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ROGER STONE INDICTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES AS PART OF MUELLER’S RUSSIA COLLUSION PROBE

When his school held a mock vote for the 1960 election, Stone was a fan then of John F. Kennedy.

“I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays,” he said. “It was my first political trick.”

Stone also worked as a consultant for Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign but resigned after a National Enquirer story alleged he and his wife were searching for swingers. Stone initially said the ads were false but later admitted they were real.

Aside from Nixon and Dole, Stone also worked for Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp.

He was once friends with Al Sharpton

Stone and Al Sharpton, a Democratic commentator and civil rights leader,met in the early 2000s and became friends, according to The Washington Post.

Stone later worked on his presidential campaign, even loaning it a substantial amount of money.

He was an early backer of Trump

Stone was one of Trump’s earliest political advisers, encouraging his presidential run. He briefly served on the 2016 campaign but was pushed out amid infighting with then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. However, he continued to communicate with Trump on occasion and stayed plugged into the circle of advisers – both formal and informal – who worked with and around Trump.

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Stone also worked as an adviser to Trump when he considered a presidential bid in 2000.

He has connections to WikiLeaks

According to Mueller’s indictment, many of Stone’s conversations during the campaign involved WikiLeaks.