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00:00:37.840 this is the stone zone with roger stone people love him and respect him roger

00:00:54.180 stone now get in the zone it's the stone zone here's roger stone you are now entering the stone

00:01:04.860 zone you know i spent 40 years in the corroded rectum of the two-party system and i lived

00:01:10.760 for many years in the swamp there are evenings when the pageantry of official washington reveals

00:01:17.440 itself as nothing more than silk draped over steel nerves. Last night at the Washington Hilton,

00:01:24.740 amid tuxedos, gowns, champagne, camera flashes, and the annual self-congratulation of the White

00:01:31.580 House Press Corps, the illusion was shattered in an eruption of gunfire, screams, and yes,

00:01:38.040 panic. What began as a glittering dinner became in seconds the third major assassination attempt,

00:01:44.480 or near-assassination attempt involving President Donald Trump in under two years.

00:01:49.900 The ballroom that expected laughter instead received terror.

00:01:54.580 The setting itself kind of carries dark historical resonance.

00:01:57.600 The Washington-Hilton is, however, forever linked with the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

00:02:06.120 that a second modern presidential bloodletting nearly unfolded in the same complex is a fact

00:02:12.860 too astonishing to really ignore. Critics had long questioned why a commercial hotel with such

00:02:19.100 history remained the venue for high-level presidential appearances. Last night, those

00:02:24.720 concerns were answered in the most violent manner possible. If ever there was an argument for the

00:02:30.400 building of the president's ballroom within the presidential complex, well, last night was it.

00:02:35.480 The White House Correspondents Dinner was already underway. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, cabin officials, lawmakers, journalists, celebrities, and invited guests had entered the ballroom only moments earlier.

00:02:50.700 Dinner service had just begun. Waiters moved through the aisles. Glass were clinked. The official hum of elite conversation floated throughout the room.

00:02:59.620 Then, approximately between 8.34 and 8.40 p.m. Eastern, the sound came.

00:03:06.100 At first, many attendees mistook it for balloons popping or audio equipment malfunctioning.

00:03:12.940 That is how insulated privilege often hears danger.

00:03:16.500 But the confusion lasted only a heartbeat.

00:03:19.300 Agents began shouting warnings.

00:03:21.500 Security personnel moved with sudden velocity.

00:03:24.500 Then came the unmistakable truth.

00:03:26.320 Shots had been fired just outside the secure ballroom perimeter.

00:03:31.460 Authorities say the gunman, identified as Cole Allen, a school teacher from California, charged the main magnometer screening area outside the ballroom.

00:03:40.740 Reports indicate that he passed at least one checkpoint and may have breached two separate security layers before he was stopped.

00:03:48.640 Surveillance footage reportedly showed him sprinting through a corridor towards a protected event area.

00:03:54.320 He didn't reach the ballroom himself, but he got close enough to trigger one of the most alarming presidential security breaches in modern history.

00:04:03.740 He was indeed heavily armed. Metropolitan Police said Allen possessed a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives.

00:04:11.560 Investigators believe the combination reflected preparation for several forms of violence.

00:04:16.900 a shotgun for mass casualties in a crowd, a handgun for movement through the hallways and

00:04:22.920 tighter spaces, and knives for close quarters brutality or as backup weapons if the firearms

00:04:29.440 failed. Investigators are now examining whether any of those weapons were loaded or assembled

00:04:34.960 inside the hotel itself. The shooting reportedly lasted 20 to 25 seconds. That span is brief and

00:04:43.220 a clock and eternal in a crisis. In those seconds, one Secret Service agent was struck in the chest

00:04:50.020 area. Corrective army, thank goodness, prevented that he was not fatally wounded. President Trump

00:04:55.900 later remarked, the vest did the job. Officials later said the wounded agent, thank God, is

00:05:02.180 expected to recover. Inside the ballroom, chaos spread with primitive speed. Roughly 2,600 attendees

00:05:09.480 were inside or connected to the event. Guests in formal wear dove beneath tables. Chairs toppled,

00:05:16.060 phones flew, handbags were snatched from seats. Witnesses described repeated screams of,

00:05:21.200 get down, get down. Armed agents rushed in with rifles drawn, while senior officials were

00:05:27.180 reportedly pushed to the floor and physically shielded by their protective details. And because

00:05:32.720 satire writes itself in Washington, D.C., some members of the well-heeled White House press

00:05:38.740 Corps, while scrambling for safety, reportedly did not neglect to seize expensive bottles of wine

00:05:44.680 or liquor from dinner tables on their way out. Even in a moment of mortal danger,

00:05:50.500 the instinct for complementary privilege remained intact. President Trump was moved immediately,

00:05:56.620 so was Melania Trump, Vice President Vance, cabinet officials including Secretary of State

00:06:01.960 Marco Rubio and other protectees. By all accounts, the extraction was swift, disciplined, and

00:06:09.120 professional. Whatever failures occurred in the outer screening layers, the inner protective

00:06:14.560 responses appeared to have function with precision once the threat actually materialized. The gunman

00:06:20.420 was subdued live. Officers and agents converged rapidly and tackled him before he could penetrate

00:06:26.280 further into the security event zone. He was not shot dead at the scene, although there were online

00:06:32.300 reports to the contrary. And this itself is a fact of immense investigative value. You see,

00:06:37.440 a living suspect leaves behind motives, communications, travel history, finances,

00:06:43.900 writings, electronics, and the possibility of discovery whether he acted alone or when the

00:06:49.280 assistance authorities say he initially has refused to cooperate. Public reporting suggests

00:06:55.080 that Allen, as 31 years old and a resident of Torrance, California, is a public school teacher,

00:07:01.060 reports further state that he was a registered guest at the hotel. That detail may prove central

00:07:07.260 to the entire case. Hotel guest status could have allowed freer movement inside the portions of the

00:07:14.740 complex and reduced suspicion from staff or security observers. Investigators believe he

00:07:20.440 traveled by train from Southern California, reportedly rooting through Chicago before

00:07:25.440 arriving in Washington, D.C. That has raised obvious questions about whether rail travel

00:07:30.800 was selected to avoid airport screening procedures. Reports also describe Allen as highly educated,

00:07:37.360 with a background linked to the California Institute of Technology and experience as a tutor,

00:07:43.060 programmer, or independent video game developer. Such details only deepen the public fascination

00:07:49.280 with this case. America has seen this before, that technical competence and physiological

00:07:54.400 instability can coexist in catastrophic form. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the

00:08:01.240 investigators believe the subject targeted administration officials and those that likely

00:08:06.060 included President Donald Trump among those attended targets. Blanche further stated that

00:08:11.260 Allen was not cooperating. Metropolitan Police Interim Chief Jeffrey Carroll said that at this

00:08:17.280 stage, it appears that suspect was a lone actor. That's what they told us about Lee Harvey Oswald

00:08:23.300 and that's what they told us about Thomas Matthew Crooks. Candidly, I doubt it. Secret Service

00:08:29.380 spokesman Antley Guglielmi said the president and the first lady were safe, one individual was in

00:08:35.280 custody, and the situation remained under active law enforcement assessment. Potential charges are

00:08:41.340 going to be severe. Officials say they include assault on a federal officer attempting to kill

00:08:46.820 a federal officer, firearms offenses tied to violent crime, and discharging a firearm during

00:08:52.500 a crime of violence. Additional counts could include attempted assassination, terrorism-related

00:08:59.240 charges, or conspiracy if evidence emerges that Cole Allen had accomplices. The agencies involved

00:09:07.120 the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Metropolitan Police

00:09:12.600 Department of Washington, D.C., and of course, the Department of Justice, and federal prosecutors

00:09:17.280 in the District of Columbia as well. Other federal agencies may also be assisting with forensic and

00:09:23.200 intelligence support. President Trump said later they believed that he was likely the target.

