You read about it at PROOF. Now it's in the New York Times. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
PS/ Remember—as discussed at PROOF first—that Roger Stone suddenly decided not to lead the march and indeed to flee the area not long after corresponding with these men. He abandoned a speech he was going to give. He knew what was coming. What we don't know is if he warned Trump.
PS2/ We *do* know his fellow Stop the Steal organizer and paramilitary aficionado Ali Alexander was in touch with Donald Trump Jr's girlfriend Kim Guilfoyle the night before. We do know his fellow Stop the Steal organizer Alex Jones was in touch with Michael Flynn the day before.
PS3/ We do know that Stone and Trump speak by phone regularly on topics illicit enough that Stone has been willing to go to prison to hide them. We do know that Stone could also easily have gotten to Trump via Bannon, who regularly advised him in the lead-up to the insurrection.
PS4/ My opinion—merely an opinion—is in the totality of the circumstances we are aware of so far, it's impossible that Stone didn't somehow get a message to Trump that paramilitary operators intended January 6 to become violent. I think it's clear Trump knew this fact in advance.
PS5/ Remember—as discussed by PROOF days ago—Stone spent the days before the insurrection publicly raising money for war gear for his paramilitary pals. The idea that he wouldn't have been in touch with anyone at the White House directly or indirectly during this period is silly.
PS6/ You can read more about all of this in the many articles I wrote about Stone over the last two weeks at PROOF: sethabramson.substack.com
PS7/ As a former criminal investigator, I'd say the most intriguing fact here is that Stone repeatedly promised to make a speech on January 6 and participate in the events of that day—until suddenly he abandoned that plan altogether. Something had changed. He'd learned something.
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