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'''Roger Jason Stone Jr.''' (born August 27, 1952) is an American ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/money_2-29.html |title=Money and the Presidency |date=February 29, 1996 |first=Margaret |last=Warner |publisher=] |work=NewsHour with Jim Lehrer }}</ref> author, ] and ] known for his use of ], usually for candidates of the ].<ref name="ml">{{cite web |last=Labash |first=Matt |authorlink=Matt Labash |title=Roger Stone, Political Animal, 'Above all, attack, attack, attack – never defend.' |url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/roger-stone-political-animal-15381 |work=The Weekly Standard |date=November 5, 2007 }}</ref> Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians such as ], ], ], ] and ].

In addition to frequently serving as a campaign advisor, Stone was previously a political ]. In 1980, he co-founded a Washington, D.C.–based lobbying firm with ] and ]<ref name="NYT_Edsall_2012">{{cite web |url=http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/the-lobbyist-in-the-gray-flannel-suit/ |title=The Lobbyist in the Gray Flannel Suit |first=Thomas B. |last=Edsall |date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=June 16, 2017 |department=The Opinion Page |work=The New York Times Blog}}</ref><ref name="NYT_1989_BMSK">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/21/us/a-political-power-broker.html |title=A Political Power Broker |date=June 21, 1989 |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fara.gov/docs/3600-Exhibit-AB-19851101-D0XCT601.pdf |title=Registration with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) |date=August 1982 |access-date=June 16, 2017 |publisher=Department of Justice}}</ref> The firm recruited ] and was renamed ] in 1984.<ref name="Choate_1990">{{cite book |title=Agents of Influence |first=Pat |last=Choate |isbn=978-0671743390 |date=1990 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |page=307}}</ref>{{rp|124}} During the 1980s, BMSK became a top lobbying firm by leveraging its White House connections to attract high-paying clients including U.S. corporations, trade associations, and foreign governments. By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations.<ref name="Choate_1990"/>{{rp|125}}

Stone has been variously described as a "],"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/roger-stone-donald-trump-russia.html|title=Roger Stone, the 'Trickster' on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny |first=Maggie |last=Haberman|date=March 21, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref> a "renowned infighter," a "seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics," a "mendacious windbag," a "veteran Republican strategist,"<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's inner circle has always been a cesspool |work=The Washington Post |date=November 29, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-inner-circle-has-always-been-a-cesspool/2018/11/29/10a326e4-f41c-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html |author=Michael Gerson }}</ref><ref name="HakiPoliticsSeen">{{cite news |author=Danny Haki |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/nyregion/22stone.html |title=Politics Seen in Nasty Call to Spitzer's Father |work=The New York Times |date=August 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/19/politics/19900319_politics_series.html |title=The Trouble With Politics: Running vs. Governing: 'Wars' Wound Candidates and the Process |date=March 19, 1990 |last=Toner |first=Robin |authorlink=Robin Toner |work=The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |date=March 21, 2017|title=Roger Stone, the 'Trickster' on Trump's Side, Is Under FBI Scurtiny|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/us/roger-stone-donald-trump-russia.html |work=The New York Times|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Toobin|first=Jeffrey|date=June 2, 2008|title=The Dirty Trickster|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-dirty-trickster |work=The New Yorker |access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Schreckinger|first=Ben|date=August 6, 2015|title=Trump's debate 'dirty trickster' |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/donald-trumps-debate-dirty-trickster-121098|work=Politico|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/12/politics/main648853.shtml |title=If You Ain't Got That Swing, Any Voters Still Up for Grabs? The Campaigns Seem to Disagree |publisher=CBS News |last=Murphy |first=Jarret |date=October 13, 2004}}</ref> and a political ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-fbis-ridiculous-riot-gear-and-pre-dawn-raid-on-roger-stone-was-excessive-and-unnecessary|title=The FBI's ridiculous riot gear and pre-dawn raid on Roger Stone was excessive and unnecessary|date=January 25, 2019|website=Washington Examiner}}</ref> Over the course of the Trump presidential campaign, Stone promoted a number of falsehoods and conspiracy theories.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/08/12/trump-allies-wikileaks-and-russia-are-pushing-a-nonsensical-conspiracy-theory-about-the-dnc-hacks/ |title=Trump allies, WikiLeaks and Russia are pushing a nonsensical conspiracy theory about the DNC hacks |last=Rogin|first=Josh|date=August 12, 2016|work=The Washington Post |language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/latest-from-the-trump-conspiracy-factory-bill-clintons-black-son/2016/11/01/d05e321e-a070-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html |title=Latest from the Trump conspiracy factory: Bill Clinton's black son |last=Milbank |first=Dana |date=November 1, 2016|work=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|author=Elise Viebeck|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/schooled-on-benghazi-and-pizzagate-trump-team-is-heavy-on-conspiracy-theorists/2016/12/21/53bdb6d6-c7b1-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html |title=Schooled on Benghazi and Pizzagate, Trump team is heavy on conspiracy theorists |department=PowerPost |website=The Washington Post|date=December 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-extraordinaire-got-donald-trumps-ear/2016/11/17/583dc190-ab3e-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html |title=How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump's ear|last=Roig-Franzia|first=Manuel|date=November 17, 2016|work=The Washington Post |language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/politics/roger-stone-david-brock-trump-clinton.html|title=As Trump and Clinton Clash, 2 Operatives Duke It Out in Their Shadows|last=Chozick|first=Amy|date=May 23, 2016|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/us/in-donald-trump-conspiracy-fans-find-a-campaign-to-believe-in.html|title=In Donald Trump, Conspiracy Fans Find a Campaign to Believe In|last=Robertson|first=Campbell|date=October 17, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 26, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html|title=Inside the Six Weeks Donald Trump Was a Nonstop 'Birther'|last=Parker|first=Ashley|date=July 3, 2016|work=The New York Times|last2=Eder|first2=Steve|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/roger-stone-refuses-to-drop-seth-rich-conspiracy-theories-despite-family-pleas-9374123|title=Roger Stone Keeps Pushing Seth Rich Conspiracy Theories Despite Family Pleas|last=Elfrink|first=Tim|date=May 26, 2017|work=Miami New Times}}</ref> He has described his political '']'' as "Attack, attack, attack&nbsp;– never defend" and "Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-dirty-trickster|title=The Dirty Trickster|work=The New Yorker |accessdate=December 4, 2018}}</ref>

Stone first suggested Trump run for President in early 1998 while Stone was Trump's casino business lobbyist in Washington.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/09/20/trump.html|title=Take my party, please|last1=Duffy|first1=Michael|last2=Cooper|first2=Matthew|date=September 20, 1999|publisher=CNN}}</ref> The ] documentary film '']'' focuses on Stone's past and his role in the ] of Donald Trump.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=http://pagesix.com/2017/03/29/roger-stone-netflix-doc-to-premiere-at-tribeca-film-fest/|title=Roger Stone Netflix doc to premiere at Tribeca Film Fest|first=Ian|last=Mohr|date=March 29, 2017|work=New York Post}}</ref>

Stone officially left the Trump campaign on August 8, 2015; however, as part of the ongoing investigation into ], two associates of Stone have said he collaborated with ] founder ] during the 2016 presidential campaign to discredit Hillary Clinton. Both men have repeatedly denied this.<ref name=stoneassange>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/roger-stone-claimed-contact-with-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-in-2016-according-to-two-associates/2018/03/13/a263f842-2604-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html|title=Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates|first1=Tom|last1=Hamburger|first2=Josh|last2=Dawsey|first3=Carol D.|last3=Leonnig|first4=Shane|last4=Harris|date=March 13, 2018|publisher=|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/emails-wikileaks-publisher-julian-assange-mischaracterized-roger-stone/story?id=59547161|title=Emails about WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange being 'mischaracterized': Roger Stone|date=December 2, 2018|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/usa/449744-roger-stone-indictment-wikileaks/|title=Roger Stone's indictment offers more proof of no contacts between him and Julian Assange – WikiLeaks|website=RT International|language=en|access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref> On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested at his ], home in connection with ] ] and charged in an indictment with ], obstructing an official proceeding, and five counts of making false statements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-25/roger-stone-arrested-in-florida-as-part-of-special-counsel-probe|title=Trump Associate Stone Charged With Obstruction in Mueller Probe|last=Kocieniewski|first=David|date=|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://time.com/5512984/roger-stone-arrested-mueller/|title=Roger Stone Arrested on Obstruction Charges in Mueller Investigation|website=Time|language=en-us|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> Stone pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing in press interviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/roger-stone-arraignment/index.html|title=Roger Stone enters not guilty plea|first=Katelyn Polantz|last=CNN|website=CNN}}</ref>

==Early life and political work==
Stone was born on August 27, 1952,<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/02/080602fa_fact_toobin |title=The Dirty Trickster |date=June 2, 2008 |last=Toobin |first=Jeffrey |authorlink=Jeffrey Toobin |work=The New Yorker}}</ref> in ],<ref name=rewp47>{{cite news |last=Edsall |first=Thomas B. |title=Partners in Political PR Firm Typify Republican New Breed |newspaper=Washington Post |date=April 7, 1985}}</ref> to Gloria Rose (Corbo) and Roger J. Stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thehour/obituary.aspx?n=roger-j-stone&pid=163187831|title=Roger J. Stone's Obituary on The Hour|publisher=}}</ref> He grew up in ], in a family of Hungarian and Italian descent. His mother was a small-town reporter, his father a well driller<ref name=dswp827>{{cite web |last=Segal |first=David |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082402122.html |title=Mover, Shaker, And Cranky Caller? A GOP Consultant Who Doesn't Mince Words Has Some Explaining to Do |work=Washington Post |date=August 25, 2007 |page=C1}}</ref> and business owner. He has described his family as ], ] Catholics.<ref name=rewp47/>

Stone said that as an elementary school student in 1960, he broke into politics to further ]'s presidential campaign: "I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays&nbsp;... It was my first political trick."<ref name="dswp827" />

When he was a junior and vice president of student government at his high school in northern ], he manipulated the ouster of the president and succeeded him. Stone recalled how he ran for election as president for his senior year:
<blockquote>I built alliances and put all my serious challengers on my ticket. Then I recruited the most unpopular guy in the school to run against me. You think that's mean? No, it's smart.<ref name=jhnyt>{{cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Jan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/18/nyregion/public-lives-the-ego-behind-the-ego-in-a-trump-gamble.html |title=The Ego Behind the Ego in a Trump Gamble |work=The New York Times |date=18 November 1999 }}</ref></blockquote>

Given a copy of ]'s '']'', Stone became a convert to ] as a child and a volunteer in ]. In 2007, Stone indicated he was a staunch conservative but with ] leanings.<ref name=dswp827/>

As a student at ] in 1972, Stone invited ] to speak at a Young Republicans Club meeting, then asked Magruder for a job with ]'s ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Paybarah |first=Azi |date=September 7, 2007 |title=Roger Stone's Nixon Thing |url=http://www.observer.com/2007/roger-stones-tattoo-alibi |work=] |access-date=July 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624232655/http://www.observer.com/2007/roger-stones-tattoo-alibi |archive-date=June 24, 2008 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Magruder agreed and Stone then left college to work for the committee.<ref name="newyorker.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-dirty-trickster|title=The Dirty Trickster|website=The New Yorker}}</ref>

==Career==
===1970s: Nixon campaign, Watergate and Reagan 1976===
Stone's political career began in earnest on the 1972 Nixon campaign, with activities such as contributing money to a possible rival of Nixon in the name of the ] – then slipping the receipt to the '']''. He also hired a spy in the ] campaign who became Humphrey's driver. According to Stone, during the day he was officially a scheduler in the Nixon campaign, but "By night, I'm trafficking in the black arts. Nixon's people were obsessed with intelligence."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stonezone.com/docs/WS_RS_article.pdf|title=Roger Stone, Political Animal|last=Labash|first=Matt|website=Stonezone.com|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> Stone maintains he never did anything illegal during ].<ref name="newyorker.com"/> The ] later clarified that Stone had been a 20-year-old junior scheduler on the campaign, and that to characterize Stone as one of Nixon's aides or advisers was a "gross misstatement".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Caroline |title=Nixon Foundation distances itself from Roger Stone after Mueller indictment |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/nixon-foundation-distances-stone/index.html |accessdate=January 27, 2019 |publisher=CNN Politics |date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>

After Nixon won the ], Stone worked for the administration in the ]. After Nixon resigned, Stone went to work for ], but was later fired after columnist ] publicly identified Stone as a Nixon 'dirty trickster'.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Washington Post |date=June 16, 1986 |title=The Rise and Gall of Roger Stone |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/06/16/the-rise-and-gall-of-roger-stone/d8ce308b-7055-4666-860e-378833f46e17/ |last=Mansfield|first=Stephanie}}</ref>

In 1975, Stone helped found the ], a ] organization that helped to pioneer ] political advertising.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Washington Post |date=April 7, 1985 |title=Partners in Political PR Firm Typify Republican New Breed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1985/04/07/partners-in-political-pr-firm-typify-republican-new-breed/8d0b8c04-fabc-43ae-887b-25c7e8af0ec0/ |last=Edsall|first=Thomas B.}}</ref>

In 1976, he worked in ]'s campaign for President. In 1977, at age 24, Stone won the presidency of the ] in a campaign managed by his friend ]; they had compiled a dossier for each of the 800 delegates that gathered, which they called "whip books".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/|title=Paul Manafort, American Hustler|first=Franklin|last=Foer|date=March 2018|website=theatlantic.com|accessdate=November 24, 2018}}</ref>

