Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

sarchasm

(1,012 posts)
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 09:49 AM Mar 2022

The Roger Stone Tapes

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Spazito (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Washington Post

• New video shows Roger Stone working behind the scenes to overturn the 2020 election, secure pardons. •

As a mob ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Roger Stone, Donald Trump’s longest-serving political adviser, hurried to pack a suitcase inside his elegant suite on the fifth floor of the Willard hotel. He wrapped his tailored suits in trash bags, reversed his black face mask so its “Free Roger Stone” logo was hidden, then slipped out of town for a hastily arranged private flight from Dulles International Airport.

“I really want to get out of here,” Stone told an aide, as they were filmed at the hotel by a Danish camera crew for a documentary on the veteran Republican operative. Stone said he feared prosecution by the incoming attorney general, Merrick Garland. “He is not a friend,” Stone said.

Stone allowed the filmmakers to document his activities during extended periods over more than two years. In addition to interviews and moments when Stone spoke directly to the camera, they also captured fly-on-the-wall footage of his actions, candid off-camera conversations from a microphone he wore and views of his iPhone screen as he messaged associates on an encrypted app. Reporters from The Washington Post reviewed more than 20 hours of video filmed for the documentary, “A Storm Foretold,” which is expected to be released later this year.

The footage, along with other reporting by The Post, provides the most comprehensive account to date of Stone’s involvement in the former president’s effort to overturn the election and in the rallies in Washington that spilled over into violence on Jan. 6.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/roger-stone-documentary-capitol-riot-trump-election/?itid=hp_special-topic-1



Things are heating up for Stone Cold Stone....
53 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
The Roger Stone Tapes (Original Post) sarchasm Mar 2022 OP
"Stone said he feared prosecution ... " IOW Stone knew what he was doing and had done on 1/6/21 ... Botany Mar 2022 #1
He looks like a villain from the old Batman show PatSeg Mar 2022 #8
The mother fucker revels in being an over the top dick and pissing off people like you and me. Botany Mar 2022 #12
You know, you are probably right PatSeg Mar 2022 #16
Did I spell "revels" right? Botany Mar 2022 #20
Looks right to me! PatSeg Mar 2022 #27
"over the top dick"... llmart Mar 2022 #26
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Mar 2022 #28
He also has the head of a dick. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #31
"BTW I have no doubt that he has had people killed." Eyeball_Kid Mar 2022 #41
There was one republican in Florida who talked to Stone about wikileaks, Russia, and "dirt" on ... Botany Mar 2022 #44
The Diddler. Harker Mar 2022 #13
Perfect! PatSeg Mar 2022 #17
You're an inspiration. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #35
OMG that is soooo perfect! chowder66 Mar 2022 #50
I hesitated out of admiration for Frank Gorshin. Harker Mar 2022 #51
Nah, the Diddler is everything!!! chowder66 Mar 2022 #52
Oh, yes, the evil Pinhead! lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #22
He DOES look like a Pinhead! PatSeg Mar 2022 #29
The Diddler! lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #30
I can see Robin twisting a fist into his palm, and cursing Harker Mar 2022 #37
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Mar 2022 #42
I just finished the new book on Watergate. Guess who makes an appearance! Tomconroy Mar 2022 #2
Was Buchanan in it, too? flying_wahini Mar 2022 #33
Stone's Nixon-era roots need to be exhumed and released to the public bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #3
O, Stone, be not so! trusty elf Mar 2022 #4
Either someone else saw the resemblance bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #6
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Mar 2022 #7
Love it! That dog is doing what I'd like to do to Roger Stone. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #23
Stone was 20 in 1972 Deminpenn Mar 2022 #5
Stone, Atwater, and Manafort back in the day. Botany Mar 2022 #9
Wow, never saw that one before bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #10
I think the reason Nixon had his "Plumbers" break into Lawrence O'Brien's office in the Watergate Botany Mar 2022 #19
THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Mar 2022 #47
Axis of evil. ...nt 2naSalit Mar 2022 #39
Best start of my morning in a long time. Ferryboat Mar 2022 #11
it turns out Merrick Garland was the best thing to happen to him Mr. Sparkle Mar 2022 #14
That line struck me too. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #32
And... Wuddles440 Mar 2022 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #36
Roger "Quid Pro Quo" Stone L. Coyote Mar 2022 #15
Marking to read later. tanyev Mar 2022 #21
I've got a stone for Stone. usonian Mar 2022 #24
Republican traitors suck Bigly Achilleaze Mar 2022 #25
Kill two birds with one "stone." wnylib Mar 2022 #43
Fleeing like a rat from a sinking ship. Martin68 Mar 2022 #38
Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #40
This film maker has earlier tilted a lot of high placed persons in Denmark TomWilm Mar 2022 #45
Roger Stone is a caricature of a Bond villain. OMGWTF Mar 2022 #46
Stone left DC on "... a hastily arranged private flight" Grins Mar 2022 #48
"Merrick Garland 'is not a friend'" - Stone. Unlike Barr Grins Mar 2022 #49
*LOCKING* Spazito Mar 2022 #53

Botany

(70,584 posts)
1. "Stone said he feared prosecution ... " IOW Stone knew what he was doing and had done on 1/6/21 ...
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 09:56 AM
Mar 2022

Last edited Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:58 AM - Edit history (1)

.... was illegal. And he admitted to it on tape. “I really want to get out of here,” Stone told an aide, as they were filmed
at the hotel by a Danish camera crew for a documentary on the veteran Republican operative.

