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Roger Stone and His Network Must Face Justice If We Want to Avoid Another January 6

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by  Jennifer Cohn |  March 23, 2023 Roger Stone and His Network Must Face Justice If We Want to Avoid Another January 6 posted on Aug 11 2023 19:46:54 UTC   via   buckscountybeacon.com The second half of Donald Trump’s presidency began with the  announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had  indicted Roger Stone , an infamous political fixer and unofficial advisor to both Trump  and the Proud Boys gang , which had engaged in  coast-to-coast violence  in  2018 . (Link to  tweet .) Within days of the announcement, Enrique Tarrio, who was the Proud Boys national chairman at the time, reported for duty  outside Stone’s Florida home  wearing a black and white tee shirt emblazoned with “Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong” on the front and “If I Weren’t Effective, You Wouldn’t Hate Me” on the back. (Link to  tweet .) This marked the beginning of the (unfortunately successful) campaign to help Stone circumvent America’s criminal justice system, using many of the same tactics and many of the