===1980s: Reagan 1980, lobbying, and Bush 1988===
] ] and then-] ] in 1982]]
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] ] in 1985]]
Stone went on to serve as chief strategist for ]'s ] and for his ].<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Stone, the "keeper of the Nixon flame",<ref>{{cite news |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |date=December 21, 1995 |title=Liberties; Nix 'Nixon' – Tricky Pix |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/21/opinion/liberties-nix-nixon-tricky-pix.html |work=The New York Times }}</ref> was an adviser to the former President in his post-presidential years, serving as "Nixon's man in Washington".<ref>{{cite web|author=Pareene |date=March 24, 2008 |title=Roger Stone Knew Guv's Terrible Secret, According to Roger Stone |url=http://gawker.com/371345/roger-stone-knew-guvs-terrible-secret-according-to-roger-stone |work=] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828021909/http://gawker.com/371345/roger-stone-knew-guvs-terrible-secret-according-to-roger-stone |archivedate=August 28, 2009 |df= }}</ref> Stone was a protégé of former Connecticut Governor ], who introduced the young Stone to then former Vice President Nixon in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |year=2006 |title=Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler bios |url=http://rra-law.com/Stone.asp |access-date=September 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024744/http://www.rra-law.com/Stone.asp |archive-date=November 20, 2008 |dead-url=yes }}; see ]</ref> After Stone was indicted in 2019, the Nixon Foundation released a statement distancing Stone's ties to Nixon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nixon-foundation-objects-calling-roger-stone-aide-disgraced-ex-president-n963061|title=Nixon Foundation objects to calling Roger Stone an 'aide' to disgraced ex-president|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/nixonfoundation/status/1088925225444491264|title=This morning’s widely-circulated characterization of Roger Stone as a Nixon campaign aide or adviser is a gross misstatement. Mr. Stone was 16 years old during the Nixon presidential campaign of 1968 and 20 years old during the reelection campaign of 1972. 1/2|first=Nixon|last=Foundation|date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/nixonfoundation/status/1088925226031755264|title=Mr. Stone, during his time as a student at George Washington University, was a junior scheduler on the Nixon reelection committee. Mr. Stone was not a campaign aide or adviser. Nowhere in the Presidential Daily Diaries from 1972 to 1974 does the name "Roger Stone" appear. 2/2|first=Nixon|last=Foundation|date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>John Sears recruited Stone to work in Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, coordinating the Northeast. Stone said that ] helped him arrange for ] to get the nomination of the ], a move that would help split the opposition to Reagan in the state. Stone said Cohn gave him a suitcase that Stone avoided opening and that, as instructed by Cohn, he dropped off at the office of a lawyer influential in Liberal Party circles. Reagan carried the state with 46% of the vote. Speaking after the ] for ] had expired, Stone later said, "I paid his law firm. Legal fees. I don't know what he did for the money, but whatever it was, the Liberal party reached its right conclusion out of a matter of principle."<ref name="ml" />

In 1980, after their key roles in the Reagan campaign, Stone and Manafort decided to go into business together, with partner ], creating a ] and ] to cash in on their relationships within the new administration. Black, Manafort & Stone (BMS), became one of Washington D.C.'s first mega-lobbying firms<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Evan |title=The Slickest Shop in Town |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960803,00.html |work=] |date=March 3, 1986 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Toner |first=Robin |date=July 31, 1990 |title=Washington at Work; The New Spokesman for the Republicans: a Tough Player in a Rough Arena |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/31/us/washington-work-new-spokesman-for-republicans-tough-player-rough-arena.html |work=The New York Times }}</ref> and was described as instrumental to the success of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign. Republican political strategist ] joined the firm in 1985, after serving in the #2 position on Reagan-Bush 1984.

Because of BMS's willingness to represent brutal third-world dictators like ] in the Republic of the Congo and ] in the Philippines, the firm was branded "''The Torturers' Lobby''". BMS also represented a host of high-powered corporate clients, including ]'s News Corp, ] and, starting in the early 1980s, ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-donald-trump-paul-manafort-ferinand-marcos-philippines-1980s-213952|title=Paul Manafort's Wild and Lucrative Philippine Adventure|website=Politico|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fara.gov/docs/3600-Exhibit-AB-19851101-D0XCT601.pdf|title=Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, Public Affairs Company document for U.S. Department of Justice|website=U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act website (FARA.gov)|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/09/25/mobutu-in-search-of-an-image-boost/d0626644-1a49-4414-82b2-70701894dfae/|title=Mobutu in Search of an Image Boost|website=Washington Post|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref>

In 1987–88, Stone served as senior adviser to ]'s presidential campaign, which was managed by consulting partner Charlie Black.<ref>{{Cite book|author= |title=The Almanac of 1988 Presidential Politics |publisher=Campaign Hotline/ American Political Network |location= |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-9621971-0-9 |page=14}}</ref> In that same election, his other partners worked for ] (Lee Atwater as campaign manager, and ] as director of operations in the fall campaign).<ref>{{Cite book|author= |title=The Almanac of 1988 Presidential Politics |publisher=Campaign Hotline/ American Political Network |location= |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-9621971-0-9 |page=5 }}</ref>

In April 1992, '']'' alleged that Stone was involved with the controversial ] advertisements to aid George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign, which were targeted against ] opponent ].<ref name="time">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,975347,00.html |title=The Political Interest It's Not Going To Be Pretty |date= April 20, 1992 |publisher= Time Magazine |author=Michael Kerner}}</ref> Stone has said that he urged Lee Atwater not to include Horton in the ad.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Stone denied making or distributing the advertisement, and said it was Atwater's doing.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

In the 1990s, Stone and Manafort sold their business. Although their careers went in different directions, their relationship remained close.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Stone married his first wife Anne Elizabeth Wesche in 1974. Using the name Ann E.W. Stone, she founded the group ] in 1989. They divorced in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherrill |first1=Martha |title=The GOP's abortion-rights upstart |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/04/04/the-gops-abortion-rights-upstart/a697aee6-7d6a-47bf-88a2-d3582a8f78df/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7c889edea919 |accessdate=January 25, 2019 |work=The Washington Post |date=April 4, 1992}}</ref>

===1990s: early work with Donald Trump, Dole 1996===
In 1995, Stone was the president of ] ] ]'s campaign for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holmes |first=Steven A. |date=November 10, 1995 |title=96 Aspirants Filling Breach Left By Powell |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/10/us/96-aspirants-filling-breach-left-by-powell.html |work=The New York Times }}</ref> Specter withdrew early in the campaign season with less than 2% support.

Stone was for many years a lobbyist for ] on behalf of his ] business<ref name="auto"/> and also was involved in opposing expanded casino gambling in ], a position that brought him into conflict with Governor ].<ref name=tomasky />

Stone resigned from a post as a consultant to the ] for Senator ] after '']'' reported that Stone had placed ads and pictures in racy ] publications and a website, seeking sexual partners for himself and Nydia Bertran Stone, his second wife, married in Las Vegas in 1992. Stone initially denied the report.<ref name=dswp827/><ref name=jhnyt/> On the '']'' program he falsely stated, "An exhaustive investigation now indicates that a domestic employee, who I discharged for substance abuse on the second time that we learned that he had a drug problem, is the perpetrator who had access to my home, access to my computer, access to my password, access to my postage meter, access to my post-office box key."<ref name=dswp827/> In a 2008 interview with ''The New Yorker'' Stone admitted that the ads were authentic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Toobin |first1=Jeffrey |date=June 2, 2008 |title=The Dirty Trickster |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/02/080602fa_fact_toobin?currentPage=all |publisher=The New Yorker }}</ref>

