Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on Republican campaigns, including those ofRichard Nixon,Ronald Reagan,Jack Kemp,Bob Dole,[8]George W. Bush,[9] and Trump. He co-founded a lobbying firm withPaul Manafort andCharles R. Black Jr.[10][11] The firm becameBlack, Manafort, Stone and Kelly (BMSK) in 1984.[12]: 124 BMSK became a toplobbying firm, leveraging White House connections for high-paying clients, including U.S. corporations, trade associations, and foreign governments.[12]: 125 Stone's style has been described as "a renowned infighter", "a seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics",[13] "a Republican strategist",[14] and "a political fixer".[15] Stone has called himself "an agent provocateur".[16] He has described his politicalmodus operandi as "attack, attack, attack—never defend" and "admit nothing, deny everything, and launch a counterattack", all evocative of associateRoy Cohn.[17]
Stone first suggested Trump run for president in 1998 while lobbying for hiscasino business.[18] He left the Trump campaign on August 8, 2015. In 2018, two associates alleged Stone claimed contact withJulian Assange during the 2016 campaign. Assange denied meeting Stone, and Stone said any mention was a joke.[19][20] Court documents in 2020 showed Stone and Assange exchanged messages in June 2017.[21] Unsealed warrants in April 2020 revealed Stone's 2017 contacts with Assange and that Stone orchestrated hundreds of fakeFacebook accounts and bloggers for a political influence scheme.[22][23][24]
On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested at hisFort Lauderdale, Florida, home in connection withRobert Mueller's investigation and charged with witness tampering,obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements.[25][26] In November 2019, a jury convicted him on all sevenfelony counts.[27][28][29] He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.[30][31] On July 10, 2020, days before Stone was to report to prison, Trump commuted his sentence.[27] On August 17, 2020, Stone dropped his appeal.[32] Trump pardoned Stone on December 23, 2020.[27][33]
Since 2023, Stone has hosted a show onWABC radio.[34][35]
Stone was born on August 27, 1952,[17] inNorwalk, Connecticut,[36] to Gloria Rose (Corbo) and Roger J. Stone.[37] He grew up in the community of Vista, part of the town ofLewisboro, New York, on the Connecticut border. His mother was the president of Meadow Pond Elementary School PTA, a Cub Scout den mother, and occasionally a small-town reporter;[38] his father "Chubby" (also Roger J. Stone) was a well driller[39] and sometime chief of the Vista volunteer Fire Department. He has described his family asmiddle-class,blue-collar Catholics.[36] His ancestry includes Hungarian and Italian.[40][41]
Stone said that as an elementary school student during the1960 presidential election, he broke into politics to furtherJohn F. Kennedy'spresidential campaign: "I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid thatNixon was in favor of school on Saturdays ... It was my first political trick."[39]
When he was a junior and vice president of student government atJohn Jay High School in northernWestchester County, New York,[42] he manipulated the ouster of the student government president and succeeded him. Stone recalled how he ran for election as president for his senior year: "I built alliances and put all my serious challengers on my ticket. Then I recruited the most unpopular guy in the school to run against me. You think that's mean? No, it's smart."[43]
Stone's political career began in earnest on the 1972 Nixon campaign, with activities such as contributing money to a possible rival of Nixon in the name of theYoung Socialist Alliance and then slipping the receipt to theManchester Union-Leader. Eventually Magruder andHerbert Porter hired Stone to spy on rival presidential campaigns during the1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Stone subsequently hired Michael McMinoway to infiltrate campaigns of candidates such asEdmund Muskie andHubert Humphrey.[45] He also hired a spy in the Humphrey campaign who became Humphrey's driver. According to Stone, during the day he was officially a scheduler in the Nixon campaign, but "By night, I'm trafficking in the black arts. Nixon's people were obsessed with intelligence."[8] Stone maintains he never did anything illegal during theWatergate scandal.[17] TheRichard Nixon Foundation later clarified that Stone had been a 20-year-old junior scheduler on the campaign, and that to characterize Stone as one of Nixon's aides or advisers was a "gross misstatement".[46]
Stone met Donald Trump in 1979, introduced by Trump attorney and mentorRoy Cohn. Stone was the New York regional political director seeking to raise money for the1980 Reagan campaign, of which Trump joined the finance committee. Stone said Trump directed him to visit his father,Fred Trump, who gave him $200,000 for the Reagan campaign. Stone recalled in 2017 that he and Donald Trump "hit it off immediately."[51][52]