00:09:29.380 He praised the agents and officers who responded. He also displayed that mordant humor that he has

00:09:35.020 often marked his reactions under fire, joking afterwards. Nobody told me that this was such

00:09:40.500 a dangerous profession. He reportedly criticized the hotel as an imperfect secure venue and yet

00:09:47.120 again renewed calls for a permanent White House ballroom capable of hosting large events under

00:09:53.300 hardened security conditions. That argument for a presidential ballroom within the presidential

00:09:58.540 complex will now gain force. How did a heavily armed suspect get this close to the president

00:10:04.280 after Butler and after the attack on Trump in the West Palm Beach Trump International Golf Course,

00:10:11.260 as well as the guy who breached the Mar-a-Lago perimeter only weeks ago. How did hotel guests

00:10:17.720 status permit internal movement? Were their signs missed? Did anyone help him? Why was a commercial

00:10:24.300 venue again entrusted with an event involving the president of the United States? Those questions

00:10:29.740 now dominate the aftermath. The dinner itself was halted. Portions were canceled or suspended.

00:10:36.060 What had been planned as an evening of vanity and ceremony ended instead in a national security

00:10:41.480 crisis. Crystal stemware, linen napkins, and media smugness proved no match for the crack of gunfire.

00:10:49.520 Three major attacks or close calls in under two years against the President of the United States

00:10:53.800 is not normal. It is not random background noise. It is a warning. Last night, under the chandeliers

00:11:01.040 of the Washington Hilton, America heard that warning loud and clear. Meanwhile, in Florida,

00:11:07.320 Governor Ron DeSantis has unveiled the congressional redistricting plan for the Sunshine State.

00:11:14.120 The governor would essentially create a net increase of four districts to benefit Republicans.

00:11:21.640 Now, I don't think Governor DeSantis would have done this, but for the raw, open steel in Virginia, where a very confusing ballot initiative proposed to change that congressional delegation from six to five to, I think it was, 10 and one, leaving one Republican congressman.

00:11:42.960 The stakes here are high because whether or not President Trump is impeached by a new Congress could hang in the balance.

00:11:50.560 And now, in a major win for election integrity and states' rights, the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned a lower court ruling that blocked Texas from implementing its newly drawn congressional map, clearing the way for a plan that could add up to five Republican seats in the U.S. House.

00:12:09.600 In a brief order, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that it was reversing the district court's judgment with liberal justices dissenting.

00:12:18.480 The decision reinforces a key constitutional principle.

00:12:22.280 Elected state legislators, not unelected judges, have primary authority over congressional redistricting.

00:12:29.360 The court had already signaled its position earlier this year when it allowed Texas to proceed with the map while legal challenges played out.

00:12:37.000 In making their ruling, justices pointed to pressure, or I should say, to presume lawmakers acted in good faith and an over-reliance on speculative claims of misconduct.

00:12:49.060 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led the charge in defending the map, arguing that the lower court ignored political realities and unfairly accused lawmakers of racial bias without any credible evidence to support that argument.

00:13:03.180 His office maintained that the map reflects legitimate political priorities in a closely divided Congress.

00:13:10.240 The ruling also comes after dramatic efforts by Texas Democrats to block the process,

00:13:15.580 actually fleeing the state capitol in order to deny a quorum and halt the vote on redistricting.

00:13:21.840 Despite those tactics, Republicans ultimately passed their redistricting plan.

00:13:26.080 And now, with the Supreme Court's backing, Texas moves forward,

00:13:29.820 delivering a clear message that partisan lawfare and judicial overreach will not stand in the way

00:13:35.680 of lawful congressional redistricting. You're listening to the hottest political talk show

00:13:41.060 on radio today. It's the Stone Zone right here on the Red Apple Audio Networks, and we'll be

00:13:46.480 right back. This is the Stone Zone with Roger Stone. And he's a great, great person, Roger Stone.

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00:15:02.880 In a tense interview on 60 Minutes, President Donald Trump addressed the recent shooting tied to the White House Correspondents' Dinner

00:15:11.000 while challenging the biased coverage in favor of the left by the fake news media outlet.

00:15:16.660 Speaking with Nora O'Donnell, President Trump criticized activist movements like No Kings, suggesting that they contribute to political unrest.

00:15:25.800 Notably, President Trump called for greater scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center

00:15:30.280 following reports that that organization has been indicted by a grand jury on fraud-related charges.

00:15:36.400 According to the allegations, the SPLC funneled donor funds to extremist groups and is publicly condemned.

00:15:43.180 They were effectively creating the white supremacist terror threat they claimed to be opposing

00:15:48.240 and then raked in tens of millions of dollars in donations in the aftermath,

00:15:52.340 a cruel hoax that riffed off America apart from profits.

00:15:57.320 FBI agents once told me that if you went to a Ku Klux Klan meeting,

00:16:01.400 there would be 10 people there.

00:16:02.700 The problem was nine of them would be FBI informants

00:16:05.560 and only one of them would be an actual Klansman.

00:16:08.640 President Trump argued that such actions reflect a pattern

00:16:11.600 in which left-lending institutions manufacture threats

00:16:15.320 to justify their own existing and their fundraising capability.

00:16:18.900 The Jussie Smollett affair was far from an isolated incident.

00:16:22.740 It was, in actuality, the modus operandi of the entire left.

00:16:27.220 President Trump tied this to longstanding grievances over media coverage of events like the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally,

00:16:35.540 noting that his remarks at the time were deliberately misrepresented and distorted in order to try to damage his presidency.

00:16:42.000 While the Southern Poverty Law Center has not been convicted and denies raw dealing, the case raises serious questions about accountability among left-wing advocacy organizations. 0.67

00:16:54.220 President Trump urged journalists to do their damn jobs and investigate further.

00:16:59.040 It was well known on the right that the SPLC was a harmful scam, demonizing pro-life Christians and putting literally targets on their backs. 0.98

00:17:07.640 But the fake news media looked the other way because, well, they're all in it together.

00:17:12.320 They're all collaborators.

00:17:13.800 They all are enemy combatants when it comes to war against the Constitution.

00:17:18.280 Of course, the president also took the opportunity once again after the attempted assassination of himself and other officials of administration to call for a secure White House ballroom, arguing that the incident proves exactly why it's needed.

00:17:32.760 In a post on True Social, Trump said presidents and security officials have demanded such a facility for over a century.

00:17:39.980 He emphasized that a ballroom built within the secure perimeter of the White House would have eliminated vulnerabilities seen at offsite venues like the Washington Hilton.

00:17:49.200 Indeed, the Washington Hilton, where there was an assassination attempt on my mentor, President Ronald Reagan.

00:17:55.580 This is one where the suspect was able to bypass outer security levels that were woefully inadequate for such an event.

00:18:02.760 President Trump described the proposed $400 million project funded entirely privately and without taxpayer dollars as a top level security upgrade already underway, although slowed by legal challenges.

00:18:16.100 The president blasted what he called the ridiculous lawsuit, attempting to block construction, arguing that national security should take precedence.

00:18:24.680 Supporters say the shooting demonstrates the risks of hosting high level government officials in less secure locations.

00:18:31.100 locations. And once again, the president is right. What many people don't know is there's also a

00:18:36.260 national security component that is to be built beneath the ballroom. Once again, Donald Trump is

00:18:43.580 right. We need the ballroom. And a federal judge should not be allowed under the separation of

00:18:48.200 powers portion of the U.S. Constitution to block that construction. We'll be right back.

00:18:54.000 This is the Stone Zone. Now, get him a zone. It's the Stone Zone.

00:19:00.580 A man who's gone through hell, but he's kept going and he's smart and he's strong and people love him.

00:19:07.640 Not everybody, but people love him and respect him. Roger Stone. Where's Roger Stone?

00:19:12.380 Here's Roger Stone.

00:19:15.580 And you're jumping headfirst back into the Stone Zone. I'm your host, Roger Stone.

00:19:21.380 Former President Barack Hussein Obama is drawing sharp criticism after claiming that the motive behind Saturday night's attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner remains, quote unquote, unclear, despite authorities already releasing a manifesto spelling out the suspect's actual intent.

00:19:41.540 In a public statement, Barry H. Obama urged Americans to reject political violence, but said details about the motive were still unknown.

00:19:51.380 That assertion quickly sparked backlash from conservatives and law enforcement voices who made it clear that the facts are already on the table.

00:19:59.060 Officials identified the suspect as one Cole Allen, a far-left California public educator, that's a public school teacher, who allegedly authored a manifesto targeting President Donald Trump and members of his administration.

00:20:13.320 The document reported the outline plans to assassinate Trump officials from highest to lowest, while attacking the president's immigration policies and Christian belief, clear signs of a radicalized, politically motivated attack by Allen.

