Adria Stone is the daughter of Roger Stone, and Scott Stone is his stepson. Stone subsequently hired Michael McMinoway to infiltrate campaigns of candidates such as Edmund Muskie and Hubert Humphrey. However, Roger divorced from his wife Anne Elizabeth Wesche, who he married in 1974, bringing their 16-years-long relationship to an end, and soon started dating Nydia. Republican political strategist Lee Atwater joined the firm in 1985, after serving in the #2 position on Reagan-Bush 1984. . 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. In written responses to the Mueller investigation, Trump had stated he did not recall such discussions with Stone. 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. [48] Magruder agreed and Stone then left college to work for the committee. She then went on to obtain her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law in 1965. [220] Another juror stated that had she not been there, they would have returned the same verdict but faster, insisting that the jury forewoman was impartial and focused on process. Our last day of a very relaxing holiday, A post shared by Nydia Bertran Stone (@nydia_b_stone) on Sep 7, 2018 at 5:11pm PDT, A 1999 New York Times feature on Stone detailed that the political operative did not want it published that his three grandchildren by way of Nydias past marriages call him, shucks, Pop-pop. During the same interview, Stone, who is known for his ostentatious style, said, I never owned a pair of blue jeans until I met my second wife., A New Dawn Magazine feature on Stone saw him discuss his health regime saying, Ho shou wu is an Asian tonic remedy that solves so many problems. Bob Dole, with his wife to the left and former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum behind him, attends the unveiling of a statue in his likeness at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, 2018. She added. Roger Stone pleads not guilty on seven counts he was charged with. He planned the Trump campaign, and he is Trump's henchman and dirty trickster. ", "Roger Stone Wants Daily Beast Reporters To Be Arrested Over 'Seditious' Activities", "Roger Stone Calls For Trump To 'Declare Martial Law' To Seize Power If He Loses", "Maine Sec. 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. . For his part, Stone denied having forged the documents. [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. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/nydia-stone-42201.php. [247], Stone has written five books, all published by Skyhorse Publishing of New York City. 1 Booster Goes Real Dirty to Attack the Clintons: With his new book and video project, can Roger Stone get any lower? Nydia Stone and her husband, Roger Stone, graced the pages of tabloids, as well as mainstream media, after they got entangled into a controversy in 1996. [107] Cruz stated, "It is a story that quoted one source on the record, Roger Stone, Donald Trump's chief political adviser. Link to tweet | 43 Tweet 112 replies, 66526 views Thread info Bookmark this thread Trash this thread Reply to this thread [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. Bob Dole met his wife in 1972. [209] Jackson stated in the sentencing hearing, "The truth still exists. "[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. Were to kick 2018 to the street and welcome 2019., Nydia has used her Twitter account in the last few months to show her support for her husband. In 1995, Stone was the president of Republican Senator Arlen Specter's campaign for the 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries. His own bare-chested photo, according to him, was taken for a 1993 bodybuilding contest. #yuge # trump Great dinner partner :( pic.twitter.com/W4KiKGa2WC, Nydia Bertran Stone (@nydiastone) September 8, 2015, In a subsequent tweet, Nydia said, I have been by Roger Stones side for 30 years and no matter how many people are interviewed there is: NO RUSSIAN COLLUSION; NO WIKI LEAKS; NO JULIAN ASSANGE. Dole was severely wounded in . Then I recruited the most unpopular guy in the school to run against me. [33][34][35] He was sentenced to 40months in prison. [3] [33] In a lengthy statement containing an array of grievances, Trump attacked the prosecutors as "overzealous" and said, "Roger Stone has already suffered greatly. His first wife name is Ann Stone Roger Stone is currently married to his second wife, Nydia Bertran. Like her husband, Nydia Stone has also been involved in American right-wing politics for a long time. First Name Bob #23. [24] The Netflix documentary film Get Me Roger Stone focuses on Stone's past and his role in Trump's presidential campaign. [124], Stone supported Russia during its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, claiming that Vladimir Putin was "acting defensively" in order to halt a purported U.S.-funded biological weapons program, which, in fact, did not exist. All four of the Assistant U.S. [189][190] That afternoon the Department of Justice filed a revised sentencing memorandum, saying the initial recommendation could be "considered excessive and unwarranted under the circumstances." Despite his denial, Stone resigned from his job as a consultant on Senator Bob Dole's campaign for president. [147] The Committee Vice Chair, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), called on Stone to testify before the committee, saying he "hit the trifecta" of shady dealings with Russia. [247][251], In 1999, Stone credited his facial appearance to "decades of following a regimen of Chinese herbs, breathing therapies, tai chi and acupuncture. 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. [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. "[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. [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." Roger Stone's net worth is $5 million, . [127], In early 2018, ahead of an appearance at the annual Republican Dorchester Conference in Salem, Oregon, Stone sought out the Proud Boys, a radical right group known for street violence, to act as his "security" for the event; photos posted online showed Stone drinking with several Proud Boys. [154], On December 1, 2017, Stone texted Randy Credico, a prosecution witness: "If you testify you're a fool. "[4] Stone maintains he never did anything illegal during the Watergate scandal. 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Roger Jason Stone Jr: The full indictment", "Roger Stone, Political Animal, 'Above all, attack, attack, attack never defend. [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. Nydia and her hubby have been the subject of a number of headlines through the years. Most Popular #29018. Beginning in October 2018, Nydia said that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, knows nothing detrimental to Roger Stone and Morgan is lying to get on TV. "[47], Given a copy of Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative, Stone became drawn to conservatism as a child and a volunteer in Goldwater's 1964 campaign. Nixon's people were obsessed with intelligence. [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. As a news photographer, she worked on a number of political campaigns, including President Ronald Reagans campaign for the 1980 election. [218], After Stone's conviction, Trump repeatedly indicated that he was considering a pardon for Stone. It's performance art, sometimes for its own sake. 