and lobbyist He is a prominent consultant and lobbyist within the New Right and Donald Trumps longestserving political adviser He was the subject of widespread media coverage for the Mueller special counsel investigation and his alleged involvement with and connections to Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election as a consultant for the Trump campaign Since the 1970s Stone has worked on Republican campaigns including those of Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan Jack Kemp Bob Dole George W Bush and Trump He cofounded a lobbying firm with Paul Manafort and Charles R Black Jr The firm became Black Manafort Stone and Kelly BMSK in 1984 BMSK became a top lobbying firm leveraging White House connections for highpaying clients including US corporations trade associations and foreign governments Stones style has been described as a renowned infighter a seasoned practitioner of hardedged politics a Republican strategist and a political fixer Stone has called himself an agent provocateur He has described his political modus operandi as attack attack attacknever defend and admit nothing deny everything and launch a counterattack all evocative of associate Roy Cohn Stone first suggested Trump run for president in 1998 while lobbying for his casino business He left the Trump campaign on August 8 2015 In 2018 two associates alleged Stone claimed contact with Julian Assange during the 2016 campaign Assange denied meeting Stone and Stone said any mention was a joke Court documents in 2020 showed Stone and Assange exchanged messages in June 2017 Unsealed warrants in April 2020 revealed Stones 2017 contacts with Assange and that Stone orchestrated hundreds of fake Facebook accounts and bloggers for a political influence scheme On January 25 2019 Stone was arrested at his Fort Lauderdale Florida home in connection with Robert Muellers investigation and charged with witness tampering obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements In November 2019 a jury convicted him on all seven felony counts He was sentenced to 40 months in prison On July 10 2020 days before Stone was to report to prison Trump commuted his sentence On August 17 2020 Stone dropped his appeal Trump pardoned Stone on December 23 2020 Since 2023 Stone has hosted a show on WABC radio eponymously called The Roger Stone Show Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Stone licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia