Roger Stone

Roger Stone settles DOJ civil lawsuit for $2.1 million

| Importance: 6/10

Roger Stone and wife settled DOJ civil lawsuit for $2.1 million over unpaid taxes (2007-2018) and alleged fraudulent transfers. DOJ claimed Stones used Drake Ventures entity and Bertran Trust to evade $1.7M in taxes and hide assets from IRS collection efforts, funding their political influence …

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Trump's Final Day Pardon Spree - 73 Pardons Including Bannon and Broidy

| Importance: 9/10

In his final hours as president, Donald Trump issued 73 pardons and 70 commutations—143 acts of clemency in a single day, overwhelming the typical pardon process and demonstrating systematic corruption of executive power. The pardons went almost exclusively to political allies, campaign donors, and …

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Trump Commutes Roger Stone Sentence Days Before Prison

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump commuted Roger Stone’s 40-month prison sentence days before he was to report to prison for lying to Congress and witness tampering to protect Trump. Stone was convicted on seven felonies for obstructing the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation, lying about …

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Facebook shuts down 54 Roger Stone accounts spending $300K

| Importance: 6/10

Facebook removed network of 54 accounts, 50 pages, and 4 Instagram accounts linked to Roger Stone in July 2020. Network spent over $308,000 on advertising since 2015, used fake accounts to pose as Florida residents and evade enforcement. Connected to Proud Boys and active during 2016 election when …

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DOJ Overrules Prosecutors' Roger Stone Sentencing Recommendation After Trump Tweet

| Importance: 8/10

On February 20, 2020, federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Roger Stone, longtime Trump adviser and political operative, to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice. The sentencing came at the conclusion of an unprecedented political controversy …

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Bill Barr Intervenes to Reduce Sentences for Trump Allies Stone and Flynn

| Importance: 8/10

Attorney General Bill Barr personally intervened to reduce sentencing recommendations for Trump allies Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, causing four career prosecutors to withdraw from Stone’s case in protest and one to resign from DOJ entirely. After prosecutors recommended 7-9 years for …

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Roger Stone Convicted on All Counts - Obstruction, Witness Tampering, and Lying to Congress

| Importance: 8/10

A federal jury convicted longtime Trump advisor Roger Stone on all seven counts: one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of making false statements to Congress, and one count of witness tampering. The conviction stemmed from Stone’s efforts to obstruct the House …

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Stone tweets "Podesta's time in the barrel" 47 days before WikiLeaks

| Importance: 6/10

Roger Stone tweeted “Trust me, it will soon be the Podesta’s time in the barrel” on August 21, 2016 - 47 days before WikiLeaks released Podesta emails on October 7. Even Podesta himself didn’t know about the hack until WikiLeaks began leaking. Stone claimed he meant …

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WikiLeaks Releases 20,000 Stolen DNC Emails Three Days Before Democratic Convention

| Importance: 10/10

On July 22, 2016, WikiLeaks released 19,252 DNC emails and 8,034 attachments stolen by Russian GRU intelligence—strategically timed for maximum political damage just three days before the Democratic National Convention. The release, coordinated between Russian intelligence (via Guccifer 2.0), …

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Brooks Brothers Riot: Republican Operatives Physically Stop Miami-Dade Recount

| Importance: 9/10

On November 22, 2000, a mob of Republican operatives and staffers violently disrupted the Miami-Dade County canvassing board’s recount of votes from the disputed 2000 presidential election, successfully forcing officials to shut down the recount early. Roger Stone, Richard Nixon’s …

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