===2000s: Florida recount, Killian memos, conflict with Eliot Spitzer===
In 2000, Stone served as campaign manager of Donald Trump's aborted ] in the ] primary.<ref name="newyorker.com"/> Investigative journalist ] accused Stone of persuading Trump to publicly consider a run for the Reform nomination to sideline ] and sabotage the Reform Party in an attempt to lower their vote total to benefit George W. Bush.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/10/15597328/get-me-roger-stone-netflix-review|title=In Netflix's Get Me Roger Stone, the notorious GOP operative plays both narrator and villain|author=|date=|website=vox.com|accessdate=November 24, 2018}}</ref>

Later that year, according to Stone and the film '']'', Stone was recruited by ] to assist with public relations during the ]. His role in the ], the demonstration by Republican operatives against the recount, remains controversial.<ref name="newyorker.com"/>

In 2002, Stone was associated with the campaign of businessman ] for governor of New York State.<ref name=tomasky>{{cite web |last=Tomasky |first=Michael |date=June 17, 2002 |title=The Right Stuff |url=http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/columns/citypolitic/6153/ |work=] |access-date=May 3, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209204646/http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/columns/citypolitic/6153/ |archive-date=December 9, 2004 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

During the ], Democrat ] responded to accusations that Stone was working on his campaign, stating, "I've been talking to Roger Stone for a long time. That doesn't mean that he's calling the shots for me. Don't forget that ] was doing more than talking to ]."<ref name=laweekly>{{cite web |last=Ireland |first=Doug |title=A Prayer for Rev. Al |url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/a-prayer-for-rev-al-2137788 |date= February 19, 2004 |work=] }}</ref> Critics suggested that Stone was only working with Sharpton as a way to undermine the Democratic Party's chances of winning the election. Sharpton denies that Stone had any influence over his campaign.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barrett |first1=Wayne |last2=Suh |first2=Jennifer |date=February 3, 2004 |title=Sharpton's Cynical Campaign Choice |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0406,barrett,50930,5.html |work=] }}</ref>

In that election a blogger accused Stone of responsibility for the ]–] campaign materials which were circulated in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bunch |first=Will |date=October 15, 2004 |title=Arlen's spectre: Roger Stone |url=http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/001061.html |publisher=] |work=Campaign Extra! }}{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Such signs were considered controversial because they were seen as an effort to get Democrats who supported Kerry to vote for then Republican Senator Arlen Specter in heavily Democratic Philadelphia.

During the 2004 general election, Stone was accused by then-DNC Chairman ] of forging the ] that led CBS News to report that President Bush ] while enlisted in the Texas Air National Guard. McAuliffe cited a report in the '']'' in his accusations. For his part, Stone denied having forged the documents.<ref name="newyorker.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chairman-mcauliffe-please-shut-up/|title=Chairman McAuliffe, Please Shut Up|publisher=}}</ref>

In 2007, Stone, a top adviser at the time to ] (the ]), was forced to resign by Bruno after allegations that Stone had threatened ], the then-83-year-old father of Democratic gubernatorial candidate ].<ref name="HakiPoliticsSeen"/><ref name=timesresign>{{cite news |last1=Hakim |first1=Danny |last2=Confessore |first2=Nicholas |author2link=Nicholas Confessore |date=August 23, 2007 |title=Political Consultant Resigns After Allegations of Threatening Spitzer's Father |newspaper=The New York Times |page=B1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/nyregion/23stone.html}}</ref> On August 6, 2007, an expletive-laced message was left on the elder Spitzer's answering machine threatening to prosecute the elderly man if he did not implicate his son in wrongdoing. Bernard Spitzer hired a private detective agency that traced the call to the phone of Roger Stone's wife. Roger Stone denied leaving the message, despite the fact that his voice was recognized, claiming he was at a movie that was later shown not to have been screened that night. Stone was accused on an episode of '']'' on August 22, 2007 of being the voice on an expletive-laden voicemail threatening Bernard Spitzer, father of Eliot, with subpoenas.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnicle |first=Mike |authorlink=Mike Barnicle |date=August 23, 2007 |title=August 22nd transcript |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20408966/ |work=Hardball with Chris Matthews |publisher=MSNBC }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people=assumed to be Roger Stone |date=August 2007 |title=Bernard Spitzer's voicemail |url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20070821_voicemail.mp3 |format=MP3 |medium=voicemail |publisher=The New York Times |quote=And there's not a goddamn thing your phony, psycho, piece-of-shit son can do about it.}}</ref> ] is quoted as saying of the incident, "They caught Roger red-handed, lying. What he did was ridiculous and stupid."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-dirty-trickster|title=The Dirty Trickster|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>

Stone consistently denied the reports. Thereafter, however, he resigned from his position as a consultant to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee at Bruno's request.<ref name=timesresign />

In January 2008, Stone founded Citizens United Not Timid, an anti-] ] with an intentionally ].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Labash |first=Matt |date=January 28, 2008 |title=Making Political Trouble: Roger Stone shows how its done–again|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/617oiaek.asp|magazine=The Weekly Standard }}</ref>

Stone is featured in '']'', documentary on Lee Atwater made in 2008. He also was featured in '']'', the 2010 documentary of the ].

Former Trump aide ] considers Stone his mentor during this time, and "surrogate father".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/07/roger-stones-conspicuously-worded-denials-of-wrongdoing-in-the-russia-probe |title=The Fix Analysis; Roger Stone's conspicuously worded denials of wrongdoing in the Russia probe |author=Aaron Blake |date=March 7, 2018 |website=] |access-date=March 8, 2018 |quote=This led to plenty of speculation that Nunberg sensed trouble for his mentor, Stone. (with link)}}</ref>

===2010s: Libertarian Party involvement, Donald Trump campaign and media commentary===

In February 2010, Stone became campaign manager for ], a ] linked with the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, in her bid for the ] nomination for governor of New York in the ]. Stone said that the campaign "is not a hoax, a prank or a publicity stunt. I want to get her a half-million votes."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/07/2010-02-07_kristin_davis_alleged_eliot_spitzer_madam_to_run_for_new_york_governor_with_gop_.html |title=Kristin Davis, alleged Eliot Spitzer madam, to run for New York governor with GOP Roger Stone's help|date=February 7, 2010 |first= |last= |publisher=] |website=}}</ref> However, he later was spotted at a campaign rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate ],<ref>Vielkind, Jimmy (April 6, 2010). {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412052719/http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/24524/hi-roger/ |date=April 12, 2010 }}. Capitol Confidential (Albany Times Union). Retrieved April 6, 2010.</ref> of whom Stone has spoken favorably.<ref>Stone, Roger (March 24, 2010). "New York GOP Rumble". ''The Stone Zone''. Retrieved April 6, 2010.</ref> Stone admittedly had been providing support and advice to both campaigns on the grounds that the two campaigns had different goals: Davis was seeking to gain permanent ballot access for her party, and Paladino was in the race to win (and was Stone's preferred candidate). As such, Stone did not believe he had a conflict of interest in supporting both candidates.<ref>Hakim, Danny. "". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 12, 2010.</ref> While working for the Davis campaign, ], the Libertarian nominee for Governor, alleged that Stone collaborated with a group entitled "People for a Safer New York" to send a flyer labeling Redlich a "sexual predator" and "sick, twisted pervert" based on a blog post Redlich had made in 2008.<ref>Vielkind, Jimmy (October 29, 2010). "". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved November 1, 2010.</ref> Redlich later sued Stone in a New York court for defamation over the flyers, and sought $20,000,000 in damages. However, the jury in the case returned a verdict in favor of Stone in December 2017, finding that Redlich failed to prove Stone was involved with the flyers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/roger-stone-wins-lawsuit-and-is-cleared-of-defamation-charges/article/2643717|title=Roger Stone wins lawsuit and is cleared of defamation charges|date=December 16, 2017|publisher=}}</ref>

