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Trump Is Everywhere

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 190: Trump Is Everywhere

Trump Inner Circle Follows a ‘Godfather’ Script

January 25, 2019 · 6:59 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Todd Purdum looks at the history of Corleone-family language in the administration in light of Robert Mueller’s indictment of Roger Stone, charging that Stone allegedly urged an associate to “do a ‘Frank Pentangeli.'”

“It is perhaps remarkable, and pitiable, enough that the president of the United States for years employed Cohen, a lawyer who is unself-consciously also described as a ‘fixer,’ as his own personal Michael Clayton (to cite another movie), the in-house ‘janitor’ on call to clean up his every mess. It is yet another thing to learn that Stone…is on the record as threatening canine kidnapping and even death to a colleague whose mere telling of the truth could subject him to perjury charges. If a horse’s head turns up in somebody’s satin sheets, should anybody still be surprised?”

White House Michael Cohen, Roger Stone

Stone Says He Won’t Testify Against Trump

January 25, 2019 · 1:05 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Roger Stone says he’s not guilty of the charges made against him and pledged not to testify against President Trump, the Washington Post reports.

Said Stone: “There is no circumstance whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the president nor will I make up lies to ease the pressure on myself. I look forward to being fully and completely vindicated. I will not testify against the president because I would have to bear false witness.”

White House Roger Stone

Stone Appears ‘Disheveled’ and ‘Shackled’ In Court

January 25, 2019 · 11:32 am ET · Leave a Comment

Roger Stone appeared disheveled, wearing jeans and a polo and shackled around his waist and ankles when he made a brief court appearance in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, FL, CNN reports.

The appearance reportedly lasted no longer than 10 minutes.

Political Consultants Roger Stone

Scenes from Roger Stone’s Arrest

January 25, 2019 · 6:33 am ET · Leave a Comment

CNN has the view from Roger Stone’s arrest in Florida this morning:

A number of law enforcement vehicles with silent sirens flashing pulled in front of Stone’s home on a darkened Ft. Lauderdale street just after 6 a.m. Friday morning.

About a dozen officers with heavy weapons and tactical vests fanned out across Stone’s lawn.

Law enforcement shined a flashlight into Stone’s front door before one officer rapped against it, shouting, “FBI. Open the door.”

Seconds later, the agent shouted, “FBI. Warrant.”

A floor light turned on and moments later, Stone appeared in the front entryway.

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Roger Stone Admits to Spreading Lies on InfoWars

December 18, 2018 · 7:05 am ET · Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “As questions swirl about his credibility, former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone settled a defamation suit seeking $100 million in damages on Monday for publishing false and misleading statements on InfoWars.com, a far-right website known for promoting conspiracy theories. The agreement requires Mr. Stone to run ads in national newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, apologizing for making defamatory statements about a Chinese businessman who is a vocal critic of Beijing.”

“It also requires Mr. Stone to publish a retraction of the false statements on social media. Doing so exempts him from paying any of the damages. In a text message, Mr. Stone described his conduct as ‘irresponsible’ and added that ‘I am solely responsible for fulfilling the terms of the settlement.’”

Political Consultants Roger Stone

Roger Stone Pleads the Fifth

December 4, 2018 · 6:03 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Roger Stone invoked his Fifth Amendment protection as he declined to share documents and testimony with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Politico reports.

“Stone told Politico on Monday that he doesn’t have a pact with Trump’s legal team to share defense strategies, unlike former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is in jail after being convicted of tax and bank fraud. But Stone has largely aligned his public messaging on Mueller with the president’s, frequently bashing the special counsel’s tactics.”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Trump Says Roger Stone Has ‘Guts’ for Not Flipping

December 3, 2018 · 12:43 pm ET · Leave a Comment

President Trump praised longtime associate Roger Stone for refusing to talk to special counsel Robert Mueller, Politico reports.

Said Trump on Twitter: “‘I will never testify against Trump.’ This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out-of-control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about ‘President Trump. Nice to know that some people still have ‘guts!'”

White House Roger Stone

Trump’s Late Night Calls to Roger Stone Under Scrutiny

November 28, 2018 · 9:10 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “The calls almost always came deep into the night. Caller ID labeled them ‘unknown,’ but Roger Stone said he knew to pick up quickly during those harried months of the 2016 presidential campaign. There would be a good chance that the voice on the other end of the line would belong to his decades-long friend — the restless, insomniac candidate Donald Trump — dialing from a blocked phone number.”

“Those nocturnal chats and other contacts between the man who now occupies the Oval Office and an infamous political trickster have come under intensifying scrutiny as special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation bores into whether Stone served as a bridge between Trump and WikiLeaks as the group was publishing hacked Democratic emails.”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Corsi Provided Stone With Early Alert on WikiLeaks Dump

November 27, 2018 · 4:23 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Two months before WikiLeaks released emails stolen from the Clinton campaign, right-wing conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi sent an email to former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone anticipating the document dump,” according to draft court papers obtained by NBC News.

Wrote Corsi: “Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after I’m back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.”

Meanwhile, draft court filings obtained by CNN outline significant insights into what special counsel Robert Mueller may know about Stone’s efforts to seek documents from WikiLeaks in 2016.

2016 Campaign Jerome Corsi, Roger Stone

Roger Stone Associate to Refuse Plea Deal

November 26, 2018 · 12:02 pm ET · Leave a Comment

An associate of Roger Stone told CNN that he is refusing to sign a plea deal offered by special counsel Robert Mueller.

