Skip to evidence
Tiny Red HandsSearch
Back

Roger Stone

Roger Stone speaking at a public event in 2025.

Longtime Trump political associate convicted in a federal case; Trump commuted his sentence and later pardoned him.

Relationship to TrumpTrump political supporter

Timeline

  1. After WikiLeaks' July 22 release, Trump tells campaign officials to use Stone as their information channelCongressional finding; Stone later convicted for obstruction and false statements concerning the inquirylongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
  2. Gates witnesses a September 29 Trump-Stone call followed by a WikiLeaks forecastCommittee credited witness and phone evidence; Trump said he did not recall the conversationslongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  3. Trump publicly praises Stone for refusing to 'flip' while Stone faces prosecutionConduct analyzed in Mueller obstruction report; no standalone adjudication against Trumplongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
  4. Gates testifies that Trump discussed WikiLeaks with Stone during the campaignStone proceeding credited the testimony; Trump submitted a contrary lack-of-recollection answerlongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  5. Roger Stone convicted on seven federal countsConvicted November 15, 2019; pardoned December 23, 2020longtime Trump political associate · convicted · 1 source
  6. Court sentences Stone to 40 months, a $20,000 fine, and community servicePrison term commuted and convictions later pardoned by Trumplongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
    1. penaltyRoger Stone criminal fine$20,000
      Ordered from
      Roger Stone
      Ordered to
      U.S. Treasury
      Financially affected
      Roger Stone
      ordered · 2020-02-20 · observedRead source record
      Calculation detailsPopulation Fine ordered in United States v. Roger StonePeriod 2020-02-20 to 2020-02-20Basis Use the sentencing judgment amount reported by the prosecuting office.Limits The source establishes the order, not collection status before clemency.
  7. Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentenceSentence commuted; later pardonedpolitical associate whose sentence Trump commuted · documented · 1 source
  8. White House identifies Stone as a Trump political supporterWhite House identified Stone as an outspoken Trump supporter on July 10, 2020Trump political supporter · documented · 1 source
  9. Trump pardons Roger StonePardoned by Donald Trumppolitical associate pardoned by Trump · documented · 1 source
  10. Oath Keepers provide Stone security immediately before January 6Contact documented; no charge against Stone for January 6 attack planninglongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
  11. Stone invokes the Fifth Amendment throughout January 6 committee depositionDeposition completed without substantive testimonylongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 2 sources
  12. Inspector general finds highly unusual leadership intervention in Stone's sentencing recommendationOIG investigation closed with no finding that political considerations caused the interventionlongtime political adviser and clemency recipient · documented · 1 source
Roles and relationships

Status

  1. Full Trump pardonlegal / 2020-12-231 source · Source
  2. Prison sentence commuted by Donald Trumplegal / 2020-07-101 source · Source
  3. Convicted on seven federal countslegal / 2019-11-151 source · Source

Relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to TrumpTrump political supporter

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  2. WikiLeaks

    claimed campaign intermediary regarding releases

    politicalFull record · 1 source
  3. Donald J. Trump

    longtime Trump political associate

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  4. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 2 sources
  5. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  6. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 2 sources
  7. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 2 sources
  8. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  9. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  10. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  11. Donald J. Trump

    longtime political adviser and clemency recipient

    personalpoliticalFull record · 2 sources
  12. Donald J. Trump

    political associate pardoned by Trump

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
  13. Donald J. Trump

    political associate whose sentence Trump commuted

    legalpoliticalFull record · 1 source
Source: Gage Skidmore · Rights/use: CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Modified: cropped and resized