Roger Stone, the famed political consultant, seems to have played a role in every major conservative moment in the last half-century. And if there’s one quality that’s defined his long career in politics, it’s that he’s prone to scandal of his own making.Enter Robert Mueller. On Friday morning, the special counsel indicted the former lobbyist and longtime Donald Trump ally, charging that he lied to Congress and obstructed the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.Though the criminal charges are a first for Stone, he’s used to controversy: One of the pioneers of opposition research, …read more
Source: The Atlantic