00:20:29.340 Prominent Republicans didn't hold back, and Obama's shameful silver-tongued spin-doctoring,

00:20:35.460 President Mike Lee, pardon, that's Senator Mark Lee of Utah, called the motive obvious,

00:20:41.600 while administration officials like Lee Zeldin of New York blasted what they see as a willful blindness

00:20:47.800 from Obama and the other political leaders, unwilling to confront left-wing extremism and hate-mongering.

00:20:54.860 The incident unfolded, of course, at the Washington Hilton, where the annual dinner was underway, ironically the exact same hotel while President Ronald Reagan was attacked.

00:21:06.160 Authorities say that Cole Allen, the man accused, was staying at the hotel.

00:21:10.760 He bypassed outer security, approached a Secret Service checkpoint, and fired, striking an agent's bulletproof vest before being subdued.

00:21:19.140 President Trump praised the swift response of law enforcement and renewed calls for stronger security measures.

00:21:26.880 But unfortunately, the Trump derangement syndrome has taken hold in this country thanks to the efforts of the Democrats and their allies in the fake news media,

00:21:36.400 working hand in glove to produce baseless anti-Trump propaganda now for over a decade.

00:21:42.740 We have to remain on high alert for the results.

00:21:46.300 Meanwhile, Melania Trump, the gorgeous and cultured First Lady of the United States, 1.00

00:21:51.460 but the only one who's never appeared on the cover of Vogue,

00:21:55.380 is calling out another example of toxic rhetoric from a late-night television host, Jimmy Kimmel,

00:22:01.440 after he made a disgustingly tasteless joke that Melania had the glow of an expectant widow on her face

00:22:08.460 while mocking her marriage to President Donald Trump during a parody of the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

00:22:15.660 The first lady fired back, calling the remarks hateful and violent and accusing ABC of enabling behavior that she says deepens division in the country.

00:22:25.800 Just days after Kimmel's comments, the actual correspondence dinner was subject to this attempted attack from a radicalized leftist.

00:22:34.300 The suspect now faces serious federal charges.

00:22:38.340 The issue goes beyond one tasteless joke here.

00:22:41.340 Kimmel has a long history of anti-Trump rhetoric, frequently using his platform to ridicule the president and his supporters.

00:22:50.180 Kimmel's disgusting remarks follow the Charlie Kirk assassination that got him removed from the air for a period amidst massive public outrage.

00:23:00.200 Melania Trump is now demanding accountability, urging ABC to take his stand against Kimmel.

00:23:05.660 It would be one thing if this were a good faith attempt at humor, but Kimmel no longer does comedy.

00:23:11.920 He does vile anti-America propaganda and hate.

00:23:15.980 He's a talking head who is part of the far left Democrat machine that ratifies his Americans against MAGA and tacitly enables extremists who commit acts of violence against President Trump and his supporters.

00:23:29.400 Trust me, I know what this is like.

00:23:31.660 This is what he has been doing for many years now.

00:23:33.860 ABC must no longer platform this agent of evil. Send Kimmel to the unemployment line now with his cohort Stephen Colbert, who was recently canceled after years of low ratings by CBS.

00:23:48.340 Yes. Here's some good news. A key hurdle was cleared for Kevin Warsh in his nomination to lead the Federal Reserve Board.

00:23:56.100 It's gaining momentum in the U.S. Senate. U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Tom Tillis, announced Sunday that he now will support moving Warsh's confirmation forward.

00:24:05.960 After previously holding out over concerns over a Department of Justice investigation into current Fed chair Jerome Powell over his extravagant multibillion dollar Federal Reserve Board renovation boondoggle, Tillis had refused to advance any nominee until the DOJ dropped its probe, showing his true rhino colors in the process.

00:24:29.200 In all honesty, Tillis is a stain on the U.S. Senate, and he's not running for re-election because he would have been summarily defeated.

00:24:37.460 That concern appears to have been resolved after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who used to appear here as one of my colleagues, confirmed the investigation would be dropped.

00:24:47.640 Tillis said he received assurances the matter is completely and fully ended and not being used as leverage against the Federal Reserve Board.

00:24:55.560 The senator emphasized that protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve is critical.

00:25:00.840 Independence, of course, being a code word for complete and total lack of accountability by the American people.

00:25:07.160 The Federal Reserve, under Jerome Powell, cut taxes to try to benefit, cut interest rates, pardon me, to try to benefit the re-election of Joe Biden,

00:25:16.480 despite the fact that the unemployment rate and the inflation rate were lower than or higher than than they are now.

00:25:23.620 Yet Jerome, too late, Powell has refused the deep interest rate cut that all the economic indicators would say would be merit.

00:25:33.420 Warsh, a former Fed governor with private sector experience, is widely viewed by conservatives as a steady, reform-minded choice who would bring accountability and discipline back to the central bank.

00:25:46.400 Warsh is not expected to manipulate interest rates to fuel his own partisan political aims like Powell did.

00:25:52.740 With Powell's terms set to expire on May 15th, Tillis' support should prove decisive in pushing Kevin Walsh's nomination through committee and onto the Senate floor, where it is expected to pass with no problems.

00:26:06.680 Tillis' objections show the need for MAGA patriots to get involved in the primary process and remove some of these entrenched rhinos with America First patriots as much as possible.

00:26:18.080 Once enough, rhinos are removed. 0.60

00:26:20.880 Then the DOJ will not be held hostage to their establishment-oriented demands like unfortunately we're seeing right now.

00:26:28.920 Meanwhile, a major tax battle is brewing in California as union-backed activists have put an important question on the ballot.

00:26:38.160 supporters of this new proposal led by the far-left Service Employees International Union

00:26:43.960 claim they've gathered over 1.5 million signatures to place a billionaire tax on the November ballot.

00:26:51.600 The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on individuals with assets exceeding $1.1 billion,

00:26:59.880 with revenues largely earmarked for health care programs,

00:27:03.440 the same type of programs that are getting built nationwide by scammers.

00:27:07.460 We've seen this in Minnesota, millions and millions of tax dollars being stolen right from under the nose of their governor, or perhaps the governor was in on it. We don't know. Proponents of this tax in California argue that it's needed to offset federal spending cuts, which is just another excuse to enact more runaway tax and spend policies targeting wealth creators.

00:27:31.320 Opposition is already mounting.

00:27:33.580 Business leaders and economists caution that the proposal could devastate California's economy,

00:27:39.540 costing an estimated 100,000 plus good paying jobs and driving billions in lost revenue

00:27:45.960 as entrepreneurs and investors flee the golden state.

00:27:49.640 Even some Democrats, including Governor Gavin Newsom, have voiced concerns about the long term damage.

00:27:56.180 economists note the tax could backfire badly trading a short-term cash grab for lasting

00:28:03.520 economic decline but by that time socialists will already have found a new scapegoat and

00:28:09.520 will proceed with even more big government power grabs previous studies suggest that

00:28:14.680 high net worth individuals may simply leave california shrinking the tax base and forcing

00:28:20.540 cuts to essential services like education and health care. Meanwhile, alternative ballot measures

00:28:26.820 backed by the tech leaders aim to block or weaken the proposal, setting up a high-stakes political

00:28:32.540 showdown with the future of California on the line. There's already been a major exodus from

00:28:38.240 California of wealthy business creators, and the billionaire tax would accelerate the process of

00:28:43.980 capital bolting that state. It will result in squalor and misery, but the socialists really

00:28:50.040 don't care. They'll continue onward regardless because it's not about helping people. It's about

00:28:55.520 ruthlessly amassing government power. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's husband has turned out

00:29:03.200 to have very shady foreign deals. House Oversight Committee James Comer of Kentucky is intensifying

00:29:10.380 his investigation into the financial dealings surrounding Representative Ilhan Omar and her

00:29:16.060 husband, Tim Maynett. At the center of the probe is a series of international business ventures

00:29:21.880 linked to Maynett, spanning Kenya, Somalia, and Dubai. Comer has demanded full documentation of

00:29:29.140 travel, financial transactions, and business solicitations, but a February deadline passed

00:29:34.820 with no clear public compliance by Omar or her husband.

00:29:39.000 The situation took a dramatic turn when Omar quietly amended

00:29:43.100 her 2024 financial disclosure forms with the U.S. House.

