Roger Stone is one of the political consultants of the Trump administration and now he is under arrest!
It’s the perfect time to get to know him better and find out some facts about his life!
- His full name is Roger Jason Stone Jr.
- He was born on August 27 in 1952
- Roger Stone is an American political consultant, lobbyist and strategist
- He is known for his use of opposition research
- He usually workd for candidates of the Republican Party
- Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians
- This politicians include Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole and Donald Trump
- In addition to serving as a frequent campaign advisor, Stone was previously a political lobbyist
- In 1980, he co-founded the Washington, D.C.–based lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone
- With principals Paul Manafort and Charles R. Black Jr
- The firm recruited Peter G. Kelly and
- It was renamed Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly in 1984
- During the 1980s, BMSK became a top lobbying firm by leveraging its White House connections to attract high-paying clients
- These clients include U.S. corporations, trade associations, and foreign governments
- By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations
- Roger Stone is a self-described “dirty trickster”
- He has variously been referred to in media as a “renowned infighter”
- A “seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics”
- A “mendacious windbag”
- And a “veteran Republican strategist”
- Over the course of the Trump presidential campaign, Stone promoted a number of falsehoods and conspiracy theories
- He has described his political modus operandi as “Attack, attack, attack—never defend”
- And “Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack”
- Roger Stone is the subject of a Netflix documentary film, titled Get Me Roger Stone
- It focuses on his past and on his role in the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump
- Stone first suggested Trump run for President in the spring of 1998
- Roger Stone was Trump’s casino business lobbyist in Washington
- Stone officially left the Trump campaign on August 8, 2015
- However, as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States election, two associates of Stone have claimed he collaborated with WikiLeaks
- He and Julian Assange in the spring of 2016 tried to discredit Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
- Roger Stone has denied this
- On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- His arrest was in connection with Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation
- He was charged in a seven-count indictment
- One count of obstruction of an official proceeding
- Five counts of false statements
- And one count of witness tampering
- Stone’s personal style has been described as flamboyant
- Roger Stone does not wear socks
- A fact that Nancy Reagan brought to her husband’s attention during his 1980 presidential campaign
- In 1999, Stone credited his facial appearance to “decades of following a regimen of Chinese herbs, breathing therapies, tai chi and acupuncture.”
- Roger Stone wears a diamond pinkie ring in the shape of a horseshoe
- In 2007 he had Richard Nixon’s face tattooed on his back
- As of 2007, he owned five Jaguar cars and five Yorkshire Terriers
- In 2016, he claimed in a Newsweek interview that at least two of his dogs have been poisoned
- Stone’s office in Florida has been described as a “Hall of Nixonia” with framed pictures, posters, and letters associated with Nixon
- Exceptions are a poster of a stripper and a photo of him standing by a pool with a bikini-clad pornographic film actress, Nina Hartley
- He was married to Anne Wesche for 1974 to 1990
- And to Nydia Bertran for only a year in 1992
- He has on child
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