Tag: Roger Stone

Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates

The following article by Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Shane Harris was posted on the Washington Post website March 13, 2018:

Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Trump, speaks to reporters after appearing before a closed House Intelligence Committee meeting in September 2017. Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

In the spring of 2016, longtime political operative Roger Stone had a phone conversation that would later seem prophetic, according to the person on the other end of the line.

Stone, an informal adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump, said he had learned from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that his organization had obtained emails that would torment senior Democrats such as John Podesta, then campaign chairman for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Continue reading “Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates”

Mueller subpoenas witness for documents tied to Trump, campaign associates: reports

The following article by Julia Manchester was posted on the Hill website March 4, 2018:

Credit: Getty Images

Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested various documents tied to President Trump and a number of his associates, according to multiple reports.

Mueller has subpoenaed a witness for all communications between that person and a number of people, including Trump, with the requested documents including emails, work documents, text messages, telephone logs and other records spanning back to November of 2015, NBC News reported.

Mueller wants communications between the witness and former White House communications director Hope Hicks, former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, campaign advisers Roger Stone and Carter Page, lawyer Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal bodyguard Keith Schiller, deputy campaign manager Richard Gates, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to Axios, which first reported on the subpoena. Continue reading “Mueller subpoenas witness for documents tied to Trump, campaign associates: reports”

Stone appeared to know Franken allegation was coming

Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone appeared to know there were sexual misconduct allegations involving Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) hours before they became public.

Stone has been banned from Twitter, but at 1 a.m. on Thursday morning an account connected to him tweeted a quote from the Republican political operative.

“Roger Stone says it’s Al Franken’s ‘time in the barrel’. Franken next in long list of Democrats to be accused of ‘grabby’ behavior,” read the tweet from Enter the Stone Zone.

Enter the Stone Zone is an account that claims to share “political commentary” from Stone.

Hours later, Leeann Tweeden, a KABC-AM news anchor, accused Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent in 2006. Tweeden said the incidents occurred during a USO tour to entertain troops abroad. She also tweeted a photograph of Franken as evidence.

The photo sparked outrage on social media, and Franken apologized for the incident and said he would cooperate with a Senate ethics investigation into the matter.

After Tweeden’s account went public, Enter The Stone Zone tweeted again, sharing a Politico report about the allegations.

“As predicted by Roger Stone, It’s now Senator Al Franken’s time in the barrel,” the tweet published at 11 a.m. read.

Stone was banned from Twitter in October after a number of profane tweets.

Enter The Stone Zone’s parent website, stonecoldtruth.com, includes a page where supporters can donate to Stone’s legal defense in his pending lawsuit against Twitter over his suspension.

Reports of Franken’s misconduct come as Congress is facing new scrutiny over how it handles sexual harassment. A bill introduced on Wednesday would overhaul policies to prevent and address sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.

News of Franken’s misconduct also comes as Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including assault, from women who were teenagers at the time.

View the post here.

CNN broke news in the Russia probe. Roger Stone’s resulting rant got him yanked off Twitter.

The following article by Avi Selk was posted on the Washington Post website October 29, 2017:

Roger Stone, one of President Trump’s former campaign advisers and a longtime Republican operative, was suspended from Twitter after tweeting insults and attacks against CNN anchor Don Lemon and New York Times columnist Charles Blow on Oct. 27. (Reuters)

Roger Stone didn’t tweet anything worse at CNN’s Don Lemon than he has said to someone else before.

“Piece of s—,” Stone wrote to the anchor mid-rant on Friday night, after CNN told viewers of an indictment in an investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 election, which Stone helped President Trump win.

But Stone has said that to many on Twitter — most recently Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), whom he called a “closeted piece of s—” in September. Continue reading “CNN broke news in the Russia probe. Roger Stone’s resulting rant got him yanked off Twitter.”