Roger Stone, the Proud Boys, & Stone’s network of miscreants— Part 1 (2016)

A new formula: information warfare + physical intimidation

By Jennifer Cohn, 2/11/22

Roger Stone is a corrupt political advisor who specializes in propping up dictators, liars, and cheats, including former President Donald Trump. Stone is not always taken seriously. As political commentator David Frum once remarked, Roger Stone’s best trick was always his upper-class-twit wardrobe. He seemed such a farcical character, such a Klaxon-alarm-from-a-mile-away goofball — who could take him seriously?”

But Stone and his associates — often young, male “protégés” — have for years worked to make American politics a cesspool of corruption, lies, harassment, and fear. Most infamously, Stone claims to have orchestrated the so-called Brooks Brothers riot that stopped the hand recount in Miami Dade, Florida during the 2000 presidential election when Republican George W. Bush led Democrat Al Gore by less than 600 votes.

Beginning in 2016, Stone took his “game” to dangerous new heights by joining forces with InfoWars host Alex Jones (who was already infamous for pummeling his millions of followers with unfounded conspiracy theories) and the Proud Boys, a violent extremist group that Canada has since designated a…