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. [91], In February 2012, Stone said that he had changed his party affiliation from the Republican Party to the Libertarian Party. Stone had considered entering the 2016 United States Senate election in Florida to challenge white nationalist Augustus Invictus for the Libertarian nomination. After her family moved from Cuba to the United States, Nydia Stone began working professionally as a model and posed for local advertisements and marketing campaigns. While I . [23] Stone denied making or distributing the advertisement, and said it was Atwater's doing. I don't understand why she's there, given her lack of qualifications. [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. He worked briefly for Bob Dole before joining Ronald Reagan's 1976 presidential campaign. [237] Stone agreed to appear before the committee, but invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer the committee's questions during a 51 minute period. President. [40] His ancestry includes Hungarian and Italian. 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. They divorced in 1990. [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. His bravado has pushed. [4] Stone has written of his dislike for jeans and ascots and has praised seersucker three-piece suits, as well as Madras jackets in the summertime and velvet blazers in the winter. "My first treatment will begin on Monday. Would love your thoughts, please comment. That doesn't mean that he's calling the shots for me. 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. Stone went on to appear on Good Morning America to claim that an investigation had revealed that a former employee of Stones, who he fired for substance abuse, had posted the ads as an act of revenge. Who is Roger Stone's wife Nydia? Stone would continue to work for Republicans Bob Dole and Tom Kean. He was married twice and his second wife was former Senator Elizabeth Hanford of North Carolina. Immediately after the Access Hollywood tape was released in October 2016, Stone directed his associate Jerome Corsi to tell Julian Assange to "drop the Podesta emails immediately," which Wikileaks leaked minutes later. [104] Stone specifically referred to the CNN commentator Ana Navarro as an "entitled diva bitch" and imagined her "killing herself", and called another CNN personality Roland Martin a "stupid negro" and a "fat negro". Dinner at our favorite place Cafe Europa? "[209], On February 23, 2020, Judge Jackson rejected a request by Stone's lawyers that she be removed from the case. Stone ultimately lost the battle within the GOP on the issue. He also was featured in Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, the 2010 documentary of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. He was named chairman of the Young Republicans in 1977. The Cuban-American woman's father was reportedly a diplomat in Cuba. Five days before the leak, Stone tweeted, "Wednesday Hillary Clinton is done. [185] On November 25, a decision denying a defense motion for acquittal was released. [140] A January 2019 indictment claimed Stone communicated with additional contacts knowledgeable about WikiLeaks plans. Early life and education. In 2017, she made an appearance as herself on a documentary on her husband's life titled 'Get Me Roger Stone'. The circumstance is made worse by the fact that Stone and his wife, Nydia, have already been identified as swingers. 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. At the time, Stone claimed the ad was a fake, but he admitted years later that it was real. [71], Stone resigned from a post as a consultant to the 1996 presidential campaign for Senator Bob Dole after The National Enquirer reported that Stone had placed ads and pictures on websites and swingers' publications seeking sexual partners for himself and Nydia Bertran Stone, his second wife. She eventually made the shift from in front of the camera to behind it within a short period of time and began taking up small assignments for photoshoots for individual clients and events. [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. [139][134][138] Stone ultimately named Randy Credico, who had interviewed both Assange and Stone for a radio show, as his intermediary with Assange. Stone was for many years a lobbyist for Donald Trump on behalf of his casino business[24] and also was involved in opposing expanded casino gambling in New York State, a position that brought him into conflict with Governor George Pataki. [198] Barr agreed to appear before the committee one day after Chairman Jerry Nadler said he would issue a subpoena to compel Barr's testimony if he did not appear voluntarily. In 1980, he co-founded a Washington, D.C.based lobbying firm with Paul Manafort and Charles R. Black Jr.[6][7][8] The firm recruited Peter G. Kelly and was renamed Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly in 1984. [199] In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Zelinsky, one of the prosecutors who withdrew from the case after the Justice Department intervened to recommend a lighter sentence for Stone, said that the "highest levels" of Justice Department had been "exerting significant pressure" on prosecutors "to cut Stone a break" and "water down and in some cases outright distort" Stone's conduct. [130] 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. The advertisement, which was paid with Nydias credit card, described the couple as "Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband, experienced swingers, seek similar couples or exceptional muscular . . [150][151][152], On September 26, 2017, Stone testified before the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors. A stoolie. "[100] Stone remained an informal adviser to and media surrogate for Trump throughout the campaign.[101][102]. [53], In the 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries, he worked in Ronald Reagan's campaign for U.S. Used his stacked wife as bait to get hung black guys in his bed: In 1996, Stone was forced to resign a top post with Bob Dole's presidential campaign after the National Enquirer reported that he and his wife Nydia, now 69, had placed numerous ads online and in swingers magazines seeking single men and couples for group sex. [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. You backstab your friends-run your mouth my lawyers are dying Rip you to shreds." My wife Nydia and I have always favored natural remedies and homeopathic solutions., Dinner at our favorite restaurant Cafe Europa, A post shared by Nydia Bertran Stone (@nydia_b_stone) on Dec 22, 2018 at 9:49pm PST. Because of tromp (sic), I could never get away with a certain (sic) my Fifth Amendment rights but you can. [250], Stone's personal style has been described as flamboyant. Such is the life of Roger Stone, political operative, Nixon-era dirty trickster, professional lord of mischief. Speaking after the statute of limitations for bribery had expired, Stone later said, "I paid his law firm.