Roger Stone
b. 1952
Cohn's protégé, Nixon dirty-trickster, and the method made flesh.
Roger Stone is the living hyphen between eras: Nixon's Committee to Re-Elect, Roy Cohn's tutelage, the 'Torturers' Lobby' of Black, Manafort & Stone, and Donald Trump's outside adviser. A federal jury convicted him on seven counts; Trump commuted the sentence and then pardoned him outright.
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He learned the trade from Roy Cohn after cutting his teeth on Nixon's dirty tricks.
FACTFrom CREEP in 1972 to Cohn's side in the late 1970s — the direct transmission of the method to a new generation.
His lobbying shop was nicknamed 'The Torturers' Lobby.'
FACTBlack, Manafort & Stone represented Marcos, Mobutu, and Savimbi — dictators and warlords, laundered for Washington.
A federal jury convicted him on all seven counts in 2019; Trump erased the sentence.
FACTObstruction, five false statements to Congress, and witness tampering (40 months) — for shielding Trump in the Russia probe. Trump commuted, then granted a full pardon. He served no time.
His role in January 6 is documented in association but unproven in direction.
SOME SMOKEStop the Steal, guarded by Oath Keepers and Proud Boys later convicted of sedition; the J6 committee examined the ties. A directing role is unproven and he denies it — kept separate from the FACT convictions.
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