[90] Berke lost the race to incumbent Mayor Matti Herrera Bower. According to reporter Greg Palast, Stone was a key figure in organizing the so-called Brooks Brothers riot, the demonstration by Republican operatives against the recount. The couple recently made headlines by trying to settle a $2 million dollar lawsuit with the Justice Department over unpaid. . Previously, he was married to Ann Stone from 1974 to 1990. . [128][129][130] After his arraignment at the Miami federal courthouse in January 2019, they joined him on its steps holding signs that said, "Roger Stone is innocent," and promoting right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his InfoWars website. [200] Zelinsky testified that in his career as a prosecutor, United States v. Roger Stone was the sole occasion in which he witnessed "political influence play any role in prosecutorial decision making,"[201] and that he opted to resign from the case and his temporary appointment in the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. "rather than be associated with the Department of Justice's actions at sentencing. Nydia Bertran, Roger Stones second wife, married the controversial conservative political operative in Las Vegas in 1992. "[100] Stone remained an informal adviser to and media surrogate for Trump throughout the campaign.[101][102]. Name as rendered in the 2019 federal indictment. Roger Stone's ex wife was Anne Wesche, a fellow Connecticut native and a graduate of George Washington University. [139][134][138] Stone ultimately named Randy Credico, who had interviewed both Assange and Stone for a radio show, as his intermediary with Assange. . [134] Stone tweeted before the leak, "It will soon [sic] the Podesta's time in the barrel". The American 70-year-old politician is married to . [31][32] In November 2019, a jury convicted him on all seven felony counts. In 1992, Roger married Nydia Bertran. "[109] Stone responded by comparing Cruz to Richard Nixon and accusing him of being a liar. Stone acknowledged contacts with the mysterious persona and made public excerpts of the messages. [26] According to Nunberg, who claimed he spoke to the paper after being asked to do so by Special Counsel Robert Mueller,[26] Stone joked to him that he had taken a trip to London to personally meet with Assange, but declined to do so, had only wanted to have telephone conversations to remain undetected and did not have advance notice of the leaked emails. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Republican strategist Roger Stone emphatically denied allegations in the National Enquirer this week that suggested he and his wife, Nydia, frequented sex clubs and posted . [135] The Committee's final report of August 2020 found that Stone did have access to Wikileaks and that Trump had spoken to Stone and other associates about it multiple times. After dating for three years, the duo got married in December 1975. And " we will win this fight or America will step off into a thousand years of darkness. [127] According to the media release issued by the Ontario Party, Stone had previously joined party leader Derek Sloan to address the party's candidate convention and criticized Ontario Premier Doug Ford's approach to conservatism. 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 the Communist Party. Roger the Cuck-Calling Cuckold Certainly, Nydia Stone sounds a lot happier than Kathleen Manafort, Paul Manafort's long-suffering wife. "[135] Stone has denied having any advance knowledge of the Podesta email hack or any connection to Russian intelligence, stating that his earlier tweet was referring to reports of the Podesta Group's own ties to Russia. On January 25, Stone was arrested by the FBI at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [180] Stone had testified to Congress that Credico was his WikiLeaks go-between, but prosecutors said this was a lie in order to protect Jerome Corsi. [66] In that same election, his other partners worked for George H. W. Bush (Lee Atwater as campaign manager, and Paul Manafort as director of operations in the fall campaign). [24] The Netflix documentary film Get Me Roger Stone focuses on Stone's past and his role in Trump's presidential campaign. Using the name Ann E.W. Nydia Stone was born as Nydia Bertran on May 8, 1946 in Cuba. The truth still matters [in spite of] Roger Stone's insistence that it doesn't [pose] a threat to our most fundamental institutions, to the very foundation of our democracy. In a clip from Thursday's congressional ceremony, Biden and his wife Jill stroll into the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building and walk straight past Harris and her husband . [222][223], Other Trump advisors, including chief of staff Mark Meadows, son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, and White House Counsel Pat A. Cipollone were concerned about granting clemency to Stone,[33] viewing a grant of clemency as a political liability for Trump. More recently, she spoke up in support of her husband after Twitter suspended his account in October 2017 following his personal attacks on a number of CNN personalities reporting on Robert Muellers Russian investigation. [99], Despite calling