Stone volunteered as an unpaid advisor to comedian Steve Berke ("a libertarian member of his so-called After Party") in his 2011 campaign for mayor of Miami Beach, Florida in 2012.<ref>Lizette Alvarez, "", ''New York Times'' (October 29, 2011).</ref> (Berke lost the race to incumbent mayor ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Douglas Hanks |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article1955216.html |title=Entertainer Steve Berke has aspirations for Miami Beach City Hall and MTV |work=Miami Herald |date=September 18, 2013}}</ref>)

In February 2012, Stone said that he had changed his party affiliation from the Republican Party to the ]. Stone predicted a "Libertarian moment" in 2016 and the end of the Republican party.<ref name=LP-WashPost>"", ''Washington Post'' (February 16, 2012).</ref>

In June 2012, Stone said that he was running a ] in support of former ] and Libertarian presidential candidate ], whom he had met at a '']'' magazine Christmas party two years earlier.<ref name="SteinJohnson">Sam Stein, "", ''Huffington Post'' (June 5, 2012).</ref> Stone told the ''Huffington Post'' that Johnson had a real role to play, although "I have no allusions {{sic}} of him winning."<ref name="SteinJohnson"/>

Stone considered running as a ] candidate for governor of Florida in 2014, but in May 2013 said in a statement that he would not run, and that he wanted to devote himself to campaigning in support of a ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Caputo|first=Marc |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/roger-stone-why-i-wont-run-for-florida-governor/2123241 |title=Roger Stone: Why I won't run for Florida governor|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=May 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926183804/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/roger-stone-why-i-wont-run-for-florida-governor/2123241 |archive-date=September 26, 2013 }}</ref>

Stone served as an advisor to the ] of Donald Trump.<ref>Schreckinger, Ben (August 6, 2015). "". ''Politico''.</ref> Stone left the campaign on August 8, 2015 amid controversy, with Stone claiming he quit and Trump claiming that Stone was fired.<ref>Costa, Robert (August 8, 2015). "". ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved August 8, 2015.</ref> Despite this, Stone still supported Trump.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nelson|first1=Louis|title=Ex-adviser Roger Stone: I still believe in Trump|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/roger-stone-donald-trump-campaign-advice-121252|access-date=May 21, 2017|work=Politico|date=August 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Diaz|first1=Daniella|title=Jesse Ventura hopes Trump considers him for VP|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/politics/donald-trump-jesse-ventura-roger-stone-vice-president/|access-date=May 21, 2017|publisher=CNN|date=August 12, 2015}}</ref> A few days later, Stone wrote an ] called "The man who just resigned from Donald Trump's campaign explains how Trump can still win" for '']''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stone|first1=Roger|title=The man who just resigned from Donald Trump's campaign explains how Trump can still win|url=http://www.businessinsider.com:80/how-donald-trump-can-win-presidency-2015-8|work=Business Insider|date=August 11, 2015|language=en}}</ref>

Despite calling Stone a "stone-cold loser" in a 2008 interview<ref name="newyorker.com"/> and accusing him of seeking too much publicity in a statement shortly after Stone left the campaign,<ref>{{cite web|author= Robert Costa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/08/trump-ends-relationship-with-longtime-political-adviser-roger-stone/|title=Trump ends relationship with longtime political adviser Roger Stone|website=Washington Post|date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> Donald Trump praised him during an appearance in December 2015 on ]' radio show that was orchestrated by Stone. "Roger's a good guy," Trump said. "He's been so loyal and so wonderful."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJqLAleEnKw|title=Alex Jones & Donald Trump Bombshell Full Interview|last=The Alex Jones Channel|date=December 2, 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> Stone remained an informal advisor to and media surrogate for Trump throughout the campaign.<ref name="RuckerCosta">Philip Rucker & Robert Costa, "", ''The Washington Post'' (April 17, 2016).</ref><ref>Jenna Johnson, "", ''Washington Post'' (March 23, 2016).</ref>

During the course of the 2016 campaign, Stone was banned from appearing on ] and ] after making a series of offensive ] posts disparaging television personalities.<ref name="Ashbrook">"", '']'', ] (June 6, 2016).</ref> Stone specifically referred to a CNN commentator as an "entitled diva bitch" and imagined her "killing herself", and called another CNN personality a "stupid negro" and a "fat negro".<ref name="WempleHananoki">Erik Wemple, "", ''Washington Post'' (February 23, 2016) (citing and linking to Eric Hananoki, "", Media Matters for America (April 5, 2016).</ref> ], media writer for '']'', described Stone's tweets as "nasty" and "bigoted".<ref name="WempleHananoki"/> In February 2016, CNN said that it would no longer invite Stone to appear on its network, and ] followed suit, confirming in April 2016 that Stone had also been banned from that network.<ref>Eric Hananoki, "", Media Matters for America (April 5, 2016).</ref> In a June 2016 appearance on '']'', Stone told ]: "I would have to admit that calling ] a 'fat negro' was a two-martini tweet, and I regret that. As for my criticism of ] not being qualified&nbsp;... I don't understand why she's there, given her lack of qualifications."<ref name="Ashbrook"/>

In March 2016, an article in the ] magazine '']'' stated that ], Trump's Republican primary rival, had extramarital affairs with five women. The article quoted Stone as saying, "These stories have been swirling about Cruz for some time. I believe where there is smoke there is fire."<ref name="McCaskill">Nolan D. McCaskill, "", ''Politico'' (March 25, 2016).</ref> Cruz denied the allegations (calling it "garbage" and a "tabloid smear") and accused the Trump campaign, and Stone specifically, of planting the story as part of an orchestrated smear campaign against him.<ref name="McCaskill"/> Cruz stated, "It is a story that quoted one source on the record, Roger Stone, ]'s chief political adviser. And I would note that Mr. Stone is a man who has 50 years of dirty tricks behind him. He's a man for whom ]."<ref name="McCaskill"/><ref>Dan Nowicki, "", '']'' (March 28, 2016).</ref> In April 2016, Cruz again criticized Stone, saying on ]'s radio show of Stone: "He is pulling the strings on Donald Trump. He planned the Trump campaign, and he is Trump's henchman and dirty trickster. And this pattern, Donald keeps associating himself with people who encourage violence."<ref>Tim Hains, "", ''Real Clear Politics'' (April 12, 2016).</ref> Stone responded by comparing Cruz to Richard Nixon and accusing him of being a liar.<ref>Tim Hains, "", ''Real Clear Politics'' (April 12, 2016).</ref>

