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Roger Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress, believes President Donald Trump should seize power and jail other politicians if he loses this fall’s election.
Roger Stone is a longtime friend and close ally of Trump. Photo: Tom Brenner / X06967
At the same time, at an election rally in Nevada this weekend, Trump reiterated his claim that only election fraud can deprive him of victory in the November presidential election. He also reiterated his unsubstantiated allegations that election by mail facilitates voter fraud.
Stone, a longtime friend and close ally of Trump, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress and trying to influence witnesses during the investigation into suspicions that Russia was trying to influence the election. Trump lifted the actual incarceration, but not the sentence.
Conspiracy theory
Stone made the sensational call Thursday in a conversation on the show with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, according to The Guardian newspaper.
He said Trump should consider declaring a state of national crisis and jailing several politicians, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Congressional Majority Leader Harry Reid, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, Apple boss Tim Cook and “all the others that can be proved. ” has been involved in illegal activities. ‘
– Imbued with electoral fraud
He also said federal agents should handle ballots in Nevada and on election night and transport them out of state because they would be “completely steeped in voter fraud.”
– No vote should be counted in Nevada if it can be proven. Send federal agents to the Election Commission, Mr. President, he said.
Nevada has become increasingly democratic in recent years, with Hillary Clinton winning the state by 2 percentage points in 2016. Joe Biden leads the polls, but Trump hopes to win there, and thus held one of his massive rallies in Reno, upstate, Saturday.
