Roger Stone
American political consultant and lobbyist
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February 2025 | Stone became a weekday host on WABC radio. |
September 2024 | The Roger Stone Show became syndicated on radio. |
January 2024 | A controversial tape surfaces in which Stone allegedly discusses assassinating Democratic politicians Eric Swalwell and Jerry Nadler, which is under investigation by US Capitol Police. |
June 2023 | Stone launched The Roger Stone Show on WABC radio. |
2022 | Stone supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine, claiming Vladimir Putin was 'acting defensively' against a non-existent U.S.-funded biological weapons program. |
2022 | Roger Stone agreed to pay more than $2 million in taxes as part of a settlement with the Justice Department related to the previous year's tax evasion suit. |
April 25 2022 | Roger Stone joined the Ontario Party campaign team as a Senior Strategic Advisor for the 2022 Ontario general election, working with party leader Derek Sloan and criticizing Ontario Premier Doug Ford's approach to conservatism. |
December 23 2021 | Stone urges a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by eight Capitol Police officers alleging he incited the January 6 riot. |
November 22 2021 | The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack subpoenas Stone, who later appears but invokes the Fifth Amendment and refuses to answer questions. |
April 2021 | The Justice Department filed a civil tax evasion suit against Roger Stone and his wife, seeking to recover approximately $2 million in alleged unpaid federal taxes by claiming they used a commercial entity to shield income and fund personal expenses. |
February 2021 | The Washington Post reported that the FBI was investigating Roger Stone's potential role in influencing the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers' participation in the January 6th storming of the United States Capitol. |
January 6 2021 | Stone is alleged to have been present during the US Capitol attack, with video footage showing him meeting with the Oath Keepers. |
January 5 2021 | Stone speaks at the 'Stop the Steal' rally at Freedom Plaza, claiming the 2020 election was a 'heist' and vowing to continue fighting. |
December 2020 | Stone appears to be meeting with the Oath Keepers militia group prior to the Capitol attack. |
December 23 2020 | President Trump pardons Roger Stone. |
December 12 2020 | Stone speaks at a Washington, DC rally, urging followers to 'fight until the bitter end'. |
November 5 2020 | Stone dictates a message suggesting legislative bodies with 'overwhelming evidence of fraud' can choose their own electors to cast Electoral College votes. |
November 2 2020 | Stone tells Trump supporters they have 'the right to violence', which later became video evidence in legal proceedings. |
September 10 2020 | Stone appears on InfoWars and advises Trump to potentially declare martial law and seize ballots if he appears to lose the 2020 presidential election. |
August 17 2020 | Stone drops the appeal of his convictions. |
July 30 2020 | Judge Jackson denied the motion to file an amicus brief, citing lack of jurisdiction. |
July 15 2020 | Constitutional law professors' counsel sought leave to file an amicus brief challenging the constitutionality of Stone's commutation. |
July 10 2020 | President Trump commutes Stone's sentence days before he was scheduled to report to prison. |
June 27 2020 | Judge Jackson rescheduled Stone's surrender date to July 14 and ordered him to begin serving time in home confinement before reporting to prison. |
June 24 2020 | Stone filed a motion to delay his prison transfer, citing potential COVID-19 health concerns. |
May 28 2020 | Judge Jackson ordered Stone to report to prison by June 30. |
April 16 2020 | Judge Jackson denied Stone's motion for a new trial and ordered him to federal prison within 2 weeks. |
February 23 2020 | Judge Jackson rejected Stone's lawyers' request to be removed from the case. |
February 20 2020 | Judge Jackson sentenced Stone to 40 months in federal prison and a $20,000 fine, allowing him to delay the start of his sentence pending resolution of post-trial motions. |
February 14 2020 | Stone requested a new trial again after the jury foreperson publicly supported the withdrawn prosecutors. |
February 12 2020 | Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied Stone's first motion for a new trial, which claimed a juror was biased against him. |
February 11 2020 | Four prosecutors (Jonathan Kravis, Aaron Zelinsky, Adam Jed, and Michael Marando) withdrew from Stone's case after the Justice Department intervened in the sentencing recommendation. |
February 10 2020 | U.S. prosecutors initially requested a sentencing of seven to nine years in prison for Roger Stone after securing convictions on all seven charges. |
2019 | Published 'The Myth of Russian Collusion: The Inside Story of How Donald Trump REALLY Won', a paperback edition of his 2016 book with an added 2019 introduction |
November 25 2019 | A judge denied Stone's defense motion for acquittal, citing sufficient testimony from Steven Bannon and Rick Gates to conclude that Stone had lied to Congress. |
November 15 2019 | Stone was convicted on all counts: obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering, becoming the sixth person in Trump's inner circle convicted in the Mueller investigation. |
November 12 2019 | Former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates testified that Stone informed campaign associates in April 2016 about WikiLeaks' plans to release documents, and that Trump had spoken with Stone about the forthcoming releases. |
November 6 2019 | Roger Stone's trial began at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, with key testimony from Randy Credico and subsequent witnesses about Stone's connections to WikiLeaks and the 2016 election. |
February 18 2019 | At a televised Trump rally in Miami, Florida, Enrique Tarrio, then-leader of the Proud Boys, was seated directly behind President Trump wearing a 'Roger Stone did nothing wrong' t-shirt. |
February 18 2019 | Stone posted an Instagram photo of federal judge Amy Berman Jackson with what appeared to be rifle scope crosshairs, which led to him filing an apology with the court and the judge imposing a full gag order, citing concerns about potential danger. |
January 2019 | After his arraignment at the Miami federal courthouse, Proud Boys members joined Stone on its steps, holding signs claiming 'Roger Stone is innocent' and promoting Alex Jones and InfoWars. |
January 25 2019 | Stone is arrested at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida home in connection with Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation and charged with witness tampering, obstructing an official proceeding, and five counts of making false statements. |
2018 | Roger Stone sought out the Proud Boys to act as his security for the annual Republican Dorchester Conference in Salem, Oregon. Photos were posted online showing Stone drinking with several Proud Boys members. |
2018 | Published 'Stone's Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style' |
December 2018 | As part of a defamation settlement, Stone agreed to retract a false claim he made during the campaign about Guo Wengui donating to Hillary Clinton. |
July 3 2018 | A lawsuit alleging Stone's conspiracy with Russia and WikiLeaks is dismissed by U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle. |
May 2018 | Stone's social media consultant, Jason Sullivan, is issued grand jury subpoenas from the Special Counsel investigation. |
March 13 2018 | Sources close to Stone claim he had contact with Julian Assange, which Stone later denies. |
2017 | Published 'Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an American Dynasty' with Saint John Hunt |
December 2017 | Stone was found not liable in a defamation lawsuit by Warren Redlich, with the jury ruling that Redlich failed to prove Stone's involvement in controversial campaign flyers. |
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