00:29:47.980 What was previously reported as a combined $30 million valuation for two companies,

00:29:53.500 Rose Lake Capital and S2 Crew LLC, was suddenly revised down to almost zero.

00:30:00.560 Just days later, records show that the winery tied to those valuations had dissolved entirely.

00:30:07.740 Critics say the timing raises red flags of a cover-up.

00:30:11.300 Forensic accountants have appointed to major inconsistencies,

00:30:15.160 while past vendors turned to Minette, the husband of Ilhan Omar,

00:30:19.660 have faced lawsuits and investor complaints.

00:30:22.800 Meanwhile, Rose Lake Capital once claimed massive global reach and billions under management.

00:30:28.860 Figures that appear wildly out of step with early disclosures showing that they had minimal assets.

00:30:35.860 Congressman Comer warns that the lack of clarity opens the door to foreign influence, particularly given Omar's role in the Congress.

00:30:44.480 The investigation also comes amid broader concerns about fraud scandals in Minnesota, her home district.

00:30:51.040 Omar's office has dismissed the probe as political,

00:30:54.460 but with unanswered questions piling up and financial records shifting dramatically,

00:31:00.160 pressure is mounting against the Somali lawmaker. 0.98

00:31:03.220 Turns out that she may be as crooked as many of her fellow migrants in Minnesota. 1.00

00:31:07.720 We were told that diversity is our strength, 1.00

00:31:09.960 but in this case, it seems like this group of people came over to this country to bleed us dry. 0.97

00:31:16.320 Prosecuting Omar for financial fraud, kicking her out of Congress, 0.93

00:31:20.040 and putting her and her crooked husband behind bars would send a message to the migrant community 0.95

00:31:25.480 that's coming to America is a privilege and we will not look the other way out of fears of being

00:31:30.940 called racists or bigots if you commit criminal acts in this country. You'll be locked up and

00:31:36.800 you'll be sent back. Meanwhile, the tech overlords are facing off in a court of law and high stakes

00:31:43.060 courtroom battles underway in California as tech giants Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off over

00:31:50.040 the future of artificial intelligence. At the center of this case is OpenAI, originally founded

00:31:56.840 in 2015 as a non-profit with a mission to develop artificial intelligence responsibility. Musk,

00:32:04.560 who was an earlier backer, now alleges that Altman and his company betrayed that vision,

00:32:09.920 quietly transforming OpenAI into a profit-driven powerhouse aligned with big tech interests.

00:32:16.540 The lawsuit claims that Altman abandoned the organization's founding principles in pursuit of massive financial gain, turning what was meant to be a public good with a corporate juggernaut now valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

00:32:31.620 OpenAI denies the accusations, dismissing the case as a personal grievance tied to Musk's competing venture.

00:32:39.560 That would be grok.

00:32:40.880 But the implications go far beyond a simple business dispute.

00:32:44.580 Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping our economy

00:32:48.280 Raising serious concerns about job loss

00:32:51.040 Censorship and unchecked corporate power

00:32:53.860 Musk, who has long sounded the alarm on AI's risks

00:32:57.900 Said the case is about more than money

00:33:00.180 It's about the, quote, fate of civilization, unquote

00:33:04.420 He's now seeking reforms and accountability

00:33:07.160 Rather than personal damages

00:33:09.000 As testimony unfolds, a trial could expose

00:33:12.220 how Silicon Valley operates behind closed doors and whether the promises made to the public

00:33:18.200 about ethical innovation were never actually real. I think it's safe to assume that they were not.

00:33:24.860 Most of the tech elite in Silicon Valley sees themselves as gods among men and want to manipulate

00:33:30.760 technology in order to merge themselves with computers. This is part of their transhumanist

00:33:36.840 plot to live forever and lord over the rest of us even if they decide to let us live musk has shown 0.89

00:33:44.000 with the acquisition of twitter and the immense support for president donald trump in 2024 that

00:33:49.280 he has a soul even though elon musk may have some off-the-wall beliefs and stick his foot in his

00:33:55.220 mouth from time to time he's demonstrated that he's on team humanity hopefully must lawsuit

00:34:01.380 is successful bringing rogue AI to heel and holding Altman accountable for his corporate

00:34:07.300 treachery. I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to the Stone Zone. We've got more on the other side.

