At least six people saw Trump’s ally guard Roger Stone
Roger Jason Stone Six People Guarding Roger Stone Entered Capitol During Attack: NYT House Democrats Renew Pressure on Presidential Pardon Control New Video Shows Roger Stone With Oath Keepers Jan 6 entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
The Times reviewed hundreds of videos and photos, as well as investigations from the Capitol Terrorist Exposers, which found that the six people, all associated with the Oath Keepers, were guarding Stone on Jan. 5-6 and later in the Capitol during the breach.
Stone made two public appearances on Jan. 5, near the Supreme Court and later by the White House, in which five of the individuals were seen as security for Trump’s old friend, according to video analyzed by the Times. One of the people identified by the Times was driving Stone in a golf cart that afternoon.
Footage shows Stone outside the Willard InterContinental hotel the next morning prior to the raid, accompanied by the sixth person named in the report in his only public appearance.
Videos shot at the Capitol later that day show all six individuals in the Capitol during the breach. The footage shows some of them meeting other Oath Keepers, who have since been charged, and others in corridors.
Stone wrote in a statement last week that he “saw no evidence of illegal activity by members” of the Oath Keepers, and noted that if evidence came to light, “they should be prosecuted,” the Times said.
The Oath Keepers are a far-right anti-government militia designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “the largest radical anti-governmental group in the US today”. The Justice Department has announced that three members are charged with conspiracy about their alleged role in the Capitol attacks.
Images of Stone outside the Willard InterContinental hotel on January 6, along with members of Oath Keepers, were first released by ABC News earlier this month.
“I had no prior knowledge of the riot in the Capitol,” Stone told ABC News at the time. “I can’t even tell you the names of those who volunteered to provide me with security, required because of the many threats against me and my family.”
A longtime supporter of Trump, Stone was pardoned by the former president after being convicted of obstructing a congressional investigation.
On Saturday, the Senate acquitted Trump after the House impeached him last month for allegedly inciting violence in the Capitol.
The Justice Department has arrested more than 200 people involved in the Capitol uprising, including several who claim they were following Trump’s directions. Five people, including a Capitol policeman, died of injuries on Jan. 6.