Roger Stone

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Roger Jason Stone Jr. (born August 27, 1952 in Norwalk , Connecticut ) is an American political advisor and strategist (a so-called spin doctor ), who previously worked mostly for the Republican Party . He was an advisor to the Trump presidential campaign .

Life

Stone grew up in Lewisboro , New York , and studied at George Washington University . Early on, he got involved in the election campaign of Richard Nixon , who became US President in 1969 and who stayed with Stone for many years. From 1976 he worked on the election campaign team of Ronald Reagan . He has also been a lobbyist for New York billionaire Donald Trump for many years . In 2008 he starred in the award-winning documentary Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story . Similar to Lee Atwater , Roger Stone used particularly aggressive campaign strategies, for example by deliberately spreading rumors that could damage his reputation. Stone posted numerous racist and sexist tweets . He later deleted some of them because they were "excessive". Because of insulting statements, CNN and MSNBC said in February and April 2016, respectively, that they no longer wanted to do interviews with him. In connection with the special investigation into influencing the 2016 election campaign in the United States, CNN abandoned this practice in 2018 and repeatedly conducted live interviews with Stone.

Book about the Kennedy murder

On the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination , Stone published his book The Man Who Killed Kennedy in 2013 , which he had written with journalist Mike Colapietro. The authors claim that the Kennedy murder was instigated by then- Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson and carried out by Malcolm Wallace . Wallace, a contract killer , found fingerprints in the Texas School Book Depository at the crime scene. As early as 1984 Billie Sol Estes Wallace referred to as a shooter, later also Barr McClellan , in whose books alleged evidence is also shown. After a television broadcast based on McClellan's allegations, the broadcaster apologized for the broadcast: the allegations against Johnson were insubstantial.

According to Stone, Johnson had long been an enemy of the American right , especially because of his extensive social reforms , but the only one who had a real motive and also the power to carry out the act and then to cover it up: Johnson had connections to the mafia and child molesters ; Kennedy therefore decided to replace his Vice President in 1964, which is why he decided to have the President assassinated. Richard Nixon already knew about Johnson's involvement in the murder and hinted this to Stone himself.

The theses of the book are unanimously viewed as a conspiracy theory. Hugh Aynesworth, of the assassination in the Dallas Morning News reported that keeps Stones 'book for "totally full of all kinds of crap" ( Engl. For: totally full of all sorts of crap').

Book about the Clintons

Together with Breitbart author Robert Morrow, Stone published the book The Clintons' War on Women about Bill and Hillary Clinton in 2015 . It was recommended by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump . The book mainly takes up rumors that were circulating in the right-wing media as early as the 1990s, and accuses the Clinton couple of intimidating witnesses, rape and other violent crimes, the victims of which were predominantly women. The book is dedicated to the anti-Semite and Holocaust denier Victor Thorn (1962–2016). Morrow defended the dedication by pointing out that Thorn was a "research ace" and personal friend.

FBI investigation and conviction

Roger Stone was interviewed in March 2018 about his role in the campaign as part of the special investigation into influencing the US election campaign . Stone had 2,016 publicly on Twitter the unveiling platform WikiLeaks asked to publish material about the Democratic presidential candidate Clinton. A few days later, Wikileaks published stolen emails apparently stolen by Russian hackers from the Democratic campaign leader John Podesta . According to information from the Washington Post, Stone stuck to his earlier statement that he had never had contact with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and was unaware of the upcoming publication before investigators when he was questioned on March 12, 2018 . The Washington Post had learned from a colleague at the time, Stones, that he had stated in 2016 that Julian Assange had informed him before the publication that the stolen data had been leaked to Wikileaks.

On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested at the behest of Special Counsel Robert Mueller . He was accused of giving false testimony, influencing witnesses and obstructing investigations. He was released the same day by a judge on a bail bond of $ 250,000. In November 2019, a jury found Stone guilty on all seven counts.

Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of between seven and nine years. US President Trump publicly commented on Twitter that such a “misconduct of the judiciary” should not be allowed; the proposed sentence was "a terrible and very unfair situation". A few hours later, the Justice Department said the prosecutor's proposal was "excessive and unjustified" and recommended a "significantly lower" sentence. All four prosecutors involved in the case then resigned. On February 20, 2020, Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia . On July 11, 2020, shortly before President Donald Trump began his sentence, his prison sentence was waived ( commutation ). Stone remains a convicted felon. In a subsequent press release, Stone thanked the president. He is now 67 years old and has lung problems, so the planned incarceration in Georgia prison, where there are already more than twenty COVID-19 cases, would have put his life in danger. The release from custody enables him to appeal against his conviction and this will expose an "enormous amount of corruption" that has occurred in his trial. President Trump's action has been sharply criticized by the Democratic Party as "abuse of power" and "destruction of American values".

Works

  • With Mike Colapietro: The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ , New York: Skyhorse Publishing 2013, ISBN 978-1-62636-313-7 .
  • The Clintons' War on Women . Skyhorse Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1-5107-0678-1 (American English).
  • Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an American Dynasty , Skyhorse Publishing ISBN 978-1510706798 .

reception

Documentary film

Web links

Commons : Roger Stone  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephanie Mansfield: The Rise And Gall of Roger Stone. In: Washingtonpost.com . June 16, 1986, accessed December 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Eric Hananoki: Here Are More Sexist And Racist Tweets Trump Ally Roger Stone Might Want To Delete. In: MediaMatters.org , November 13, 2015
  3. ^ JD Durkin: MSNBC the Latest Net to Ban Outspoken Trump Supporter Roger Stone. In: Mediaite.com , April 5, 2016
  4. ↑ Erin Burnett : Roger Stone: I'll never testify against Trump. In: CNN.com . August 13, 2018, accessed September 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Anderson Cooper : Stone: I wouldn't testify against Trump. In: CNN.com. August 9, 2018, accessed September 12, 2018 .
  6. ^ Vincent Bugliosi : Reclaiming History. The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. WW Norton, New York 2007, p. 925.
  7. ^ Glenn Garvin: Hatchet job: Roger Stone's edgy takes on history and politics. In: Miami Herald , October 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hugh Aynesworth : Nook Review 'The Man Who Killed Kennedy' . In: The Washington Times , February 25, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014. 
  9. ^ Clinton Researcher Victor Thorn Reportedly Found Dead. In: Snopes.com , August 5, 2016
  10. ↑ Eric Hananoki, Ben Dimiero: Anti-Clinton Authors Dedicated Their Book To A Holocaust Denier Who Blames A "Jewish Plot" For 9/11. In: MediaMatters.org , November 13, 2015
  11. ↑ Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig, Shane Harris: Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates. In: Washington Post , March 13, 2018.
  12. ↑ Trump's confidante Roger Stone arrested in Florida. In: Spiegel Online. January 25, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Federal judge orders Stone released on $ 250K bond. In: The Hill. January 25, 2019, accessed January 26, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Dartunorro Clark: Roger Stone, confidant of Trump and WikiLeaks connection, found guilty on all seven counts. In: NBC News. November 15, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Custody for Trump confidants: Prosecutors resign. In: Zeit Online , February 12, 2020.
  16. ↑ see also zeit.de June 25, 2020: William Barr: Donald Trump's willing friend and helper .
  17. ↑ Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison. In: Boston Globe. February 20, 2020, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grant of Clemency for Roger Stone, Jr. Retrieved July 11, 2020 (US English).
  19. ↑ Trump keeps his confidante Stone from prison. In: SZ.de , July 11, 2020.
  20. ^ Roger Stone: Critics blast Trump for commuting ex-adviser's jail term. BBC News, July 11, 2020, accessed July 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Stone, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stone, Roger Jason junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political advisor and strategist (Spin-Doctor)
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwalk , Connecticut