Roger Stone Arrested

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

What kind of country do we live in that a political pundit, who has said for months that he will be arrested, gets arrested in a midnight raid with full assault gear.

Not only was it a late night Full Elian Gonzoles assault, from the CNN video I saw, the 'assaulters' were pretty lackadaisical. Not that I want ill on any LEO, but if you are going to put on that kind of show, you had better be ready to actually play the part. If Stone was that much of a threat (HAAAAA!!!!), he could have lit the fudge out of those guys.

Can someone show me the last time the FBI went to arrest a white collar criminal in full SWAT team get up? I know the FDA has a SWAt team now and jack-boot thuggury has been du jour for a couple of decades, but really? Hell, Stalin or the SS would blush at this.

[OH58D]

For 5 counts of lying to Congress??? Didn't Christine Blasey Ford tell the Senate she had a fear of flying, and that was her reason for not coming to DC for investigators to interview her? Yet it was proven she flies all the time. Situational Ethics it seems. Republicans go to jail, Democrats do not.

[WillBrink]

What kind of country do we live in that a political pundit, who has said for months that he will be arrested, gets arrested in a midnight raid with full assault gear.

Not only was it a late night Full Elian Gonzoles assault, from the CNN video I saw, the 'assaulters' were pretty lackadaisical. Not that I want ill on any LEO, but if you are going to put on that kind of show, you had better be ready to actually play the part. If Stone was that much of a threat (HAAAAA!!!!), he could have lit the fudge out of those guys.

Can someone show me the last time the FBI went to arrest a white collar criminal in full SWAT team get up? I know the FDA has a SWAt team now and jack-boot thuggury has been du jour for a couple of decades, but really? Hell, Stalin or the SS would blush at this.

And how dd CNN know when and wear to be for the raid? Sounds like a well orchestrated smear campaign.

[Whiskey_Bravo]

And how dd CNN know when and wear to be for the raid? Sounds like a well orchestrated smear campaign.

Bingo. All done for maximum affect. Pre dawn full kit raid on an old man with CNN just happening to be there. Seems legit to me.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

How else to kick off a show trial....

[RazorBurn]

For 5 counts of lying to Congress??? Didn't Christine Blasey Ford tell the Senate she had a fear of flying, and that was her reason for not coming to DC for investigators to interview her? Yet it was proven she flies all the time. Situational Ethics it seems. Republicans go to jail, Democrats do not.

And how dd CNN know when and wear to be for the raid? Sounds like a well orchestrated smear campaign.

This and this. Same shit different day. I'm sick of the games our federal government plays. Good to see the FBI is still living up to the "Fearless Band of Idiots" name.

[Whiskey_Bravo]

The FBI has now become the political enforcement wing of our government. Answering to no one. You can only hope they are on your side.


It has become all too easy for them. Force countless hours of testimony and then catch someone in a lie or mistake and send them to prison if they don't sing about whatever they want you to sing about. Everyone looks the other way when these tactics are used on actual criminals and those around them but it gets real interesting when employed on those surrounding a politician they don't like.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Stone later told an unidentified person — believed to be Credico — in Dec. 2017 that Corsi should do a "Frank Pentangeli" before the House committee to prevent contradicting Stone's earlier testimony, according to the indictment. That's a reference to a character in "The Godfather: Part II," where a Congressional witness claims to not know information that he does in fact know.

Too bad he didn't call it a "Clinton" when it came to not remembering things....

[Doc Safari]

I agree with the sentiment that there was no need to send a SWAT team to get this guy. They could have showed up at his door with two agents who politely knocked and informed him he was under arrest.

[AndyLate]

I agree with the sentiment that there was no need to send a SWAT team to get this guy. They could have showed up at his door with two agents who politely knocked and informed him he was under arrest.

They could have called his lawyer, told him to come in Monday, saved the gas the agents would have used, and they would not have had to feed and house him over the weekend.

The intimidation factor is much higher if you have stormtroopers kick in his door in the middle of the night, throw him in the Black Maria, and then stick him in a cell for at least 3 days before there is any chance for his lawyer to speak to anyone.

Maybe he will get lucky and his friends or family can push some food and money through the bars of his cell window so he can bribe the vors and put off rape for a little while.