Call the grand jury, indict him, arrest him, no bail, give him a fair trial, and lock his pompous ass up.


Stone and Oath Keeper Josha James (who just plead guilty to seditious conspiracy) on 1/6/21

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
8. He looks like a villain from the old Batman show
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:15 AM
Mar 2022

Botany

(70,584 posts)
12. The mother fucker revels in being an over the top dick and pissing off people like you and me.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:26 AM
Mar 2022

Trump's pardon of Stone will not cover his actions as per 1/6/21 and the attempted coup.

I want him to die in prison.

BTW I have no doubt that he has had people killed.

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
16. You know, you are probably right
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:47 AM
Mar 2022

Not only is the man without morals or principles, he advertises it proudly like a badge of honor. Such a freak.

Botany

(70,584 posts)
20. Did I spell "revels" right?
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:00 AM
Mar 2022

Botany =

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
27. Looks right to me!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:17 AM
Mar 2022

And the sentiment is spot-on!

llmart

(15,552 posts)
26. "over the top dick"...
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:14 AM
Mar 2022

Well, he does have a tattoo of a dick.....

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
28. Ha, ha, ha!!!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:18 AM
Mar 2022

And that tells us all we need to know about the weirdo.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
31. He also has the head of a dick.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:21 AM
Mar 2022

Eyeball_Kid

(7,434 posts)
41. "BTW I have no doubt that he has had people killed."
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:06 PM
Mar 2022

...at Trump's command.

Botany

(70,584 posts)
44. There was one republican in Florida who talked to Stone about wikileaks, Russia, and "dirt" on ...
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:34 PM
Mar 2022

... Hillary and he must have gotten too close to the truth about Trump/Russia because with in
weeks he decided it was a good time to commit suicide.


Harker

(14,036 posts)
13. The Diddler.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:37 AM
Mar 2022

This twitchy fop needs to serve time. Lots of time.

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
17. Perfect!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:47 AM
Mar 2022

Harker

(14,036 posts)
18. You're an inspiration. n/t
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:52 AM
Mar 2022

Response to Harker (Reply #13)

chowder66

(9,080 posts)
50. OMG that is soooo perfect!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:03 PM
Mar 2022

Harker

(14,036 posts)
51. I hesitated out of admiration for Frank Gorshin.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:11 PM
Mar 2022

Could've gone with The Choker, I suppose, but I'll hold on to that for after the trial.

chowder66

(9,080 posts)
52. Nah, the Diddler is everything!!!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:13 PM
Mar 2022

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
22. Oh, yes, the evil Pinhead!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:07 AM
Mar 2022

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
29. He DOES look like a Pinhead!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:19 AM
Mar 2022

It is a tossup between The Diddler and Evil Pinhead!

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
30. The Diddler!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:20 AM
Mar 2022

Harker

(14,036 posts)
37. I can see Robin twisting a fist into his palm, and cursing
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:49 AM
Mar 2022

The Pinheaded Diddler.

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
42. Ha, ha, ha!!!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:14 PM
Mar 2022

I love the visual!

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
2. I just finished the new book on Watergate. Guess who makes an appearance!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 09:57 AM
Mar 2022

flying_wahini

(6,651 posts)
33. Was Buchanan in it, too?
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:28 AM
Mar 2022

bucolic_frolic

(43,291 posts)
3. Stone's Nixon-era roots need to be exhumed and released to the public
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:01 AM
Mar 2022

All that ever surfaces is a few pics of him in the Nixon White House. Where are his grades, test scores, genealogy, and did any relatives also resemble Stone Men of Easter Island?

trusty elf

(7,401 posts)
4. O, Stone, be not so!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:10 AM
Mar 2022

bucolic_frolic

(43,291 posts)
6. Either someone else saw the resemblance
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:14 AM
Mar 2022

or you cooked that up on the rapid griddle. Thanks for the cannot unsee visuals!

PatSeg

(47,600 posts)
7. Ha, ha, ha!!!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:14 AM
Mar 2022

XacerbatedDem

(511 posts)
23. Love it! That dog is doing what I'd like to do to Roger Stone.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:10 AM
Mar 2022

Deminpenn

(15,290 posts)
5. Stone was 20 in 1972
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:12 AM
Mar 2022

not really an experienced dirty trickster, just a beginner.

