“ROGER STONE DID NOTHING WRONG”
By Ross Turner
Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong
January 25th, 2019. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pre-dawn. Heavily armed men file out of a caravan of black SUVs. Swarming the Mediterranean-style home, a bearded man pounds on the door: “FBI. Open the door.” Within moments, a grey-haired, shoeless figure emerges. He appears briefly confused, but, given the circumstances, unfazed. He puts his hands in the air as he turns around, submitting to his arrest with perfunctory calm. Twenty minutes later, being led back into his home by federal agents, security footage captures the text of the suspect’s t-shirt, one that perfectly encapsulates the man in question. It reads: “Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong.”
What’s In A Shirt?
We may never know whether Stone put on that shirt deliberately for the occasion, but anybody familiar with him knows he probably would have. It’s very existence speaks volumes of his sordid career, a winking reference to his infamous reputation. It is, let’s say, not the fashion statement typical of an innocent man. Robert Mueller, Special Counsel to the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, would tend to agree. Stone has been indicted on seven criminal charges, including one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, one count of witness tampering, and five counts of false statements. Stone himself is probably disappointed to be arraigned on such lame charges, given how many juicier bits of wrongdoing there are to choose from.
