Mitch Perry
Roger Stone, the longtime Donald Trump confidante and a GOP political adviser to Republicans going back to Richard Nixon, is appearing in Tampa later this month.
Stone will be signing copies of his latest book, “The Making of The President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution,” and taking questions from audience members Thursday, June 29, at 7 p.m. at the Centre Club in downtown Tampa.
Always a controversial character, Stone is now a central figure in the FBI investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia, an investigation that he called “a witch hunt.”
The flashy right-wing provocateur is also the subject of a new Netflix documentary, “Get Me Roger Stone.”
Although he had counseled Trump on politics over several years, Stone left the campaign in August 2015, staying on the sidelines and continuing to offer informal guidance through the primaries and into the general election against Hillary Clinton.
Before Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May, Stone helped solidify the president’s decision.
As for Stone’s alleged connection to, or knowledge of, Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, he dismissed having any contact with the online hacker “Guccifer 2.0,” who claimed to be behind the attack on the Democratic National Committee last year.
Stone later volunteered to speak before the House Intelligence Committee investigating Trump and Russia about his role on the campaign.
“I acknowledge I am a hardball player. I have sharp elbows. I always play politics the way it is supposed to be played,” Stone told CNN last month. “But one thing isn’t in my bag of tricks — treason.”
The Centre Club is at 123 S Westshore Blvd, 8th Floor, in Tampa.
Information on obtaining tickets is available online.