“Jerome Corsi, whose role in Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election largely revolves around the possibility that he was an intermediary between Stone and WikiLeaks, said he was offered a deal to plea on one count of perjury.”

Said Corsi: “They can put me in prison the rest of my life. I am not going to sign a lie.”

2016 Campaign Jerome Corsi, Robert Mueller, Roger Stone

Mueller Probes Witness Intimidation by Roger Stone

November 14, 2018 · 3:24 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is exploring whether longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone tried to intimidate and discredit a witness who is contradicting Mr. Stone’s version of events about his contacts with WikiLeaks,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“In grand jury sessions and interviews, prosecutors have repeatedly asked about emails, text messages and online posts involving Mr. Stone and his former friend, New York radio personality Randy Credico… Mr. Stone has asserted that Mr. Credico was his backchannel to WikiLeaks, a controversial transparency group, an assertion Mr. Credico denies.”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Stone Repeatedly Claimed Contact with Trump

November 14, 2018 · 1:52 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“Roger Stone claimed on several occasions during the 2016 presidential race that he was in communication with Donald Trump and his campaign, including declaring that he on average spoke with Trump weekly,” CNN reports.

“The nature of that communication is now part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the election. Stone is facing scrutiny for his claims to have had a backchannel to WikiLeaks during the campaign. Particularly, investigators are looking into whether Stone shared information that he believed was from WikiLeaks with members of Trump’s presidential campaign,”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Quote of the Day

November 9, 2018 · 11:09 am ET · Leave a Comment

“I’m certainly guilty of bluffing and posturing and punking the Democrats. Unless they’ve passed some law against bullshit and I missed it, I’m engaging in tradecraft. It’s politics.”

— Roger Stone, in an interview with the Washington Post.

Political Consultants Roger Stone

Stone Sold Himself to Trump as a WikiLeaks Pipeline

November 1, 2018 · 2:36 pm ET · Leave a Comment

The New York Times has an email exchange between Stephen Bannon and Roger Stone: “The email exchange, not previously reported, underscores how Mr. Stone presented himself to Trump campaign officials: as a conduit of inside information from WikiLeaks, Russia’s chosen repository for documents hacked from Democratic computers.”

“Mr. Bannon and two other former senior campaign officials have detailed to prosecutors for the special counsel, Robert Mueller, how Mr. Stone created that impression… One of them told investigators that Mr. Stone not only seemed to predict WikiLeaks’s actions, but that he also took credit afterward for the timing of its disclosures that damaged Hillary Clinton’s candidacy.”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone, Stephen Bannon

Mueller Probes Stone’s Interactions with Trump Campaign

October 30, 2018 · 4:35 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The special counsel investigation into President Trump’s longtime ally Roger Stone is pressing witnesses about Stone’s private interactions with senior campaign officials and whether he had knowledge of politically explosive Democratic emails that were released in October 2016,” the Washington Post reports.

“As part of his investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign, special counsel Robert Mueller appears to be intently focused on the question of whether WikiLeaks coordinated its activities with Stone and the campaign, including the group’s timing.”

“On Friday, Mueller’s team questioned Stephen Bannon, Trump’s former chief campaign strategist, about alleged claims Stone made privately about WikiLeaks before the group released emails allegedly hacked by Russian operatives.”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Roger Stone Lawyers Up

October 30, 2018 · 3:02 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Sources tell ABC News that Roger Stone, a longtime friend of President Trump, “quietly expanded his legal team in recent months, hiring prestigious Florida attorney Bruce Rogow, who will be Stone’s lead attorney on all matters related to the office of the special counsel and all constitutional matters, such as first amendment issues that may arise.”

“Stone’s legal team tells ABC News that last month their client voluntarily took two polygraph tests, which they claim will show Stone passing with flying colors on a spectrum of key issues covering areas of interest in the Mueller probe related o Stone.”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

Roger Stone Sought Pardon for Julian Asange

October 25, 2018 · 11:20 am ET · Leave a Comment

Mother Jones: “In early January, Roger Stone, the longtime Republican operative and adviser to Donald Trump, sent a text message to an associate stating that he was actively seeking a presidential pardon for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange—and felt optimistic about his chances.“

“The recipient of the messages was Randy Credico, a New York-based comedian and left-leaning political activist who Stone has identified as his backchannel to WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign—a claim Credico strongly denies.”

White House Julian Assange, Roger Stone

Stone Associate Knew of Leaked Emails

October 25, 2018 · 7:11 am ET · Leave a Comment

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office “has obtained communications suggesting that a right-wing conspiracy theorist might have had advance knowledge that the emails of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman had been stolen and handed to WikiLeaks,” NBC News reports.

“Mueller’s team has spent months investigating whether the conspiracy theorist, Jerome Corsi, learned before the public did that WikiLeaks had obtained emails hacked by Russian intelligence officers — and whether he passed information about the stolen emails to Donald Trump associate Roger Stone.”

“Mueller’s investigators have reviewed messages to members of the Trump team in which Stone and Corsi seem to take credit for the release of Democratic emails.”

Meanwhile, Politico reports that Mueller “appears to be locked in a dispute with a mystery grand jury witness resisting giving up information sought in the ongoing probe into alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russia..”

2016 Campaign Roger Stone

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