Stone a "stone-cold loser" in a 2008 interview[23] and accusing him of seeking too much publicity in a statement shortly after Stone left the campaign,[96] Donald Trump praised him during an appearance in December 2015 on Alex Jones' radio show that was orchestrated by Stone. "[188] The next morning a senior Justice Department official said the department would recommend a lighter sentence, adding that the decision had been made before Trump commented. "[209], On February 23, 2020, Judge Jackson rejected a request by Stone's lawyers that she be removed from the case. "[4] Stone maintains he never did anything illegal during the Watergate scandal. But I didn't. [229] Democrats condemned Trump's commutation of Stone's sentence, viewing it as abuse of the rule of law[33] that distorted the U.S. justice system to protect Trump's friends and undermine Trump's rivals. Roger Stone profile Full name: Roger Joseph Stone Jr Birthdate: August 27, 1952 Roger Stone age: 68 years Birthplace: Norwalk, Connecticut, USA Nationality: American Occupation: Lobbyist, political strategist Parents: Gloria Rose and Roger J. Nydia has also been married once before. Nydia Stone first met Roger Stone during one of President Ronald Reagans campaigns where she was working as a photographer. Lawyer Jonathan Kravis has resigned as an assistant U.S. attorney. [212] On May 28, Stone was ordered by Judge Jackson to report to prison by June 30. [75], In that election a blogger accused Stone of responsibility for the KerrySpecter campaign materials which were circulated in Pennsylvania. He has described his family as middle-class, blue-collar Catholics. [79], In January 2008, Stone founded Citizens United Not Timid, an anti-Hillary Clinton 527 group with an intentionally obscene acronym.[82]. Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump.In addition to frequently serving as a campaign adviser, Stone was a political lobbyist. [72], Later that year, according to Stone and the film Recount, Stone was recruited by James Baker to assist with public relations during the Florida recount. [63][64][65], In 1987 and 1988, Stone served as senior adviser to Jack Kemp's presidential campaign, which was managed by consulting partner Charlie Black. All four of the Assistant U.S. All jurors in the Stone trial had been vetted for potential bias by Judge Jackson, the defense team, and prosecutors. Bob Dole was a member of the U.S. House (1961-69) and U.S. Senate (1969-96) from Kansas. [136][137] In his opening statement before the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on September 26, 2017, Stone reiterated this claim: "Note that my tweet of August 21, 2016, makes no mention, whatsoever, of Mr. Podesta's email, but does accurately predict that the Podesta brothers' business activities in Russia would come under public scrutiny. Stone had asserted that a juror was biased against him. We dare not fail. Since she became romantically involved with political consultant Roger Stone, both of them have surfaced on the media from time to time for diverse reasons. [153], On October 28, 2017, following a news report by CNN that indictments would be announced within a few days, Stone's Twitter account was suspended by Twitter for what it called "targeted abuse" of various CNN personnel in a series of derogatory, threatening and obscenity-filled tweets. Nydia Stones last Instagram post prior to her husband being found guilty was a photo showing her with her husband, Stone is holding a martini while Nydia is drinking red wine. [26] Stone afterwards denied that he had contacted Assange or had known in advance about the leaked emails. [120][119][121], As numerous false and unsubstantiated allegations of voting fraud spread after the 2020 presidential election, Stone asserted he had "learned of absolute incontrovertible evidence of North Korean boats delivering ballots through a harbor in Maine." He is the co-author, with Robert Morrow, of The Clintons' War on Women, published in 2015. [114] He suggested that the Saudi government or members of the Saudi royal family directly supported or financed the September 11 attacks, tweeting that "Instead of meeting with the Saudis @realDonaldTrump should be demanding they pay for the attack on America on 9/11 which they financed. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. Nydia's father served as a Cuban diplomat before Fidel Castro took over power in the country. Stone predicted a "Libertarian moment" in 2016 and the end of the Republican party. The Cuban-American woman's father was reportedly a diplomat in Cuba. [citation needed] Stone married his first wife Anne Elizabeth Wesche in 1974. Dole was born Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Mary Ella (ne Cathey; 1901-2004) and John Van Hanford (1893-1978).. Dole attended Duke University and graduated with distinction in Political Science, on June 2, 1958.She was a finalist for an Angier B. Duke scholarship, a full-tuition award given to outstanding applicants who . Intervenes on Sentencing", "All 4 prosecutors in Roger Stone case quit after Justice Department says it will seek shorter prison term for Trump ally", "All four US prosecutors quit Roger Stone