Roger Stone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Roger Stone

American lobbyist

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1952

Place of Birth: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States

Profession: writer, lobbyist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Roger Stone

  • Roger Jason Stone Jr.
  • (born August 27, 1952) is an American political consultant, author, lobbyist, and strategist known for his use of opposition research.
  • He is also a convicted felon.
  • Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole, and Donald Trump.
  • On November 15, 2019, subsequent to results of the Mueller Report and Special Counsel investigation, Stone was convicted of seven felonies related to his work for the Trump campaign, for which he awaits sentencing. In addition to frequently serving as a campaign adviser, Stone was previously a political lobbyist.
  • In 1980, he co-founded a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm with Paul Manafort and Charles R.
  • Black Jr.
  • The firm recruited Peter G.
  • Kelly and was renamed Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly in 1984.
  • During the 1980s, BMSK became a top lobbying firm by leveraging its White House connections to attract high-paying clients including U.S.
  • corporations, trade associations, as well as foreign governments.
  • By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations.Stone has been variously described as a "self-proclaimed dirty trickster," a "renowned infighter," a "seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics," a "mendacious windbag," a "veteran Republican strategist," and a political fixer.
  • Over the course of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, Stone promoted a number of falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
  • He has described his political modus operandi as "Attack, attack, attack – never defend" and "Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack." Stone first suggested Trump run for President in early 1998 while Stone was Trump's casino business lobbyist in Washington.
  • The Netflix documentary film Get Me Roger Stone focuses on Stone's past and his role in Trump's presidential campaign.Stone officially left the Trump campaign on August 8, 2015; however, as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States election, two associates of Stone have said he collaborated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the 2016 presidential campaign to discredit Hillary Clinton.
  • Stone and Assange have denied these claims.
  • On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home in connection with Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation and charged in an indictment with witness tampering, obstructing an official proceeding, and five counts of making false statements.
  • Stone was convicted on all seven counts on November 15, 2019, and is due to be sentenced in February 2020.

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