Stone with Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush in 1982Roger Stone and his first wife Ann Stone with Ronald Reagan andNancy Reagan in 1984Stone greeting President Reagan in 1985
Stone, the "keeper of the Nixon flame",[53] was an adviser to the former President in his post-presidential years, serving as "Nixon's man in Washington".[54] Stone was a protégé of former Connecticut GovernorJohn Davis Lodge, who introduced the young Stone to former Vice President Nixon in 1967.[55] After Stone was indicted in 2019, the Nixon Foundation released a statement diminishing Stone's ties to Nixon.[56][57][58]John Sears recruited Stone to work inRonald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, coordinating theNortheast. Stone said that Roy Cohn helped him arrange for independent candidateJohn B. Anderson to get the nomination of theLiberal Party of New York, a move that would help split the opposition to Reagan in the state. Stone said Cohn gave him a suitcase that Stone avoided opening and that, as instructed by Cohn, he dropped off at the office of a lawyer influential in Liberal Party circles.Reagan carried the state with 46% of the vote. Speaking after thestatute of limitations forbribery had expired, Stone later said, "I paid his law firm. Legal fees. I don't know what he did for the money, but whatever it was, the Liberal party reached its right conclusion out of a matter of principle."[8]
In 1980, after their key roles in the Reagan campaign, Stone and Manafort decided to go into business together, with partnerCharlie Black, creating apolitical consulting andlobbying firm to cash in on their relationships within the new administration.Black, Manafort & Stone (BMS) became one of Washington D.C.'s first mega-lobbying firms[59][60] and was described as instrumental to the success ofRonald Reagan's 1984 campaign. Republican political strategistLee Atwater joined the firm in 1985, after serving in the #2 position on Reagan-Bush 1984.
In 1987 and 1988, Stone served as senior adviser toJack Kemp's presidential campaign, which was managed by consulting partner Charlie Black.[64] In that same election, his other partners worked forGeorge H. W. Bush (Lee Atwater as campaign manager, andPaul Manafort as director of operations in the fall campaign).[65]
In the 1990s, Stone and Manafort sold their business. Although their careers went in different directions, their relationship remained close.[citation needed]
Stone was for many years a lobbyist for Donald Trump on behalf of hiscasino business[18] and also was involved in opposing expanded casino gambling in the state of New York, a position that brought him into conflict with GovernorGeorge Pataki.[68]
Stone resigned from a post as a consultant to the1996 presidential campaign for SenatorBob Dole after theNational Enquirer reported that Stone had placed ads and pictures on websites andswingers' publications seeking sexual partners for himself and Nydia Bertran Stone, his second wife. Stone initially denied the report.[39][43] On theGood Morning America program he falsely stated, "An exhaustive investigation now indicates that a domestic employee, who I discharged for substance abuse on the second time that we learned that he had a drug problem, is the perpetrator who had access to my home, access to my computer, access to my password, access to my postage meter, access to my post-office box key."[39] In a 2008 interview withThe New Yorker, Stone admitted that the ads were authentic.[17]
2000s: Florida recount, Killian memos, conflict with Eliot Spitzer
Later that year, according to Stone and the filmRecount, Stone was recruited byJames Baker to assist with public relations during theFlorida recount.
TheBrooks Brothers riot was a demonstration led by Republican staffers at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 22, 2000, during a recount of votes made during the 2000 United States presidential election, with the goal of shutting down the recount. After demonstrations and acts of violence, local officials shut down the recount early.
The name referenced the protesters' corporate attire; described by Paul Gigot in an editorial for The Wall Street Journal as "50-year-old white lawyers with cell phones and Hermès ties", differentiating them from local citizens concerned about vote counting. Many of the demonstrators were Republican staffers. Both Roger Stone and Brad Blakeman take credit for managing the riot from a command post, although their accounts contradict each other. Republican New York Representative John E. Sweeney gave the signal that started the riot, telling an aide to "shut it down".
