At least six people seen protecting Trump’s ally Roger Stone
Roger Jason StoneSix people guarding Roger Stone entered the Capitol during the attack: NYT House Democrats renew their request for presidential pardon checks. New video shows Roger Stone with Oath Keepers on January 6. MOST entered the Capitol during the January 6 attack, reported The New York Times on Sunday.
The Times reviewed hundreds of videos and photos, as well as research from the Capitol Terrorist Exposers, which showed the six people, all associated with the Oath Keepers, guarding Stone on January 5 and 6 and later inside the Capitol building during the breach.
Stone made two public appearances on January 5, near the Supreme Court and later at the White House, during which five of the individuals were seen giving security to Trump’s longtime friend, according to a video analyzed by the Times. One of the people identified by the Times was driving Stone in a golf cart that afternoon.
The images show Stone outside the Willard InterContinental hotel the next morning, before the invasion, accompanied by the sixth individual featured in the report, in his only public appearance.
Videos taken on the Capitol later that day show all six individuals inside the Capitol building during the rape. The footage shows some of them meeting other Oath Keepers, who have already been charged, and others in the halls.
Stone wrote in a statement last week that he “saw no evidence of illegal activity on the part of any member” of the Oath Keepers, noting that if evidence emerged “they should be prosecuted”, according to the Times.
The Oath Keepers are a far-right anti-government militia group that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as the “largest radical anti-government group in the United States today”. The Justice Department announced that three members are facing conspiracy charges about his supposed role in the attacks on the Capitol.
Images of Stone outside the Willard InterContinental hotel on January 6, along with members of the Oath Keepers, were released for the first time by ABC News earlier this month.
“I had no prior knowledge of the Capitol revolt,” Stone told ABC News at the time. “I couldn’t even say the names of those who offered to provide security for me, required because of the many threats against me and my family.”
Stone has long supported Trump and was pardoned by the former president after he was convicted of obstructing a Congressional investigation.
On Saturday, the Senate acquitted Trump after the House accused him last month, claiming he had incited violence on Capitol Hill.
The Justice Department has arrested more than 200 people involved in the Capitol rebellion, including several people who claim to be following Trump’s instructions. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died of injuries sustained on January 6.