Former Trump associate Roger Stone’s attorney complained about the manner of his client’s arrest Friday morning, telling NBC News that “there was no need” for the “SWAT team” to show up at his home.
“There was no need to have the FBI show up with a SWAT team this morning. He’s been very public for the last two years about where he was and what he was doing,” Stone attorney Grant Smith told NBC. “If they’d found any collusion they would have charged him with it.”
“He will fight vigorously because these were things he did not recall and were immaterial to the scope of the investigation,” Smith added.
According to CNN, the agents who arrested Stone at his Fort Lauderdale home on Friday morning were heavily armed, but the apprehension was “friendly” and Stone was taken into custody without incident.
JUST IN: Roger Stone's attorney to @NBCNews: "He will fight vigorously because these were things he did not recall and were immaterial to the scope of the investigation." – @annaschecter
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 25, 2019
Stone's attorney to @NBCNews: “There was no need to have the FBI show up with a SWAT team this morning. He’s been very public for the last two years about where he was and what he was doing.”
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 25, 2019
Florida is the Stand Your Ground state. No reason that a SWAT team should take any chances.
Agree, these raids have become all too common. The use of those state funded assassins should be limited to situations when actual hostages have been take.
Don’t tase me bro!
Sorry Stone attorney Grant Smith, but the SWAT team is the only FBI team that is still funded, thanks to your clients bestie shutting down the government. How would it have looked if your client “stood his ground” and shot at, or wounded an unpaid FBI agent during the arrest?
Yes. There was a need for that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJQu-0_0llM