During the2004 presidential campaign, Stone was an advisor (apparently unpaid) toAl Sharpton, a candidate in theDemocratic primaries.[70] Defending Stone's involvement, Sharpton said, "I've been talking to Roger Stone for a long time. That doesn't mean that he's calling the shots for me. Don't forget thatBill Clinton was doing more than talking toDick Morris."[71] Critics suggested that Stone was only working with Sharpton as a way to undermine the Democratic Party's chances of winning the election. Sharpton denies that Stone had any influence over his campaign.[72]
In that election a blogger accused Stone of responsibility for theKerry–Specter campaign materials which were circulated in Pennsylvania.[73] Such signs were considered controversial because they were seen as an effort to get Democrats who supported Kerry to vote for then Republican Senator Arlen Specter in heavily Democratic Philadelphia.[citation needed]
In 2007, Stone, a top adviser at the time toJoseph Bruno (theMajority Leader of the New York State Senate), was forced to resign by Bruno after allegations that Stone had threatenedBernard Spitzer, the then-83-year-old father of Democratic gubernatorial candidateEliot Spitzer.[75][76] On August 6, 2007, an expletive-laced message was left on the elder Spitzer's answering machine threatening to prosecute the elderly man if he did not implicate his son in wrongdoing. Bernard Spitzer hired a private detective agency that traced the call to the phone of Roger Stone's wife. Roger Stone denied leaving the message, despite the fact that his voice was recognized, claiming he was at a movie that was later shown not to have been screened that night. Stone was accused on an episode ofHardball with Chris Matthews on August 22, 2007, of being the voice on an expletive-laden voicemail threatening Bernard Spitzer, father of Eliot, with subpoenas.[77][78] Donald Trump is quoted as saying of the incident, "They caught Roger red-handed, lying. What he did was ridiculous and stupid."[17]
Stone consistently denied the reports. Thereafter, however, he resigned from his position as a consultant to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee at Bruno's request.[76]
In February 2010, Stone became campaign manager forKristin Davis, amadam linked with the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, in her bid for theLibertarian Party nomination for governor of New York in the2010 election. Stone said that the campaign "is not a hoax, a prank or a publicity stunt. I want to get her a half-million votes."[81] However, he later was spotted at a campaign rally for Republican gubernatorial candidateCarl Paladino,[82] of whom Stone has spoken favorably.[83] Stone admittedly had been providing support and advice to both campaigns on the grounds that the two campaigns had different goals: Davis was seeking to gain permanent ballot access for her party, and Paladino was in the race to win (and was Stone's preferred candidate). As such, Stone did not believe he had a conflict of interest in supporting both candidates.[84] While working for the Davis campaign,Warren Redlich, the Libertarian nominee for Governor, alleged that Stone collaborated with a group entitled "People for a Safer New York" to send a flyer labeling Redlich a "sexual predator" and "sick, twisted pervert" on the basis of a blog post Redlich had made in 2008.[85] Redlich later sued Stone in a New York court for defamation over the flyers, and sought $20 million in damages. However, the jury in the case returned a verdict in favor of Stone in December 2017, finding that Redlich failed to prove Stone was involved with the flyers.[86]
In February 2012, Stone said that he had changed his party affiliation from the Republican Party to theLibertarian Party. Stone predicted a "Libertarian moment" in 2016 and the end of the Republican party.[89]
In June 2012, Stone said that he was running asuper PAC in support of formerNew Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential candidateGary Johnson, whom he had met at aReason magazine Christmas party two years earlier.[90] Stone toldThe Huffington Post that Johnson had a real role to play, although "I have no allusions [sic] of him winning."[90]
Roger Stone was an adviser to the2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.[92] He left the campaign in August 2015, with Stone saying he resigned and Trump saying he was fired.[93] Despite this, Stone continued to support Trump.[94] Stone wrote anop-ed forBusiness Insider on how Trump could still win.[95] Even after being called a "stone-cold loser" by Trump in 2008, Trump later praised him onAlex Jones' radio show, which Stone arranged.[96] Stone remained an informal adviser and media surrogate for Trump throughout the campaign.[97]
