Roger Stone trivia: 50 facts about the American political consultant

Roger Stone is one of the political consultants of the Trump administration and now he is under arrest!

1. His full name is Roger Jason Stone Jr.
2. He was born on August 27 in 1952
3. Roger Stone is an American political consultant, lobbyist and strategist
4. He is known for his use of opposition research
5. He usually workd for candidates of the Republican Party
6. Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians
7. This politicians include Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole and Donald Trump
8. In addition to serving as a frequent campaign advisor, Stone was previously a political lobbyist
9. In 1980, he co-founded the Washington, D.C.–based lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone
10. With principals Paul Manafort and Charles R. Black Jr
11. The firm recruited Peter G. Kelly and
12. It was renamed Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly in 1984
13. During the 1980s, BMSK became a top lobbying firm by leveraging its White House connections to attract high-paying clients
14. These clients include U.S. corporations, trade associations, and foreign governments
15. By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations
16. Roger Stone is a self-described “dirty trickster”
17. He has variously been referred to in media as a “renowned infighter”
18. A “seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics”
19. A “mendacious windbag”
20. And a “veteran Republican strategist”
21. Over the course of the Trump presidential campaign, Stone promoted a number of falsehoods and conspiracy theories
22. He has described his political modus operandi as “Attack, attack, attack—never defend”
23. And “Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack”
24. Roger Stone is the subject of a Netflix documentary film, titled Get Me Roger Stone
25. It focuses on his past and on his role in the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump
26. Stone first suggested Trump run for President in the spring of 1998
27. Roger Stone was Trump’s casino business lobbyist in Washington
28. Stone officially left the Trump campaign on August 8, 2015
29. 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
30. He and Julian Assange in the spring of 2016 tried to discredit Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
31. Roger Stone has denied this
32. On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
33. His arrest was in connection with Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation
34. He was charged in a seven-count indictment
35. One count of obstruction of an official proceeding
36. Five counts of false statements
37. And one count of witness tampering
38. Stone’s personal style has been described as flamboyant
39. Roger Stone does not wear socks
40. A fact that Nancy Reagan brought to her husband’s attention during his 1980 presidential campaign
41. In 1999, Stone credited his facial appearance to “decades of following a regimen of Chinese herbs, breathing therapies, tai chi and acupuncture.”
42. Roger Stone wears a diamond pinkie ring in the shape of a horseshoe
43. In 2007 he had Richard Nixon’s face tattooed on his back
44. As of 2007, he owned five Jaguar cars and five Yorkshire Terriers
45. In 2016, he claimed in a Newsweek interview that at least two of his dogs have been poisoned
46. Stone’s office in Florida has been described as a “Hall of Nixonia” with framed pictures, posters, and letters associated with Nixon
47. 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
48. He was married to Anne Wesche for 1974 to 1990
49. And to Nydia Bertran for only a year in 1992
50. He has on child