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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:08 PM Feb 2019

Shocker! Roger Stone's "volunteers" are all Proud Boys.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/roger-stone-admits-ties-to-florida-proud-boys-jacob-engels-enrique-tarrio-11093554

Roger Stone Admits Extensive Ties to Extremist Group Florida Proud Boys in Court

Jerry Iannelli, Meg O'Connor | February 21, 2019 | 4:55pm

Roger Stone today is sitting in a D.C. federal court begging a judge not to crack down on him for being, well, Roger Stone. The Fort Lauderdale resident was arrested last month as part of Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged ties between the Trump administration and Russian hackers. After he was released on bail, Stone last week posted a photo on social media of the judge in his case, Amy Berman Jackson, next to an image of gun crosshairs. Whether intentional or not, the image seemed to be encouraging Stone's followers to shoot the judge.

In court today, Stone apologized profusely for his actions. Then he admitted something that most observers had expected for quite a while: He's working closely with various members of the Florida chapter of the Proud Boys, the hard-right, pro-Trump, semifascist group with numerous ties to harder-core white-supremacist organizations.

According to multiple reporters in the courtroom today, Stone has admitted he's coordinating extensively with the group. Stone even said that Jacob Engels — a notorious alt-right InfoWars reporter and all but admitted member of the Proud Boys — has access to Stone's cell phone and social media accounts.

Stone was asked in court today how he obtained the photo of Judge Jackson. He told the court he had been "sent" a series of images by multiple volunteers. He then named a few: Engels, Florida Proud Boys chapter founder Tyler Ziolkowski (who goes by “Tyler Whyte”), and Enrique Tarrio, the Miami Proud Boy who has become chairman of the national group. (Tarrio was caught on camera this week sitting behind Donald Trump during the president's Monday rally at Florida International University.) Stone did not say which volunteer sent him the image he posted online, but he admitted Engels and Tarrio have spent a good deal of time at his house.

Neither Engels nor Whyte responded to messages from New Times today. Reached by phone, Tarrio denied posting the image of Jackson but defended whoever did.

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Shocker! Roger Stone's "volunteers" are all Proud Boys. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2019 OP
Yep. dalton99a Feb 2019 #1
I wonder what Trump would say about this photo world wide wally Feb 2019 #4
What are their JPR Screen Names? n/t maxrandb Feb 2019 #2
Probably all x cons who cant even vote? pwb Feb 2019 #3
semi-fascist? NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #5
I was about to say... Wednesdays Feb 2019 #7
So he promptly snitches on his pals. Lol. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #6

Wednesdays

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7. I was about to say...
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 01:24 PM
Feb 2019

Does "semi-fascist" mean they want to kill everyone in certain ethnic groups, but are more polite about it?

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