Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone — who faces scrutiny for his lack of credibility in the Russia probe — has been forced to run apology advertisements in national newspapers as part of a settlement agreement for making false statements on InfoWars, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Stone was sued for $100 million for false claims about Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, who is known as a dissident of Beijing. Guo filed the lawsuit in March, after Stone suggested he was convicted of crimes in the U.S. and China and claimed Guo donated to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, which is illegal for a foreign national, as the WSJ notes.
Stone will also have to retract his comments on social media. He won’t have to pay any damages if he complies.
Stone told the WSJ that he was “irresponsible” when he made the statements on the far-right conspiracy site.
“I am solely responsible for fulfilling the terms of the settlement,” he told the WSJ.
Credibility.
Stone will go on to allege he was unreasonably or illegally forced to issue these apologies. He’ll strongly hint, without precisely saying it, that he regrets issuing them and they aren’t to be taken as his true feelings, nor are they sincere and an expression of regret and/or contrition. Once confronted with the apparent flouting of the judicial agreement he’ll dare the litigants or the courts to do something about it, thus garnering a new round of press outrage and exposure that he’ll somehow use to his advantage.
When you go around pushing buttons at an alarming rate
When this bastard finally checks out - the only people at this funeral will be those desiring confirmation that it was not another one of his hoaxes.
Gee, who’da thunk that someone would make a bunch of “irresponsible” statements on such a respected site like InfoWars?