. [209] Jackson stated in the sentencing hearing, "The truth still exists. Former US Senator Elizabeth Dole rests her head on her husband's casket as former Senator Bob Dole lies in state at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2021. [200] Zelinsky testified that "What I heard repeatedly was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the president. 'The National Enquirer' had reported that Roger, 44 at the time, and Nydia, 48, had placed racy advertisements and pictures in the September issue of 'Local Swing Fever' magazine, and on a website, to seek sexual partners for both of them. [56] Stone was a protg of former Connecticut Governor John Davis Lodge, who introduced the young Stone to former Vice President Nixon in 1967. [228], In rare public comments, prosecutor Robert Mueller forcefully rebutted Trump's claims in an op-ed in The Washington Post. In 1980, after their key roles in the Reagan campaign, Stone and Manafort decided to go into business together, with partner Charlie Black, creating a political consulting and lobbying firm to cash in on their relationships within the new administration. The judge found that the suit was brought in the wrong jurisdiction. He married Nydia two years later. The prosecution had recommended that Stone serve between 7 and 9 years. [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. Nydia and her husband also sought couples or exceptional muscular, well-[endowed], single men., Stone denied the report at the time. [23] Investigative journalist Wayne Barrett accused Stone of persuading Trump to publicly consider a run for the Reform nomination to sideline Pat Buchanan and sabotage the Reform Party in an attempt to lower their vote total to benefit George W. Bush's campaign. [67], In April 1992, Time alleged that Stone was involved with the controversial Willie Horton advertisements to aid George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign, which were targeted against Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. As a political strategist and adviser, he has influenced several political campaigns in the United States of America. [233][234][235] He appeared at the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 5, at Freedom Plaza, telling the crowd that the president's enemies sought "nothing less than the heist of the 2020 election and we say, No way!" Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole,[4] George W. Bush,[5] and Donald Trump. As U.S. attorney, Liu had overseen some ancillary cases referred by the Mueller investigation including the Stone prosecution, as well as a politically charged case involving former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, until attorney general Barr replaced her with his close advisor Shea in January 2020. "[123], Stone has repeatedly indicated he would back Trump if he decided to run for a second non-consecutive term in the 2024 United States presidential election, and criticized Ron DeSantis for "disloyalty" amid rumors that he would run his presidential campaign. "[107][108] In April 2016, Cruz again criticized Stone, saying on The Sean Hannity Show of Stone: "He is pulling the strings on Donald Trump. Black, Manafort & Stone (BMS), became one of Washington D.C.'s first mega-lobbying firms[61][62] and was described as instrumental to the success of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign. As a news photographer, she worked on a number of political campaigns, including President Ronald Reagans campaign for the 1980 election. He later claimed that a domestic employee, whom he had discharged for substance abuse, was the perpetrator as he had access to his computer and post-office box key. [247][251], In 1999, Stone credited his facial appearance to "decades of following a regimen of Chinese herbs, breathing therapies, tai chi and acupuncture. He resigned from the campaign after the National Enquirer reported that Stone had placed an ad seeking sexual partners in a swinger's magazine. [211] On April 30, ABC News reported that they had learned through sources that the Federal Bureau of Prisons planned to delay Stone's surrender date by at least 30 days due to concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stone was accused on an episode of Hardball with Chris Matthews on August 22, 2007, of being the voice on an expletive-laden voicemail threatening Bernard Spitzer, father of Eliot, with subpoenas. [53], In the 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries, he worked in Ronald Reagan's campaign for U.S. Previously, between 1974 and 1990, Stone had been married to Anne. The article describes a Polaroid taped up on a computer monitor in their home. [58][59][60] John Sears recruited Stone to work in Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, coordinating the Northeast. [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. They married in 1974 and divorced in 1990. Stone has told his followers on Twitter, that he and wife Nydia have been forced to move to a one-bedroom apartment in an undisclosed location. Born in 1923 #18. [33][221], On July 10, 2020, Trump commuted Stone's sentence by entirely removing his jail time a few days before he was to report to prison. Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg considers Stone his mentor during this time, and "surrogate father". [198], On February 11, 2020 the same day the four Stone prosecutors withdrew from the case after the Justice Department intervened in the sentencing recommendation Trump withdrew the nomination of Jessie K. Liu, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, to become an Under Secretary of the Treasury, two days before her scheduled confirmation hearing. Nydia was born on May 8, 1946 in Cuba. [80][81] Donald Trump is quoted as saying of the incident, "They caught Roger red-handed, lying. In 1996, Stone resigned from a post as a consultant on Senator Bob Dole's campaign for president after The National Enquirer wrote that Stone had placed ads and pictures in racy swingers' publications and a website seeking sexual partners for himself and his second wife, Nydia Bertran Stone, whom he married in Las Vegas in 1992. Roger Stone married Anne Elizabeth Wesche in 1974. 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. [51] After Nixon resigned, Stone went to work for Bob Dole, but was later fired after columnist Jack Anderson publicly identified Stone as a Nixon "dirty trickster". . Bob Dole met his wife in 1972. Nydia Bertran, Roger Stones second wife, married the controversial conservative political operative in Las Vegas in 1992. "[47] Stone wears a diamond pinky ring in the shape of a horseshoe and in 2007 he had Richard Nixon's face tattooed on his back. You got nothing. Puzzling footage going viral on social media shows Joe Biden refusing to acknowledge Vice President Kamala Harris during a memorial for former Republican Sen. Bob Dole. Oklahoma City mayoral candidate Carol Hefner has confirmed to News 9 that she met Tuesday night with Republican strategist Roger Stone. By 1990, it was one of the leading lobbyists for American companies and foreign organizations. On November 15, 2019, Roger Stone was found guilty of obstruction of proceedings, lying to congress and witness intimidation at the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. On February 11, as the Department of Justice revealed that the sentence recommendation for Stone would be reduced, two of the prosecutors in the case withdrew their service. Roger Stone, 66, and his wife Nydia, who went by the pseudonym 'Nikki', were regulars of the notorious private sex club Capitol Couples in Washington D.C. in the mid-1990s View gallery The. I believe where there is smoke there is fire. They divorced in 1990.[69]. Because of BMS's willingness to represent brutal third-world dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire and Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, the firm was branded "The Torturers' Lobby". [23], 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 the Young Socialist Alliance and then slipping the receipt to the Manchester Union-Leader. Such is the life of Roger Stone, political operative, Nixon-era dirty trickster, professional lord of mischief. Roger Stone is a political consultant, author, and lobbyist. [131], The Washington Post reported in February 2021 that the FBI was investigating any role Stone might have had in influencing the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in their participation in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. [18][19][20][21][22] He has described his own political modus operandi as "Attack, attack, attack never defend" and "Admit nothing, deny everything, and launch a counterattack. Roger Stone is now a free man! [247], Stone has written five books, all published by Skyhorse Publishing of New York City. Roger had denied the allegations that they were involved in publishing the advertisements in a two-page report that pointed towards "an acrimonious divorce" five years ago and put the blame on an unnamed "sick, disgruntled" person, who had been placing steamy and suggestive photos of him and his wife on mate-swapping websites for several years. 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. [33] In a lengthy statement containing an array of grievances, Trump attacked the prosecutors as "overzealous" and said, "Roger Stone has already suffered greatly. However, two unnamed associates of Stone have alleged that he collaborated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the 2016 presidential campaign to discredit Hillary Clinton. [75], In that election a blogger accused Stone of responsibility for the KerrySpecter campaign materials which were circulated in Pennsylvania. [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. [38] Trump pardoned Stone on December 23, 2020. On February 10, Federal Prosecutors asked for a 7 to 9 years sentence for Stone. 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. In the year 1992, the political consultant became the husband of Nydia Bertran. And " we will win this fight or America will step off into a thousand years of darkness. [43], As a student at George Washington University in 1972, Stone invited Jeb Stuart Magruder to speak at a Young Republicans Club meeting, then asked Magruder for a job with Richard Nixon's Committee to Re-elect the President. "[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. It is impossible to overstate the danger. [105][106] Erik Wemple, media writer for The Washington Post, described Stone's tweets as "nasty" and "bigoted". Who is Roger Stone's wife Nydia? 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