Roger Stone vows to sue ABC News over implicating him in Jan. 6 protests
Roger Stone, long-time adviser and ally to former US President Donald Trump, has bowed to sue ABC News over its coverage of the “insurrection” at the US capitol on Jan. 6.
Stone said he had directed his lawyers to file a $25 million lawsuit against the American multinational commercial broadcast television network.
The veteran GOP operative, who describes himself as “dirty trickster,” cited a Reuters story, alleging that he played no role in the protest by Trump supporters in an attempt to overturn election results in favor of the billionaire businessman.
"I got a call telling me that there was a Reuters story," Stone began. "Reuters, a quite credible national news organization, a step above some of the other corporate outlets, in which a senior FBI official was quoted as saying that they have found no evidence whatsoever that either Roger Stone or Alex Jones were involved in any way in coordinating the so-called insurrection on Jan. 6."
The president of the American Broadcasting Company was also a target of the lawsuit.
"I instructed my lawyers this morning to begin the defamation lawsuit against ABC News," Stone said in an interview with Infowars. "I'm suing the president of ABC News, several reporters there — both personally and in their capacity as ABC News officials — because repeated stories, essentially, claiming that both Alex Jones and I were involved in illegal activity are defamatory."
The Republican is specifically mentioned in an ABC News story titled: "Video surfaces showing Trump ally Roger Stone flanked by Oath Keepers on morning of Jan. 6."
"So I'm suing ABC News for $25 million," he said. "I can't wait to have their reporters under oath in a courtroom!"
Stone is himself facing two legal battles, on involving his taxes.
Democrats have accused the Trump supporters of insurrection by storming the Congress after the former president officially lost the 2020 race to now-President Joe Biden.
Trump has been accused of inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol, where the lawmakers were busy certifying victory of of now-President Joe Biden.
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