In April 2016, Stone formed a pro-Trump activist group, Stop the Steal, and threatened "]" if Republican party leaders tried to deny the nomination to Trump at the ] in ].<ref name="DeFede">Jim DeFede, "", CBS Miami (April 17, 2016).</ref><ref name="Showbiz">"", ''Washington Post'' (April 17, 2016).</ref> The ''Washington Post'' reported that Stone "is organizing supporters as a force of intimidation", noting that Stone "has&nbsp;... threatened to publicly disclose the hotel room numbers of delegates who work against Trump".<ref name="Showbiz"/> ] ] said that Stone's threat to publicize the hotel room numbers of delegates was "just totally over the line".<ref>Callum Borchers, "", ''Washington Post'' (April 8, 2016).</ref>

After Trump had been criticized at the ] for his comments on ] by ], a ] whose ] received a posthumous ] and ] in ] in 2004, Stone made headlines defending Trump's criticism by accusing Khan of sympathizing with the enemy.<ref>{{cite web|author=Katherine Krueger|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/roger-stone-khizr-khan-muslim-brotherhood-conspiracy|title=Roger Stone, Trump Allies Smear Muslim War Hero as Al-Qaeda Double Agent|work=Talking Points Memo|date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, Stone was the subject of a ] documentary film, titled '']'', which focuses on his past and on his role in the ] of Donald Trump.<ref name=":7" /> Stone first suggested Trump run for President in early 1998 while Stone was Trump's casino business lobbyist in Washington.<ref name="auto" />

During the campaign, Stone frequently promoted conspiracy theories, including the false claim that Clinton aide ] was connected to the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-breitbart-words.html|title=Stephen Bannon and Breitbart News, in Their Words|last=Victor|first=Daniel|date=November 14, 2016|last2=Stack|first2=Liam|issn=0362-4331|quote=A June 2016 article by Dan Riehl chronicled the belief of Mr. Stone, a Trump adviser, that Ms. Abedin, an aide to Hillary Clinton, was connected to a terrorist conspiracy.|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> In December 2018, as part of a defamation settlement, Stone agreed to retract a false claim he had made during the campaign: that ] had donated to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-trump-advisor-roger-stone-admits-spreading-lies-online-lawsuit-n949151|title=Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone admits to spreading lies online in lawsuit settlement|website=NBC News|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

In early 2018, the Portland, Oregon newspaper ] published an article<ref>""</ref>{{full citation needed|date=July 2018}} describing his relationship with the ].

==Alleged role in Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections==
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During the 2016 campaign, Stone was accused by Hillary Clinton campaign chairman ] of having prior knowledge of the publishing by ] of ].<ref name="miami.cbslocal.com">{{cite web|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/3560665-trump-ally-roger-stone-admits-back-channel-tie-to-wikileaks/|title=Trump Ally Roger Stone Admits 'Back-Channel' Tie to WikiLeaks|publisher=}}</ref> Stone tweeted before the leak, "It will soon {{sic|expected=be}} the Podesta's time in the barrel". Five days before the leak, Stone tweeted, "Wednesday Hillary Clinton is done. #Wikileaks."<ref name="thedailybeast.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/01/bill-maher-grills-shady-trump-crony-roger-stone-on-trump-russia-ties.html|title=Bill Maher Grills Shady Trump Crony Roger Stone on Trump-Russia Ties|first=Marlow|last=Stern|date=April 1, 2017|website=The Daily Beast}}</ref> Stone has denied having any advance knowledge of the Podesta email hack or any connection to Russian intelligence, stating that his earlier tweet was referring to reports of the ]'s own ties to Russia.<ref name="Stone's Prescience">{{cite web|last=Farley|first=Robert|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/misrepresenting-stones-prescience/|title=Misrepresenting Stone's Prescience|work=]|date=March 28, 2017|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/roger-stone-fbi-wikileaks-russia-229821|title=Stone 'happy to cooperate' with FBI on WikiLeaks, Russian hacking probes|publisher=}}</ref> In his opening statement before the ] on September 26, 2017, Stone reiterated this claim: "Note that my tweet of August 21, 2016, makes no mention, whatsoever, of Mr. Podesta's email, but does accurately predict that the Podesta brothers' business activities in Russia&nbsp;... would come under public scrutiny."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bertrand|first=Natasha|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/roger-stone-dnc-hacker-guccifer-russia-trump-2017-9|title=Top Trump confidant points to dubious report to justify conversation with Russian cyber spy|work=]|date=September 26, 2017|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>

Stone has repeatedly acknowledged that he had established a back-channel with WikiLeaks founder ] to obtain information on ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roger-stone-donald-trump-julian-assange_us_58bc24cae4b0d2821b4ec16c|title=Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Admits Collusion with WikiLeaks, Then Deletes It|first=Marina|last=Fang|date=March 5, 2017|publisher=|via=Huff Post|newspaper=Huffington Post}}</ref><ref name="miami.cbslocal.com"/> and has pointed to this intermediary as the source for his advance knowledge about the release of Podesta's e-mails by WikiLeaks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/roger-stone-dnc-hacker-guccifer-russia-trump-2017-9|title=Top Trump confidant points to dubious report to justify conversation with Russian cyber spy|publisher=}}</ref> Stone ultimately named ], who had interviewed both Assange and Stone for a radio show, as his intermediary with Assange.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raju|first1=Manu|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremy|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/randy-credico-roger-stone-wikileaks/index.html|title=New York radio personality was Roger Stone's WikiLeaks contact|publisher=CNN|date=November 29, 2017|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref>

In February 2017, '']'' reported that as part of its ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign, the FBI was looking into any contacts Stone may have had with Russian operatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html|title=Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence|first1=Michael S. Schmidt, Mark|last1=Mazzetti|first2=Matt|last2=Apuzzo|date=February 14, 2017|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The following month, '']'' reported that Stone had direct-messaged alleged DNC hacker ] on Twitter. Stone acknowledged contacts with the mysterious persona and made public excerpts of the messages. Stone said the messages were just innocent praise of the hacking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/12/politics/stone-guccifer-2-0-messages/index.html|title=Trump associate plays down Twitter contact with Guccifer 2.0|first=Gloria Borger and Matt|last=Korade|website=CNN}}</ref> U.S. intelligence agencies believe Guccifer 2.0 to be a persona created by Russian intelligence to obscure its role in the DNC hack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-38610402|title=Conversations with a hacker: What Guccifer 2.0 told me|date=January 14, 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> The Guccifer 2.0 persona has been linked with an IP address associated with the Russian intelligence agency, GRU, in Moscow when a user with a Moscow IP address logged into one of the Guccifer social media accounts without using a VPN.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Sean |title=DNC “lone hacker” Guccifer 2.0 pegged as Russian spy after opsec fail |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/dnc-lone-hacker-guccifer-2-0-pegged-as-russian-spy-after-opsec-fail/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>

In March 2017, the Senate Intelligence Committee asked Stone to preserve all documents related to any Russian contacts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/us/politics/roger-stone-senate-trump-russia-documents.html|title=Senators Ask Trump Adviser to Preserve Any Russia-Related Documents|first=Maggie|last=Haberman|date=March 18, 2017|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The Committee Vice Chair, Senator ] (D-VA), called on Stone to testify before the committee, saying he "hit the trifecta" of shady dealings with Russia. Stone denied any wrongdoing in an interview on '']'' on March 31, 2017, and said he was willing to testify before the committee.<ref name="thedailybeast.com"/>

