In December of the same year, one month prior to the Capitol riot, Trump pardoned Stone.Īccording to the New York Times, Stone has been affiliated with members of the far-right militia Oath Keepers who were charged in connection with violently stopping President Joe Biden's election certification. After Stone was given more than three years in prison, Trump commuted his sentence before he served time. In February of 2020, Stone was convicted of seven counts related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Stone's relationship with Trump has helped him escape legal jeopardy.

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Stone, but yet again failed to provide any evidence that he knew either in advance or contemporaneously, or participated in or condoned any act, by any person or group, that was unlawful, illegal, or otherwise intended in any way to cause damage or disrupt any proceedings of Congress, or any other governmental body,' Smith said. 'The Committee continued to make insinuations regarding Mr. That was the same response provided to Newsweek by Stone's attorney, Grant Smith.

In another post he said, 'the fact that I know or have met someone is most certainly not evidence of criminal conspiracy, adding that anyone with 'actual proof' of a crime 'should produce it.' Baker III Urged Bush to claim victory which he did and was hailed as a genius- When I said Trump should do the same thing ( in public but to not to either Trump or anyone around him) and I am accused of criminal conduct,' Stone wrote in one post.

Gore election was still in doubt James A. He used Telegram to voice his displeasure with the committee's other assertions. On October 13, the January 6 Committee played videos linking Stone to violence, prompting him to challenge officials to produce actual evidence against him. Federal Building after his deposition before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol on December 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Roger Stone, a former adviser and confidante to former President Donald Trump, addresses reporters in front of the Thomas P. 'The members of the January 6 committee are well aware by law that in any proceeding in which a US citizen elects to invoke the fifth amendment right not to answer questions they must answer ALL questions by invoking their fifth amendment right and that showing me declining to answer any one specific question is manipulative,' Stone wrote on Telegram on Thursday. 'When that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory,' he said.ĭemocratic Representative Zoe Lofgren alluded to Stone's deposition in which he invoked his Fifth Amendment right when asked if the violence on January 6 was justified and whether he had any role in planning the violence that occurred that day. He told them that he suspects the election's results 'will be up in the air.' In another video, Stone is recorded speaking outdoors with Trump supporters.

6mRdWwMSmE- January 6th Committee October 13, 2022 Recently, the Select Committee obtained footage of Roger Stone before and after the election.

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