00:34:12.260 So whatever you do, don't go away. This is the Stone Zone with Roger Stone.

00:34:17.700 And he's a great, great person. Roger Stone. The Stone Zone.

00:34:31.380 this is the stone zone now get him his own it's the stone zone a man who's gone through hell

00:34:41.540 but he's kept going and he's smart and he's strong and people love him not everybody but

00:34:47.880 people love him and respect him roger stone where's roger stone here's roger stone

00:34:53.440 and we're back in the stone zone you know back in 1988 when i first suggested that

00:35:00.560 Donald Trump run for president, we made a trip to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce

00:35:06.640 where he was the luncheon speaker. And he spoke openly about the fact that our NATO allies were

00:35:12.720 not paying their fair share for their defense. Now, a new global defense report is confirming

00:35:18.240 what many conservatives have argued for years. President Donald Trump's tough America first

00:35:23.300 policies have finally forced Europe to step up and pay its fair share for their own security.

00:35:28.860 According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, worldwide military spending hit $2.8 trillion in 2025, marking over a decade of steady increases.

00:35:42.800 But the real story is in Europe, where the defense spending surged by an eye-popping 14%, far outpacing the rest of the world.

00:35:52.240 Meanwhile, the United States' spending to subsidize the defenses of Europe and all the European nations actually declined by 7.5%,

00:36:01.280 reflecting Trump's push to rein in foreign entanglements and stop footing the bill for endless overseas conflicts.

00:36:08.640 In his first term, President Donald Trump collected over $650 million in past due dues to NATO from the European nations.

00:36:18.600 For years, Trump has warned that NATO allies could no longer rely on American taxpayers while neglecting to fund their own defenses.

00:36:27.220 And now the numbers show that that message is finally getting through, particularly as the Iran conflict is broken out, where NATO countries have left America high and dry.

00:36:37.660 In some cases, our NATO allies would not even allow us to use our own bases in their countries.

00:36:43.320 European nations collectively spent $864 billion on defense this year, with major investments in modern equipment, much of it purchased from American companies, delivering a boost to U.S. industry and our economy.

00:36:57.520 Countries like Poland and Germany are rapidly expanding their military capabilities, reversing decades of underinvestment following the Cold War.

00:37:06.720 Even nations who claim they're acting independently are, in reality, moving exactly in the direction Trump has demanded.

00:37:14.400 Towards a stronger, more self-reliant Europe that shares the burden of global security.

00:37:20.340 After years of imbalance, NATO is shifting towards fairness.

00:37:24.260 It's a long overdue change, and it will endure even after President Trump leaves office.

00:37:29.540 I'm glad there was no tragedy at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

00:37:33.560 You know, the only real tragedy, other than the federal agent who was attacked and wounded but will survive, was the fact that President Trump had a terrific comedy routine worked out, as is traditional.

00:37:46.340 He'd actually tried out some of his jokes on me in the Oval Office the previous Wednesday.

00:37:51.080 It was terrific material.

00:37:52.920 In a way, I hope they do reschedule this because, well, Donald Trump is naturally funny and I think he would have won the night with some self-deprecating humor, but also jabbing the far left fake news media.

00:38:07.180 In the meantime, I thank God that he is safe.

00:38:09.980 But I also point out this is not third, but actually the fourth attempt on his life.

00:38:14.000 Remember the man who stormed the gate at Mar-a-Lago happened to be on a weekend that the president was not there, but a man breached the perimeter with a loaded shotgun only to be shot and killed by Secret Service agents.

00:38:26.880 All of this violence against the president of the United States and his supporters is ginned up by the torrent of hate put forward by people like Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, AOC, Bernie Sanders and the rest of the left wing cabal. 0.97

00:38:43.340 They blame us, but the blame is very clear on their overheated rhetoric and their constant attacks on Donald Trump as a fascist, Hitler, a white supremacist and a hater. 0.98

00:38:55.200 They are precisely that. They are the radicals and their rhetoric is responsible for this outrageous spasm of violence. 0.96

00:39:03.180 I'm Roger Stone. Thanks for joining us today in the Stone Zone until tomorrow.

00:39:07.060 God bless you and God speak.

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