Justice Department sues Roger Stone and wife for $2M in unpaid taxes; Stone slams lawsuit as ‘liberal hysteria’
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued Roger Stone and his wife for $2 million in unpaid taxes — prompting the Trump ally to slam the case as “liberal hysteria.”
“This case against me is motivated by blood lust and liberal hysteria,” Stone said in an angry Friday night response to the DOJ lawsuit.
Stone claims he’s being punished for being a loyal supporter of former President Trump, who controversially commuted Stone’s prison sentence in the closing days of his presidency.
“Trump saw the clear corruption of my trial and had the strength and the courage to correct this injustice,” Stone said.
The lawsuit against Stone and his wife, Nydia, alleges the couple underpaid their income tax by more than $1.5 million from 2007 until 2011. It separately alleges Stone also owes more than $400,000 for not fully paying his tax bill in 2018.
The suit claims the couple used a commercial entity known as Drake Ventures to “shield their personal income from enforced collection” and to fund a “lavish lifestyle.”
The feds say the Stones have stubbornly refused to fork over the cash.
Stone says he is broke after several years of legal warfare over his role in the Russia collusion scandal.
“The American people will learn, in court, that I am on the verge of bankruptcy and that there are no assets for the government to take,” Stone said.
The fedora-hat wearing provocateur was charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and convicted at trial of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia.
He was sentenced to prison but Trump later commuted Stone’s sentence and then pardoned him.
Stone boasted during the 2016 campaign that he was in contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange through a trusted intermediary and hinted at inside knowledge of WikiLeaks’ plans to release more than 19,000 emails hacked from the servers of the Democratic National Committee.
With News Wire Services