On September 26, 2017, Stone testified before the ] behind closed doors. He also provided a statement to the Committee and the press. The Washington Post annotated Stone's statement by noting his affiliations with ], ], and ] promulgator, ]. Stone also made personal attacks on Democratic committee members ], ] and ].<ref>, '']'', Callum Borchers, September 26, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.</ref>

On October 28, 2017, following a news report by CNN that indictments would be announced within a few days, Stone's Twitter account was ] for what it called "targeted abuse" of various CNN personnel in a series of derogatory, threatening and obscenity-filled tweets.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Ryan|title=Roger Stone suspended from Twitter|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/28/roger-stone-twitter-suspended/810593001/|date=October 29, 2017|work=USA Today|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>

On March 13, 2018, two sources close to Stone, former Trump aide ] and a person speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged to the Washington Post that Stone had established contact with WikiLeaks owner Julian Assange and that the two had a telephone conversation discussing emails related to the Clinton campaign which had been leaked to WikiLeaks.<ref name=stoneassange /> According to Nunberg, who claimed he spoke to the paper after being asked to do so by Special Counsel Robert Mueller,<ref name=stoneassange /> Stone joked to him that he had taken a trip to London to personally meet with Assange, but declined to do so, had only wanted to have telephone conversations to remain undetected and did not have advance notice of the leaked emails.<ref name=stoneassange /> The other source, who spoke on anonymity, stated that the conversation occurred before it was publicly known that hackers had obtained the emails of Podesta and of the Democratic National Committee, documents that WikiLeaks released in July and October 2016.<ref name=stoneassange /> Stone afterwards denied that he had contacted Assange or had known in advance about the leaked emails.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/roger-stone-wikileaks-contact/index.html|title=Stone denies report that he had contact with Assange in 2016|first=Maegan Vazquez,|last=CNN|publisher=}}</ref>

In May 2018, Stone's social media consultant, Jason Sullivan, was issued grand jury subpoenas from the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller/mueller-issues-grand-jury-subpoenas-to-trump-advisers-social-media-consultant-idUSKCN1IH2OB |title=Mueller issues grand jury subpoenas to Trump adviser's social media consultant |author=Mark Hosenball |date=May 16, 2018 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=May 17, 2018 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-16/mueller-turns-his-focus-to-longtime-trump-adviser-roger-stone |title=Mueller Turns His Focus to Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone |authors=Shannon Pettypiece, Billy House, and Kevin Cirilli |date=May 16, 2018 |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=May 17, 2018 |quote=}}</ref>

On July 3, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge ] dismissed a lawsuit brought by political activist group Protect Democracy, alleging that Donald Trump's campaign and Stone conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks to publish hacked Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential election race. The judge found that the suit was brought in the wrong jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/03/trump-dnc-hacking-693965|title=Judge tosses suit alleging Trump campaign conspired with Russia in DNC hack|author=|date=|website=politico.com|accessdate=November 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/judge-dismisses-suit-trump-campaign-roger-stone-conspired-russia-wikileaks-hack-dnc|title=Judge dismisses suit alleging Trump campaign conspired with Russia to hack DNC|author=|date=July 4, 2018|website=washingtonexaminer.com|accessdate=November 24, 2018}}</ref> The next week, Stone was identified by two government officials as the anonymous person mentioned in the indictment released by Deputy Attorney General ] that ] ] officials with conspiring to interfere in the 2016 elections, as somebody the Russian hackers operating the online persona ] communicated with, and who the indictment alleged was in regular contact with senior members of the presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/us/politics/mueller-indictment-russian-intelligence-hacking.html|title=12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation|author=Mark Mazzetti and Katie Benner|date=July 13, 2018 |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=July 14, 2018 |quote=}}</ref>

On January 25, 2019, in a pre-dawn raid by 29 FBI agents acting on both an arrest warrant and a search warrant
<ref>amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/01/31/politics/roger-stone-evidence-mueller/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-stone-arrested-video-fbi-raid-trump-associate-house-today-2019-01-25/</ref> at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida home, Stone was arrested on and charged with seven criminal charges through an indictment in the Mueller investigation: one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-25/roger-stone-arrested-in-florida-as-part-of-special-counsel-probe|title=Trump Associate Roger Stone Arrested in Florida as Part of Special Counsel Probe|first1=Andrew M.|last1=Harris|first2=David|last2=Kocieniewski|first3=David|last3=Voreacos|website=Bloomberg|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://time.com/5512984/roger-stone-arrested-mueller/|title=Roger Stone Arrested on Obstruction Charges in Mueller Investigation|website=Time|language=en-us|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/25/roger-stone-read-full-indictment-against-donald-trump-adviser/2675870002/|title=Read the full indictment against Roger Stone, an informal Trump adviser|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> The same day, a federal magistrate judge released Stone on a ]250,000 signature ] and declared that he was not a flight risk.<ref>https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2019/01/25/i-will-defeat-this-roger-stone-released-on-250000-bail-in-broward-federal-court/?slreturn=20190029191841</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/426972-federal-judge-orders-roger-stone-to-be-released-on-250k-bond|title=Federal judge orders Stone released on $250K bond|last=Thomsen|first=Jacqueline|date=January 25, 2019|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> Stone said he would fight the charges, which he called politically motivated, and would refuse to “bear false witness" against Trump.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/25/roger-stone-arrested-will-fight-mueller-charges-not-lie-about-trump|title=Roger Stone Pledges to Fight Mueller Charges, Will Appear on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'|website=Fox News Insider|language=en|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref> In the charging document, prosecutors alleged that after the first WikiLeaks release of hacked DNC emails in July 2016, a senior Trump campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information WikiLeaks had regarding the Clinton campaign. Stone thereafter told the Trump campaign about potential future releases of damaging material by WikiLeaks, the indictment alleged. The indictment also alleged that Stone had discussed WikiLeaks releases with multiple senior Trump campaign officials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawfareblog.com/get-me-roger-stone-what-make-dirty-tricksters-indictment|title=‘Get Me Roger Stone’: What to Make of the ‘Dirty Trickster’s’ Indictment|date=January 25, 2019|website=Lawfare}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/roger-stone-arrested/index.html|title=Mueller indicts Roger Stone, says he was coordinating with Trump officials about WikiLeaks' stolen emails|first=Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray and David Shortell|last=CNN|website=CNN}}</ref>

==Books and other writings==
Since 2010, Stone has been an occasional contributor to the conservative website '']'', serving as a "male fashion editor".<ref> at ''The Daily Caller''.</ref><ref name="Pappu">Sridhar Pappu, , ''The New York Times'' (August 26, 2015).</ref> Stone also writes for his own fashion blog, ''Stone on Style''.<ref name="Pappu"/>