case", "Prosecutors quit amid escalating Justice Dept. Bob Dole Popularity . President Trump himself said this was "disgraceful" and a "miscarriage of justice.". In addition to frequently serving as a campaign adviser, Stone was a political lobbyist. [221] Carlson reportedly visited the white house and met with Jared Kushner to demand clemency for Stone. [97][98] A few days later, Stone wrote an op-ed called "The man who just resigned from Donald Trump's campaign explains how Trump can still win" for Business Insider. [24], Stone called Saudi Arabia "an enemy" and criticized Trump's visit to Riyadh in May 2017. [144] U.S. intelligence agencies believe Guccifer 2.0 to be a persona created by Russian intelligence to obscure its role in the DNC hack. [87] 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. Stone ultimately lost the battle within the GOP on the issue. He's a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent. Later, she was able to bag several photography assignments for reporting as well. [214] On June 27, Judge Jackson rescheduled Stone's surrender date as July 14,[215][216][217] but also ordered him to immediately begin serving time in home confinement before reporting to prison. Who is Roger Stone's wife Nydia? "[155][156][157][158][159], In a December 2017 interview with the Florida television station WBBH-TV, following the sentencing of Michael Cohen, Stone said that Cohen shouldn't have lied under oath, and Cohen was a "rat" because he turned on the president, something that Stone said he would never do. Nydia was born on May 8, 1946 in Cuba. Stone is the sixth Trump aide or adviser to be charged by Mueller, according to the AP. On November 15, 2019, Stone was found guilty on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction of a federal investigation, and witness tampering. [52], In 1975, Stone helped found the National Conservative Political Action Committee, a New Right organization that helped to pioneer independent expenditure political advertising. The most frequently asked questions are, is Roger Stone single or dating, and who is Roger Stone's wife? . [78][79] 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. You got nothing. [162][163], On July 3, 2018, U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle dismissed a lawsuit brought by political activist group Protect Democracy, alleging that Trump's campaign and Stone conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks to publish hacked Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential election race. This means that they have been forced into the situation of giving up their luxurious home in Fort Lauderdale, which is estimated to have cost the couple around $9,500 per month. Because of tromp (sic), I could never get away with a certain (sic) my Fifth Amendment rights but you can. [242] Video evidence later surfaced of him telling Trump supporters on November 2, 2020, that they had "the right to violence. Oklahoma City mayoral candidate Carol Hefner has confirmed to News 9 that she met Tuesday night with Republican strategist Roger Stone. [261] Stone's longtime tailor is Alan Flusser. [186], On February 10, 2020, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia requested that Stone be sentenced to seven to nine years in prison for his crimes after securing convictions on all seven charges. A guilty verdict Friday brought an abrupt end to the decades-long career of Roger Stone, a smooth-talking agent provocateur and self-proclaimed dirty trickster who thrived in the shadier margins . The couple married in 1992 - she later shared a lot of photos from their wedding ceremony as she had a chance to dance with Donald Trump, who was also among the guests. It was my first political trick. Although their careers went in different directions, their relationship remained close. Instagram/Roger Stone [117], On September 10, 2020, Stone told InfoWars' Alex Jones that, if Trump appeared to lose the 2020 United States presidential election, he should consider declaring martial law via the Insurrection Act and confiscate ballots, particularly in Nevada, where they were "completely corrupted" and so "should be seized by federal marshals. The couple gave birth to their daughter Robin Dole on 15 October 1954. I like to keep physically fit. Powered by. [28][29][30], 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. In 2007, Stone indicated he was a staunch conservative but with libertarian leanings. [191] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General requesting a probe into the reduced sentencing recommendation, over fears of potential improper political interference in the process. Bob Dole, while running for president in 1996, attends a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan . [86] 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). [23] In 1977, at age 24, Stone won the presidency of the Young Republicans in a campaign managed by his friend Paul Manafort; they had compiled a dossier on each of the 800 delegates that gathered, which they called "whip books". And this pattern, Donald keeps associating himself with people who encourage violence. 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