Stone considered running in the2016 United States Senate election in Florida for the Libertarian nomination but did not enter.[98] During the 2016 campaign, Stone was banned fromCNN andMSNBC after making offensiveTwitter posts about TV personalities likeAna Navarro ("entitled diva bitch" and imagined her "killing herself") andRoland Martin ("stupid negro" and a "fat negro").[99][100][101]Erik Wemple, media writer forThe Washington Post, described Stone's tweets as "nasty" and "bigoted".[100] In June 2016, Stone admitted some regret for his comments on Martin.[99]
In March 2016, theNational Enquirer published a story aboutTed Cruz's alleged extramarital affairs, quoting Stone.[102] Cruz denied the claims and accused Stone and the Trump campaign of orchestrating a smear.[102] Cruz called Stone a "dirty trickster" and said he encouraged violence, while Stone compared Cruz to Nixon and called him a liar.[103]
In April 2016, Stone formed the pro-Trump group Stop the Steal and threatened "Days of Rage" if Republican leaders denied Trump the nomination at theRepublican National Convention.[104][97]The Washington Post reported Stone organized Trump supporters as a force of intimidation and threatened to publicize hotel room numbers of anti-Trump delegates, whichReince Priebus condemned.[97]
After the 2020 election, Stone spread false claims of voter fraud, including one aboutNorth Korean boats delivering ballots toMaine, which theSecretary of State of Maine dismissed as baseless.[115] Stone called Trump "the greatest president sinceAbraham Lincoln" in a 2020 interview.[116] Stone has said he would support Trump in a 2024 run and criticizedRon DeSantis for "disloyalty".[117]
On April 25, 2022, theOntario Party announced that Stone had joined their campaign team as a Senior Strategic Advisor for the2022 Ontario general election.[120] According to the media release issued by the Ontario Party, Stone had previously joined party leaderDerek Sloan to address the party's candidate convention and criticized OntarioPremierDoug Ford's approach to conservatism.[120]
In June 2023, Stone launchedThe Roger Stone Show onWABC radio, which became syndicated in September 2024.[121] Stone became a weekday host on WABC in February 2025.
In early 2018, ahead of an appearance at the annual Republican Dorchester Conference inSalem, Oregon, Stone sought out theProud Boys, aradical right group known for street violence, to act as his "security" for the event; photos posted online showed Stone drinking with several Proud Boys.[122][123][124] After his arraignment at the Miami federal courthouse in January 2019, they joined him on its steps holding signs that read, "Roger Stone is innocent," and promoting right-wing conspiracy theoristAlex Jones and hisInfoWars website. Proud Boys founderGavin McInnes said Stone was "one of the three approved media figures allowed to speak" about the group. When Stone was asked by a local reporter about the Proud Boys' claim that he had been initiated as a member of the group, he responded by calling the reporter a member of theCommunist Party.[124] He is particularly close to the group's former leader,Enrique Tarrio, who has commercially monetized his position.[124] At a televised Trump rally in Miami, Florida, on February 18, 2019, Tarrio was seated directly behind President Trump wearing a "Roger Stone did nothing wrong" tee shirt.[125]
Roger Stone indictment for one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tamperingStone making theV sign after his arrest and indictment, on January 25, 2019
Stone admitted he had established a back-channel with WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange to obtain information onHillary Clinton, namingRandy Credico as his intermediary.[132][127][131] A January 2019 indictment claimed Stone communicated with additional contacts knowledgeable about WikiLeaks' plans.[133][134] The FBI investigated Stone's contacts with Russian operatives, including direct messaging withGuccifer 2.0, a persona linked to Russian military intelligence.[135] U.S. intelligence agencies believe Guccifer 2.0 was a persona created by Russian intelligence to obscure its role in the DNC hack.[136] The Guccifer 2.0 persona was ultimately linked to an IP address associated with the Russian militaryGRU intelligence agency in Moscow.[137]
In March 2017, theSenate Intelligence Committee asked Stone to preserve all documents related to any Russian contacts.[138] Stone denied wrongdoing and expressed willingness to testify.[128] The Committee's final report in August 2020 found that Stone had access to WikiLeaks and that Trump had spoken to Stone and other associates about it multiple times. The Committee also found that WikiLeaks "very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort".[139][140][141]
On September 26, 2017, Stone testified before theHouse Intelligence Committee behind closed doors and made personal attacks on Democratic committee members.[142] On October 28, 2017, Stone's Twitter account was suspended for targeted abuse of CNN personnel.[143] Stone also sent threatening messages to witness Randy Credico, warning him against testifying and making threats regarding his safety and that of his dog.[144][145][146][147][148]