Stone has written five books, all published by ] of New York City.<ref name="DCorn">], "", ''Mother Jones'' (September 18, 2015)</ref> His books have been described as "hatchet jobs" by the '']''<ref name="GarvinBooks"/> and '']''.<ref name="SmithBook">{{cite news|first=Adam C. |last=Smith |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/roger-stones-book-on-bush-crime-family-coming--soon/2260177|title=Roger Stone's book on 'Bush crime family' coming soon |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date= January 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506055525/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/roger-stones-book-on-bush-crime-family-coming--soon/2260177 |archive-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref>
* ''The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ'' (with Mike Colapietro contributing) (Skyhorse Publishing, 2013): Stone contends that ] was behind a ] and was complicit in at least six other murders.<ref name="Freedlander"/> In a review for '']'', ] wrote: "The title pretty much explains the book's theory. If a reader doesn't let facts get in the way, it could be an interesting adventure."<ref name="Aynesworth">{{cite news |last=Aynesworth |first=Hugh |authorlink=Hugh Aynesworth |date=February 25, 2014 |title=Nook Review 'The Man Who Killed Kennedy' |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/25/book-review-the-man-who-killed-kennedy/?page=all |newspaper=] |location=Washington, D.C. |accessdate=November 6, 2014}}</ref> Aynesworth, who covered the assassination for the '']'', said that the book "is totally full of all kinds of crap".<ref name="GarvinBooks"/>
* ''Nixon's Secrets: The Rise, Fall and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon'' (Skyhorse Publishing, 2014): Stone discusses ] and his career. About two-thirds of the book "is a conventional biography that is by no means a whitewash of Nixon. Stone writes that the President took campaign money from the mob, had a long-running affair with a Hong Kong woman who may have been a Chinese spy, and even once unwittingly smuggled three pounds of marijuana into the United States when carrying the suitcase of jazz great ]." The remaining one-third of the book is an unconventional account of the ].<ref name="GarvinBooks">Glenn Garvin, "", ''Miami Herald'' (October 14, 2014).</ref> Stone portrays Nixon as a "confused victim" and claims that ] orchestrated the break-in (which he depicts as ordinary politics of the time<ref name="Schwab">Nikki Schwab, "", ''U.S. News & World Report'' (October 22, 2014).</ref>) to cover up involvement in a prostitution ring. This account is rejected by experts, such as Watergate researchers ] and ]. Holland said of Stone: "He's out of his ever-lovin' mind."<ref name="GarvinBooks"/> Dean said in 2014 that Stone's book and his defense of Nixon are "typical of the alternative universe out there" and "pure bullshit".<ref>Joe Strupp, "", Media Matters of America (August 19, 2014).</ref>
* ''The Clintons' War on Women'' (with ] of Austin, Texas) (Skyhorse Publishing, 2015): This book, according to '']'', is a "]" work that contains "explosive, but highly dubious, revelations about both ] and ]", with a focus on ], and a claim that ] is the biological father of ]. This book was promoted by Trump, who posted a Twitter message containing the book's Amazon.com page.<ref name="StoneBook">Nick Hass, "", ''Politico'' (October 14, 2015).</ref> ], writing in '']'', writes that the book is "apparently designed to smear the Clintons – by depicting Bill as a serial rapist, Hillary as an enabler, and both members of the power couple as a diabolical duo bent on destroying anyone who stands in their way" and said that the book was part of a wider "extreme anti-Clinton project" by Stone.<ref name="DCorn"/>
* ''Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family'' (with Saint John Hunt) (Skyhorse Publishing, 2016): The book focuses on ] and the ].<ref name="SmithBook"/>
* ''The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution'' (Skyhorse Publishing, 2017): The book discusses ]'s ] during the ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Griffiths|first1=Brent|title=Roger Stone to write Trump campaign book|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/roger-stone-trump-campaign-book-232058|accessdate=December 7, 2016|work=Politico|date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Stone's Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style'' (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018): The book is Stone's "operating manual" on a variety of topics and areas of life from success in business and politics to Stone's personal style of men's clothing to his recipe for Sunday gravy. Some of these rules are seen in the documentary '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stone's Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style |url=https://stonecoldtruth.com/rogerstonesrules/ |website=Stone Cold Truth|date=May 3, 2018 }}</ref>
* ''The Myth of Russian Collusion: The Inside Story of How Donald Trump REALLY Won'' (Skyhorse Publishing, 2019)

==Personal style and habits==
Stone's personal style has been described as flamboyant.<ref>Slackman, Michael, , ''The New York Times'' (January 25, 2004).</ref><ref>Greg Cwik, , ''New York'' (August 8, 2015) ("Stone, a legendary political operator known for his colorful tactics and flamboyant persona ...).</ref> In a 2007 '']'' profile written by ], Stone was described as a "lord of mischief" and the "boastful black prince of Republican sleaze."<ref name=ml/><ref name="Prokop">Andrew Prokop, (August 8, 2015).</ref> Labash wrote that Stone "often sets his pronouncements off with the utterance 'Stone's Rules,' signifying to listeners that one of his shot-glass commandments is coming down, a pithy dictate uttered with the unbending certitude one usually associates with the ]." Examples of Stone's Rules include "Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art, sometimes for its own sake."<ref name=ml/>

Stone does not wear socks – a fact that ] brought to her husband's attention during his ].<ref>Taylor, Stuart, and Binder, David, , ''The New York Times'' (August 11, 1988) ("'I told him, "I'm not wearing socks until the Soviets are out of Afghanistan,"' Mr. Stone recalled. 'I had to say something, and that answer seemed acceptable to Governor Reagan.'").</ref> Labash described him as "a dandy by disposition who boasts of having not bought off-the-rack since he was 17," who has "taught reporters how to achieve perfect double-dimples underneath their tie knots."<ref name="Prokop"/> Washington journalist ] has noted Stone's reputation as one of the "smartest dressers" in Washington.<ref>Gold, Victor, "Hail to the tie", ''San Antonio Express-News'', February 17, 1994/.</ref> Stone's longtime tailor is ]. Stone dislikes single-vent jackets (describing them as the sign of a "heathen"); says he owns 100 silver-colored neckties; and has 100 suits in storage.<ref name=ml/> Fashion stories have been written about him in '']'' and '']''.<ref name=ml/> Stone has written of his dislike for jeans and ] and has praised ] ]s, as well as ] jackets in the summertime and velvet blazers in the winter.<ref name="Pappu"/><ref name="Freedlander">David Freedlander, , ''Daily Beast'' (May 14, 2013).</ref>

In 1999, Stone credited his facial appearance to "decades of following a regimen of Chinese herbs, breathing therapies, ]<nowiki/>i and ]."<ref name=jhnyt/> Stone wears a diamond pinkie ring in the shape of a horseshoe and in 2007 he had Richard Nixon's face tattooed on his back.<ref name=ml/> He has said: "I like English tailoring, I like Italian shoes. I like French wine. I like vodka martinis with an olive, please. I like to keep physically fit."<ref>Metz, Andrew, "Golisano's Not-So-Secret Weapon / Adviser lobs political bombs", ''Newsday,'' September 23, 2002, accessed via Newsbank.com subscription archive April 28, 2008</ref> Stone's office in Florida has been described as a "Hall of Nixonia" with framed pictures, posters, and letters associated with Nixon.<ref name=ml/>

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