Botany

(70,584 posts)
9. Stone, Atwater, and Manafort back in the day.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:18 AM
Mar 2022


As Atwater was dying of brain cancer he begged forgiveness from Mike Dukakis for his Will Horton
crap. Gov. Dukakis met with Atwater and let him apologize.

bucolic_frolic

(43,291 posts)
10. Wow, never saw that one before
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:26 AM
Mar 2022

People don't just stumble into positions of power. The pedigrees of these boffoons should be leached for connections. Nixon's political connections ran very deep. There was even one, and I'm not sure if it was rumored or actual, between Howard Hughes and Nixon's brother Donald, and a business loan. And money and Nixon always dredges up Bebe Rebozo. The Hughes reference surfaced a wee bit in the movie The Hoax, but everyone pooh-poohs such clarity. I suspect there are ghosts in that photo if good shoe leather is expended.

Botany

(70,584 posts)
19. I think the reason Nixon had his "Plumbers" break into Lawrence O'Brien's office in the Watergate
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:54 AM
Mar 2022

... was to see just how much Larry O'Brien knew about the money Nixon had taken from Howard Hughes.
If I remember right O'Brien had at one time worked for Hughes.

Ford might have done the right thing for America by pardoning Nixon and freeing up his time from dealing
with Nixon but I think the right thing to do was to prosecute Nixon for his crimes and now we have let too
many republican Presidents and administrations off the hook for their crimes. Reagan (Iran/Contra),
bush & Cheney (election rat fucking, 911, Iraq War, big branch mine, and ...), and now Trump. But they
impeached Clinton over a B.J..

OMGWTF

(3,976 posts)
47. THIS! THIS! THIS!
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:39 PM
Mar 2022

2naSalit

(86,783 posts)
39. Axis of evil. ...nt
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:02 PM
Mar 2022

Ferryboat

(923 posts)
11. Best start of my morning in a long time.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:26 AM
Mar 2022

Roger knows he is doomed.

Mr. Sparkle

(2,948 posts)
14. it turns out Merrick Garland was the best thing to happen to him
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:39 AM
Mar 2022

He's a free man nearly one and half years later.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
32. That line struck me too.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:22 AM
Mar 2022

Maybe Garland is his friend after all.

Wuddles440

(1,127 posts)
34. And...
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:31 AM
Mar 2022

unfortunately will exploit this unwarranted freedom to participate in planning the next coup. We will forever regret that these actors were not prosecuted for their criminal and seditious acts.

Response to Mr. Sparkle (Reply #14)

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
15. Roger "Quid Pro Quo" Stone
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:40 AM
Mar 2022

tanyev

(42,616 posts)
21. Marking to read later.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:02 AM
Mar 2022

usonian

(9,875 posts)
24. I've got a stone for Stone.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:14 AM
Mar 2022


Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
25. Republican traitors suck Bigly
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:14 AM
Mar 2022

Republicans who betrayed America should be locked up

wnylib

(21,611 posts)
43. Kill two birds with one "stone."
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:22 PM
Mar 2022

Rid the country of traitors and create a construction boon by building facilities to hold them all.

Martin68

(22,890 posts)
38. Fleeing like a rat from a sinking ship.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 11:54 AM
Mar 2022

TeamProg

(6,244 posts)
40. Thanks for posting. n/t
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:04 PM
Mar 2022

TomWilm

(1,832 posts)
45. This film maker has earlier tilted a lot of high placed persons in Denmark
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:37 PM
Mar 2022

One of the films by this director, Christoffer Guldbrandsen, is about the 2002 European Union enlargement, and his revelations caused the Turkish stock markets to drop around 20%. Another one examined events in Afghanistan in 2002, in which Danish soldiers handed over prisoners to the US Army, even though the Danish government was aware that American soldiers does not treat prisoners of war according to the Geneva Convention. He is very skilled to get allowed into filming people of power, but also famous for showing exactly what they do!

OMGWTF

(3,976 posts)
46. Roger Stone is a caricature of a Bond villain.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:38 PM
Mar 2022

Grins

(7,230 posts)
48. Stone left DC on "... a hastily arranged private flight"
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:45 PM
Mar 2022

Oh?

Whose plane?
Who paid for it?
Where did it go?
Define “hastily.”

Stone has claimed bankruptcy and begged the idiots and imbeciles in “the base” to give him money, so…?

Grins

(7,230 posts)
49. "Merrick Garland 'is not a friend'" - Stone. Unlike Barr
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:52 PM
Mar 2022

Who could be depended on.

Spazito

(50,473 posts)
53. *LOCKING*
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 01:21 PM
Mar 2022

Host consensus is this OP doesn't meet the criteria in the SOP for this forum:

No analysis or opinion pieces.

This would be fine in General Discussion.

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»The Roger Stone Tapes