On January 25, 2019, Stone was arrested at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida home by FBI agents on seven criminal charges: one count of obstructing an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.[149][25][150] He was released on a $250,000 bond and vowed to fight the charges, which he called politically motivated.[151][152] Prosecutors alleged that after the first WikiLeaks release of hacked DNC emails in July 2016, a senior Trump campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and determine what other damaging information WikiLeaks had regarding the Clinton campaign. Stone then told the Trump campaign about potential future releases of damaging material by WikiLeaks.[133][153]
On February 18, 2019, Stone posted on Instagram a photo of the federal judge overseeing his case,Amy Berman Jackson, with what resembled rifle scope crosshairs next to her head. Later that day, Stone filed an apology with the court. Jackson then imposed a full gag order on Stone, citing her belief that Stone would "pose a danger" to others without the order.[154]
Stone's trial began on November 6, 2019, at theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia.[155]Randy Credico testified that Stone urged and threatened him to prevent him from testifying to Congress.[156] Stone had testified to Congress that Credico was his WikiLeaks go-between, but prosecutors said this was a lie in order to protectJerome Corsi. During the November 12 testimony, former Trump campaign deputy chairmanRick Gates testified that Stone told campaign associates in April 2016 of WikiLeaks' plans to release documents, far earlier than previously known. Gates also testified that Trump had spoken with Stone about the forthcoming releases.[157]
On November 15, 2019, after a week-long trial and two days of deliberations, the jury convicted Stone on all counts: obstruction, making false statements, and witness tampering.[158][159][160]
On February 20, 2020, JudgeAmy Berman Jackson sentenced Stone to 40 months in federal prison and a $20,000 fine, but allowed him to delay the start of his sentence pending resolution of post-trial motions.[161] The Justice Department's original recommendation of seven to nine years was reduced after intervention by senior officials, following public criticism by President Trump.[162] This led to all four prosecutors withdrawing from the case.[163] The intervention was widely criticized as political interference in the U.S. justice system.[164]
On July 10, 2020, President Trump commuted Stone's sentence, removing his jail time days before he was to report to prison.[164] On December 23, 2020, Trump issued a full pardon to Stone.[165]
2020 United States presidential election, January 6 United States Capitol attack and later political career
On November 5, 2020, two days after thepresidential election, Stone dictated a message saying that "any legislative body" that has "overwhelming evidence of fraud" can choose their own electors to cast Electoral College votes.[166]
A video released to the public in August 2023 showed that Stone had been pushing to overturn the states' election results two days before the election was called for Joe Biden. According to theNew Republic, this contradicted Donald Trump's defense that he and his allies genuinely believed they had won the race.[167]
On December 12, at a Washington, DC rally, Stone urged followers to "fight until the bitter end".[168] He appeared at the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 5, atFreedom Plaza, telling the crowd that the president's enemies sought "nothing less than the heist of the 2020 election and we say, No way!" And "... we will win this fight or America will step off into a thousand years of darkness. We dare not fail. I will be with you tomorrow shoulder to shoulder."[169][170]
On November 22, 2021, theHouse Select Committee on the January 6 Attack subpoenaed Stone and Alex Jones for testimony and documents by December 17 and 6, respectively.[172] Stone agreed to appear before the committee, but invoked theFifth Amendment and refused to answer the committee's questions during a 51 minute period.[173][174] Stone also sued to prevent a subpoena of hisAT&T cell phonemetadata by the committee.[175] The committee also revealed ties between Stone and theProud Boys extremist group.[176]
On December 23, 2021, Stone urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by eightCapitol Police officers, alleging that he is responsible for inciting a crowd of former President Donald Trump's supporters to riot on January 6, 2021.[177] Video evidence later surfaced of him telling Trump supporters on November 2, 2020, that they had "the right to violence."[178]
In January 2024, further controversy arose from a tape being released in which Stone discusses assassinating Democratic politiciansEric Swalwell andJerry Nadler.[179] Stone denied the recording as a "poorly fabricated AI-generated fraud", while it was reported that the US Capitol Police were investigating the matter after the audio's release.[180]
