This article is republished here with permission from The Associated Press. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. Roger Stone, a political operative whose 40-month prison sentence was commuted this month by President Donald Trump, his longtime friend,…
Roger Stone, friend and former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, called a Black radio host a racial slur on air Saturday while the two debated Stone's federal conviction.Stone's sentence was commuted by Trump on July 10, just days before he was scheduled to surrender for 40 months of incarceration after he was convicted of…
Politics|Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur on Radio ShowMr. Stone, while being questioned about the commutation of his sentence by President Trump, used a racial slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black.Roger Stone arriving at his criminal trial in Washington last November. On Saturday night, he used a racial slur in referring to a…
July 19, 2020 | 12:36am | Updated July 19, 2020 | 1:39am Enlarge Image Roger Stone appeared on Mo'Kelly's radio show on Southern California's KFI AM 640 Saturday night. Reuters/Facebook President Trump’s pardoned adviser Roger Stone called a black radio host a “Negro” during a heated live interview Saturday — prompting the furious host to…
Politics|Roger Stone Denies Withholding ‘the Goods’ on Trump in Exchange for ClemencySpeaking out days after the president commuted his 40-month sentence for obstructing a congressional investigation, Mr. Stone said that “I would not lie against my friend of 40 years.”Roger J. Stone Jr. outside his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after President Trump commuted his…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…