Dirty trickster Roger Stone, a longtime ally of Donald Trump’s, is being sued by the Justice Department, accusing the GOP political operative and his wife, Nydia, of owing nearly $2 million in unpaid federal income taxes and fees, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit that was filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, alleges that the couple underpaid their income taxes by $1,590,361 from 2007 to 2011. Furthermore, it says Stone did not pay his full tax bill in 2018, amounting to about $407,036 short.
Stone has reduced himself to begging for donations on Parler to pay for groceries, but the suit says the couple used an investment fund to “shield their personal income from enforced collection and fund a lavish lifestyle despite owing nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes, interest, and penalties.”
Stone responded against the suit, calling it “politically motivated and said the claims of his lavish lifestyle are “a laughable joke,” Rolling Stone reports.
“This case against me is motivated by blood lust and liberal hysteria over the fact that President Trump saw the clear corruption of my trial and had the strength and the courage to correct this injustice by issuing me a grant of clemency,” Stone said.
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The Justice Department’s lawsuit comes nearly four months after former president Donald Trump pardoned Stone following his conviction on charges of lying to Congress and witness tampering. Although Trump previously commuted Stone’s sentence in July of last year, he offered him a full pardon, citing his age and health conditions.
Apparently, it’s OK to crime around if you’re 68-years-old. And it’s OK for Trump, who is 74-years-old. I’m starting to see a pattern here.
Stone was convicted in 2019 of making false statements, obstruction, and witness tampering as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, NBC News reported at the time. Initially, the Justice Department recommended a seven-to-nine-year sentence but eventually backpedaled on that after then-Attorney General William Barr became involved.
And now, Attorney General Merrick Garland is on the case. The “law and order” former president surrounded himself with the swampiest creatures in politics.
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