In 2025, Stone accused the Navy veteran, former astronaut, and currentArizona DemocraticSenatorMark Kelly of treason and called for his execution for questioning Trump's crypto connections,meme coins and activities.[181]
Stone married his first wife Anne Elizabeth Wesche in 1974. Using the name Ann E.W. Stone, she founded the groupRepublicans for Choice in 1989. They divorced in 1990.[182]
Stone's personal style has been described as flamboyant.[70][183] In a 2007Weekly Standard profile written byMatt Labash, Stone was described as a "lord of mischief" and the "boastful black prince of Republican sleaze".[8][184] Labash wrote that Stone "often sets his pronouncements off with the utterance 'Stone's Rules,' signifying to listeners that one of his shot-glass commandments is coming down, a pithy dictate uttered with the unbending certitude one usually associates with theBook of Deuteronomy." Examples of Stone's Rules include "Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art, sometimes for its own sake."[8]
Stone does not wear socks – a fact thatNancy Reagan brought to her husband's attention during his1980 presidential campaign.[185] Labash described him as "adandy by disposition who boasts of having not bought off-the-rack since he was 17", who has "taught reporters how to achieve perfect double-dimples underneath their tie knots".[184] Washington journalistVictor Gold has noted Stone's reputation as one of the "smartest dressers" in Washington.[186] Stone's longtime tailor isAlan Flusser. Stone dislikes single-vent jackets (describing them as the sign of a "heathen"), saying he owns 100 silver-colored neckties and has 100 suits in storage.[8] Fashion stories have been written about him inGQ andPenthouse.[8] Stone has written of his dislike for jeans andascots and has praisedseersuckerthree-piece suits, as well asMadras jackets in the summertime and velvet blazers in the winter.[187][188]
In 1999, Stone credited his facial appearance to "decades of following a regimen ofChinese herbs, breathing therapies,tai chi andacupuncture."[43] Stone wears a diamondpinky ring in the shape of a horseshoe and in 2007 he had Richard Nixon's face tattooed on his back.[8] He has said: "I like English tailoring, I like Italian shoes. I likeFrench wine. I likevodka martinis with an olive, please. I like to keep physically fit."[189] Stone's office in Florida has been described as a "Hall of Nixonia" with framed pictures, posters, bongs,[190] and letters associated with Nixon.[8]
In April 2021, the Justice Department filed a civil suit against Stone and his wife to recover about $2 million (~$2.28 million in 2024) in alleged unpaid federal taxes, asserting they had used a commercial entity to shield their income and fund their personal expenses.[191][192] In 2022, Stone agreed to pay more than $2 million in taxes as part of a settlement.[193]
Since 2010, Stone has been an occasional contributor to the conservative websiteThe Daily Caller.[194][187] Stone also writes for his own fashion blog,Stone on Style.[187]
The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ (with Mike Colapietro contributing) (Skyhorse Publishing, 2013): Stone contends thatLyndon B. Johnson was behind aconspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy and was complicit in at least six other murders.[188] In a review forThe Washington Times,Hugh Aynesworth wrote: "The title pretty much explains the book's theory. If a reader doesn't let facts get in the way, it could be an interesting adventure."[198] Aynesworth, who covered the assassination for theDallas Morning News, said that the book "is totally full of all kinds of crap".[196] The book, which was a New York Times Best Seller, has 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com with 4,837 global ratings.[199]
Nixon's Secrets: The Rise, Fall and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon (Skyhorse Publishing, 2014): Stone discussesRichard Nixon and his career. About two-thirds of the book "is a conventional biography that is by no means a whitewash of Nixon. Stone writes that the President took campaign money from the mob, had a long-running affair with a Hong Kong woman who may have been aChinese spy,[200][201][202][203][204][205] and even once unwittingly smuggled three pounds (1.4 kg) ofmarijuana into the United States when carrying the suitcase of jazz greatLouis Armstrong." The remaining one-third of the book is an unconventional account of theWatergate scandal.[196] Stone portrays Nixon as a "confused victim" and claims thatJohn Dean orchestrated the break-in (which he depicts as ordinary politics of the time[206]) to cover up involvement in aprostitution ring. This account is rejected by experts, such as Watergate researchersAnthony Summers andMax Holland. Holland said of Stone: "He's out of his ever-lovin' mind."[196] Dean said in 2014 that Stone's book and his defense of Nixon are "typical of the alternative universe out there" and "pure bullshit".[207]
