All posts tagged "Roger Stone"

Roger Stone, who has influenced the Republican Party since Richard Nixon's presidency, has apparently pushed Republicans to remove Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) from office.

The longtime advisor to President Donald Trump reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that it was time for Mills to step down, The Daytona News Journal reported. While Democrats have led calls for Mills to resign or face expulsion, Stone has now publicly called for Mills to withdraw and leave Congress.

Stone has urged Mills to end his re-election bid or be expelled amid a special House ethics subcommittee investigation over sexual violence and/or dating violence against women. ...

MAGA loyalists were unhappy Monday after discovering the replacement for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), oil and gas executive Alan Armstrong, had made a political contribution to one of President Donald Trump's adversaries.

Armstrong was slated to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to talk about the plans to appoint him to potentially serve the rest of Mullin's remaining term in the Senate as Mullin takes over to lead the Department of Homeland Security, The Daily Beast reported.

Although the details of the discussions were not immediately released, the conversation was expected to touch on Armstrong's $5,800 donation to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). Kinzinger had voted to impeach Trump and the donation came around that time, according to NOTUS. ...

MAGA loyalists and conservatives on Monday were criticizing Steve Bannon after his close relationship with late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was revealed, and more information has surfaced among right-wing influencers.

The former White House chief strategist's name and correspondence with Epstein were revealed in the Justice Department's drop of materials, showing photos of the two men and emails detailing Epstein's advice for Bannon, including how "Epstein was working with Bannon to 'rebuild' his own public image as 'a philanthropist,'" Salon reported. The newly surfaced information prompted a wave of scrutiny among several public figures.

Among the critics were billionaire and current Trump ally Elon Musk, former Trump advisor Roger Stone, MAGA influencer and conspiracy theorist Dinesh D’Souza and Malaysian right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong. ...

The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, on Friday morning in connection with an investigation into the mishandling of classified documents – and one Trump ally who underwent a similar raid is now gleefully rubbing it in.

“Good morning, John Bolton,” wrote Roger Stone, Trump’s longest serving political advisor, on X Friday. "How does it feel to have your home rated at 6 o'clock in the morning?”

A longtime political consultant, Stone has worked for the campaigns of Republican presidents since Richard Nixon’s, and helped kick off Trump’s initial presidential run in 2015....

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, revealed that he had to sell many of his belongings, including an electric guitar, after a 2018 arrest in connection with former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference.

While speaking to Real America's Voice host Shemane Nugent in a Sunday interview, Stone praised Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Attorney General Pam Bondi for pursuing charges against members of former President Barack Obama's administration over Mueller's probe.

"Whether Barack Obama, who clearly has now been proven to be the centerpiece of this seditious conspiracy, can be prosecuted is a debatable question," Stone acknowledged. "The Supreme Court decision regarding presidential immunity may shield him."...

The Department of Justice Inspector General released a report Wednesday that cleared Donald Trump and his staff from any wrongdoing in the sentencing of far-right firebrand Roger Stone. The information it gives about the part played by the officie of Trump's Attorney General William Barr, however, was described by one national security expert as "extraordinary — but not illegal."

Commentator and writer Marcy Wheeler sorted through the 85-page report into how Stone's sentencing drew questions.

Stone, who was a political consultant and Trump ally, was sentenced in 2020 after being convicted the year before of obstruction and witness tampering during the U.S. Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election...