Roger Stone

Roger Stone: Biography in Details

Who is Roger Stone?

Roger Stone is an American political consultant, lobbyist, and strategist. People refer to Roger Stone as a veteran Republican strategist.

Furthermore, he is the subject of a Netflix documentary film, titled ‘Get Me Roger Stone.

Roger Stone: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Stone was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on August 27, 1952, as Roger Jason Stone Jr.

His parents are Gloria Rose (mother) and Roger J. Stone (father). Throughout his childhood and early years, he grew up in Lewisboro, New York, in a family of Hungarian and Italian descent.

His father was a good driller/business owner and his mother was a small-town reporter. Additionally, holds American nationality.

Furthermore, Roger Stone belongs to a mixed ethnic background of French-Canadian, Italian, and Hungarian.

Education, School/College University

Talking about his education, Stone attended high school in northern Westchester County, New York. Furthermore, he was a junior and vice president of the student government there.

Later, Roger Stone attended George Washington University. Politics became a big part of his schooling life growing up.

Roger Stone: Professional Life, Career

Initially, Stone worked for the administration in the Office of Economic Opportunity after Nixon won the 1972 presidential election.

He later went to work for Bob Dole. However, he soon became fired from the job. In addition, he worked on Ronald Reagan’s campaign for president in 1976 and in 977, became the national chairman of the Young Republicans.

Later, Roger Stone served as chief strategist for Governor Thomas Kean’s campaign for Governor of New Jersey in 1981.

Additionally, from 1987–88, he served as Senior Adviser to the Jack Kemp for President campaign.

Next, he became the president of Republican Senator Arlen Specter’s campaign for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination. He was also for many years a lobbyist for Donald Trump on behalf of his casino business.

Roger Stone also served as an advisor to the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. He later left the campaign on August 8, 2015, amid various controversies.

Furthermore, he remained an informal advisor to and media surrogate for Trump throughout the presidential campaign. In addition, he formed a pro-Trump activist group in April 2016.

Apart from his political works, Stone has been an occasional contributor to the conservative website ‘The Daily Caller’.

In addition, Roger Stone also writes for his own fashion blog, ‘Stone on Style’. Furthermore, he has written five books which are published by Skyhorse Publishing of New York City.

Roger Stone: Net Worth, Salary

Roger Stone has an estimated salary of  $450,000. Additionally, he has a total net worth of $ 20 million as per 2022’s data.

His office in Florida has framed pictures, posters, and letters associated with Nixon.

It also contains a poster of a stripper and a photo of him standing by a pool with a bikini-clad pornographic film actress Nina Hartley.

Roger Stone: Rumors and Controversy

Stone has been involved in several controversies in his career. He recently came to the headline after there was news suggesting the FBI is planning on investing him.

People have referred to him as ‘political dirty trickster’, ‘renowned infighter’, ‘seasoned practitioner of hard-edged politics’ over the years.

Furthermore, Roger Stone was accused by then-DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe of forging the Killian memos.

Stone was banned from appearing on CNN and MSNBC after making a series of offensive Twitter posts disparaging other television personalities.

Furthermore, Roger Stone also became part of another controversy after he defended Trump’s offensive comments at the Democratic National Convention on Muslims.

In addition, Roger Stone was also accused by Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta of having prior knowledge of publishing by Wikileaks of Podesta’s private emails obtained by a hacker during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Talking about his body measurement, Roger Stone has a height of 5 feet 10 inches and has a decent weight. His hair color is grey and his eye color is blue.

Social Media

Roger Stone is fairly active over social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. He has more than 16.1k followers on Twitter.

In addition, he has more than 35.6k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 142.6k followers.

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