The Clintons' War on Women (withRobert Morrow ofAustin, Texas) (Skyhorse Publishing, 2015): This book, according toPolitico, is a "sensational" work that contains "explosive, but highly dubious, revelations about bothBill Clinton andHillary Clinton", with a focus onBill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations, and a claim thatWebster Hubbell is the biological father ofChelsea Clinton. This book was promoted by Trump, who posted a Twitter message containing the book'sAmazon.com page.[208]David Corn, writing inMother Jones, writes that the book is "apparently designed to smear theClintons – by depicting Bill as aserial rapist, Hillary as an enabler, and both members of the power couple as a diabolical duo bent on destroying anyone who stands in their way" and said that the book was part of a wider "extreme anti-Clinton project" by Stone.[195]
Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an American Dynasty (with Saint John Hunt) (Skyhorse Publishing, 2016): The book focuses onJeb Bush and theBush family.[197]
The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution (Skyhorse Publishing, 2017): Susan J. McWilliams, Professor of Politics atPomona College, wrote in her review of the book that "[a]side from some minor revelations about how long Trump planned what would later appear to be spontaneous decisions – he trademarked the slogan "Make America Great Again" in 2013 – there's very little Trump, doing very little orchestrating, in these pages" and that "[t]here are many provocative political musings here, but they get lost in Stone's avaricious appetite for self-promotion and grudge-holding."[209]
Stone's Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018)
The Myth of Russian Collusion: The Inside Story of How Donald Trump REALLY Won (Skyhorse Publishing, 2019) (paperback edition of Stone's 2016 bookThe Making of the President 2016 with an added "Introduction 2019")[210]
^Stone served no time as President Donald Trump commuted his sentence, then pardoned him.
^Name as rendered in the 2019 federal indictment.[1] AsThe Washington Post put it: "He was born Roger Joseph Stone Jr. in Norwalk, Conn., on Aug. 27, 1952... Birth and college records list his name that way, but at some point Stone adopted 'Jason' as his middle name".[2]
^Paschal, Olivia; Carlisle, Madeleine (November 15, 2019)."A Brief History of Roger Stone".The Atlantic.Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. RetrievedOctober 2, 2023.
^abDuffy, Michael; Cooper, Matthew (September 20, 1999)."Take my party, please". CNN.Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. RetrievedNovember 17, 2019.
^Assumed to be Roger Stone (August 2007).Bernard Spitzer's voicemail(MP3) (voicemail). The New York Times.Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. RetrievedNovember 17, 2019.And there's not a goddamn thing your phony, psycho, piece-of-shit son can do about it.
^Vielkind, Jimmy (April 6, 2010)."Hi, Roger!".Capitol Confidential, Albany Times Union. Archived fromthe original on April 12, 2010. RetrievedApril 6, 2010.
^Stone, Roger (March 24, 2010)."New York GOP Rumble".The Stone Zone. Archived fromthe original on November 17, 2011. RetrievedApril 6, 2010.
^Victor, Daniel; Stack, Liam (November 14, 2016)."Stephen Bannon and Breitbart News, in Their Words".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. RetrievedMarch 4, 2017.A June 2016 article by Dan Riehl chronicled the belief of Mr. Stone, a Trump adviser, that Ms. Abedin, an aide to Hillary Clinton, was connected to a terrorist conspiracy.
^Taylor, Stuart; Binder, David (August 11, 1988)."Washington Talk: Briefing; Sockless Strategist".The New York Times.Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. RetrievedFebruary 12, 2017.'I told him, "I'm not wearing socks until the Soviets are out of Afghanistan,"' Mr. Stone recalled. 'I had to say something, and that answer seemed acceptable to Governor Reagan.'
^Gold, Victor (February 17, 1994). "Hail to the tie".San Antonio Express-News.
^"United States of America v. Roger J. Stone et al"(PDF).Courtlistener.com.Archived(PDF) from the original on April 18, 2021. RetrievedJuly 9, 2022.Plaintiff, the United States of America, brings this civil action to reduce to judgment and collect unpaid federal income tax liabilities owed by Defendants Roger J. Stone and Nydia B. Stone (collectively "Roger and Nydia Stone" or "the Stones") for the years 2007 through 2011 and 2018.
^Stone, Roger (November 6, 2013). "Amazon Product Page for: The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ by Roger Stone". Skyhorse.ISBN978-1626363137.
^Harnden, Toby (January 11, 2015)."MI6 took spy snaps of Nixon and Chinese 'mistress'".The Times.Archived from the original on March 3, 2025. RetrievedMarch 3, 2025. Allegedly Marianna Liu: quote "A 1976 FBI cable confirmed that in 1967 Liu was investigated for "possible Chicom [Chinese communist] intelligence involvement"."
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