Stone was arrested on Friday and faces seven charges connected with the Mueller probe.
The tattoo of former U. S. President Richard Nixon Roger Stone has on his back is a good indicator of who the political strategist’s heroes are.
He worked on Nixon’s re-election committee in 1972 and remained a key adviser to the disgraced president after he was forced from office. Ever since, he has been a figure at both the center and periphery of the Republican party.
As with Nixon, the specter of impeachment hangs over President Donald Trump, who Stone says he got elected in 2016, although Trump has played down their links. With Stone’s arrest as part of the probe by special counsel Robert Mueller into claims of Russian interference in that campaign, the media will no doubt draw further parallels between the presidents.
Informal adviser to President Trump Roger Stone speaks to cameras outside a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11,2018 in Washington, DC. He has been arrested on seven charges including obstruction and making false statements.
Alex Wong/Getty Images. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1952, Stone became renowned for his opposition research and is considered a pioneer of negative political campaigning.
