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Trump Confidant Seeks Pardon for Bundys

Lobbyist extraordinaire and Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone鈥檚 name was fading from the headlines post-election.听

The longtime political strategist, whose illustrious career spans more than four decades may have chosen his newest cause 鈥攄efending the Bundy family, 鈥 to return him to the public eye. Curiously, after all his years in government, this meant aligning himself with men charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

Stone鈥檚 newest cause 听c茅l猫bre involves Cliven, 听Ammon and Ryan Bundy who in 2014 famously initiated an armed standoff against the Bureau of Land Management at their Nevada ranch when the agency came to collect overdue grazing fees incurred by the family鈥檚 patriarch Cliven Bundy. In 2016, Ammon Bundy perpetrated another standoff when he and his supporters occupied the Malheur Federal Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Ammon was acquitted for his part in Malheur, but he, Ryan and Cliven are currently facing trial for their roles in the Nevada.

Stone made his support for the Bundys and their followers public when . After stepping up to the stage, his first words, partially drowned out by attendee applause, were, 鈥淚 am here for one reason: I stand in solidarity with every member of the Bundy Family 鈥 听鈥

He went on to call the FBI agents involved in ending the Malheur occupation 鈥淔ederal mercenaries,鈥 claiming Lavoy Finicum otherwise known as 鈥淭arpman鈥 鈥 was murdered in cold blood, which brought 鈥渄eath and dishonor to our country.鈥

According to Stone, the government鈥檚 prosecution of the Bundys is the 鈥渙ppressive hand of a military jack-booted government that has lost all sense of reality, of law, morality or the U.S. constitution.鈥 Further, he denounces Gloria Navarro, the Nevada judge presiding over the 鈥Battle of Bunkerville鈥 trial as 鈥渙utrageous,鈥 鈥渦nconstitutional鈥 and a 鈥渄isgrace鈥 to the judiciary.

These sentiments are in line with many of the Bundys鈥 supporters who have disparaged the judge鈥檚 reputation and made a number of veiled threats against her, which Stone鈥檚 words are more likely to validate than prevent.

Stone has a plan for getting the Bundys released, which involves his friend and former client, Donald J. Trump. The president, says Stone, needs to 鈥減ardon every member of the Bundy family.鈥 Stone is pushing a presidential pardon through a petition created on the Infowars website, which is run by another friend of his, rabid conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Stone has also been a frequent guest on a radio network owned by Sam Bushman who has openly supported the Bundys, as has James Edwards, the white nationalist who hosts the show Political Cesspool, which plays on Bushman鈥檚 network. They are part of a group called the Freedom Coalition, which includes Judge Andrew Napolitano, who Stone has credited with sending him information on the Bundy鈥檚 case.

Up until now, Stone has been known for lobbying and cutthroat political tactics he鈥檚 been employing since the days when he . Richard Nixon, according to Stone鈥檚 mother, was like a god to her son, and Stone has a on his back.

Stone bragged in , a documentary, about his controversial career, that he lives 鈥渁 pretty Machiavellian life.鈥 He is known within political circles as a brazen rabble rouser who has been 鈥渆verywhere dark and ugly in our politics鈥 and 鈥減eddles garbage conspiracy theories鈥 according to .

Stone, who crafted a political rule for himself and others that 鈥,鈥 has interviewed with the anti-Semitic weekly , dedicated to holocaust denier Victor Thorn听and used a number of race-based attacks, calling people 鈥stupid Negro,鈥 鈥淗ouse Negro,鈥 N----,鈥 鈥淯ncle Tom,鈥 鈥淎rrogant Know-It-All Negro鈥 and more.鈥

With his show of support for the Bundys, he is attacking the government on behalf of people accused of conspiring against it, while once again making a name for himself on the national stage. As Stone himself put it, 鈥渢he only thing I can think of that鈥檚 worse than being talked about, is not being talked about.鈥

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