On January 25th, 2019, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in his own home in front of his own wife and daughter in the early morning hours of the morning, leaving behind a wife, daughter, and son-in-law.
00:00:11.480Well, like many across the country and the world, I'm still in shock over the brutal political assassination of my good friend, Charlie Kirk.
00:00:21.160I didn't really know Charlie Kirk until he reached out to me after that fateful morning of January 25th, 2019, when 29 heavily armed FBI agents in full SWAT gear and brandishing fully automatic M4 assault weapons swarmed my home to arrest me for the alleged first time nonviolent crime of lying under oath before the House Intelligence Committee
00:00:49.060regarding Russian collusion that we now know definitively never actually happened.
00:00:55.340Charlie Kirk contacted me and became both a public and private advocate for clemency in my case.
00:01:02.080Yes, a full and unconditional presidential pardon.
00:01:05.960And this was at a time that many stupid Republicans were saying, oh, let Mueller do his job.
00:01:11.900This was a con job from the beginning.
00:01:14.660There was never any probable cause to justify the appointment of Robert Mueller or the witch hunt in which they attempted to undo the results of the 2016 election, which they had shockingly lost.
00:01:29.800I point out that Charlie Kirk took up for me and my family long before a federal judge ordered the Biden Justice Department to release the fully unredacted results of Robert Mueller's final report in which even he couldn't sugarcoat the fact that he had found no evidence of Russian collusion, WikiLeaks collaboration or any other actual crime on my part.
00:01:57.000I think most Americans know today that I was prosecuted and persecuted because I refused to be the ham in Mueller's ham sandwich.
00:02:06.760That is to say, once he spent $30 million, never finding any evidence whatsoever of so-called Russian collusion, they wanted to fabricate it.
00:02:17.420They wanted me to bear false witness against the president.
00:02:21.480They wanted me to become Michael Cohen.
00:02:26.020You see, I'd already passed two polygraph tests, and I was never going to bear false witness against the president of the United States.
00:02:34.440President Trump praised me at the time for my guts, but I was a man staring into the abyss until Charlie Kirk came publicly and privately to my side.
00:02:45.960Little did I know that Charlie Kirk would ultimately go down in history, as he has now, along with Barry Goldwater, Bill Buckley, Ronald Reagan, and yes, Donald Trump is one of the most significant figures in America's conservative movement.
00:03:00.880Those who thought that they were silencing Charlie Kirk with his brutal murder don't understand how they have made his voice even louder and stronger.
00:03:11.520An incredibly moving and eloquent speech by his devoted wife, Erica, his devoted wife, Erica, last week.
00:03:18.820And as we'll report to you later in today's show, the significant expansion of the Turning Point USA movement.
00:03:25.960They have ignited a national phenomena, a firestorm of indignation.
00:03:33.760But you notice the difference between the left and the right.
00:03:36.660When George Floyd was killed, the cities were on fire.
00:03:41.460The results, the reaction of the left was mayhem, destruction of millions of dollars of both public and private property, the injury of thousands, the death of hundreds in an effort to burn down half the country.
00:03:56.860Whereas on the right now, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's brutal murder, we have prayer vigils, not just in the United States, but across the world.
00:04:08.500And it is heartening to see this resurgence because Charlie Kirk fused not only reverence for free speech, free enterprise, capitalism, and the U.S. Constitution, but he fused it with a deep and abiding belief in God and faith in Jesus Christ.
00:04:29.920And that is what gave his message on the campuses and on his show, Lyft, the Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, joined a special edition of Charlie Kirk's show today, hosted by Vice President J.D. Vance himself, and vowed that the Trump administration will now channel all the anger over Charlie Kirk's assassination into destroying the left-wing terror networks of the United States.
00:05:02.820It is time to hunt down those who have been funding this spasm of violence and this subversion, cut off their funding, and prosecute those responsible for this mayhem.
00:05:17.100Let's listen to the words of J.D. Vance, who I think sums up this moment extremely well.
00:05:22.660There is no unity with people who scream at children over their parents' politics.
00:05:28.660There is no unity with someone who lies about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder.
00:05:34.560There is no unity with someone who harasses an innocent family the day after the father of that family lost a dear friend.
00:05:42.060There is no unity with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination.
00:05:47.520And there is no unity with the people who fund these articles, who pay the salaries of these terrorist sympathizers, who argue that Charlie Kirk, a loving husband and father, deserved a shot to the neck because he spoke words with which they disagree.
00:06:04.060Did you know that the George Soros Open Society Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the groups who funded that disgusting article justifying Charlie's death, do you know they benefit from generous tax treatment?
00:06:17.680They are literally subsidized by you and me, the American taxpayer.
00:06:59.520I met with the Vice President only days ago.
00:07:02.420I must tell you, I'm increasingly impressed with him, with his energy, with his commitment.
00:07:08.140I think like a good Vice President, he's very, very effective behind the scenes.
00:07:13.120He understands that his role is a supporting role, as the role of all Vice Presidents are.
00:07:19.240But he's extraordinarily effective and he's very, very committed to the success of the Trump-Vance administration.
00:07:26.720Stephen Miller, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House, was joined the Vice President to discuss his friendship with the late Turning Point founder
00:07:34.480and how the Trump administration is going to end the terrorism against conservatives in the wake of his murder.
00:07:40.540Charlie was, of course, assassinated by a left-wing terrorist, later identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson,
00:07:47.160during a speaking event at Utah Valley University last Wednesday.
00:07:51.240The shooter was revealed by law enforcement to have engraved his ammunitions casings with Antifa and allegedly transgendered slogans.
00:08:00.760The Wall Street Journal reported that, but then not everything reported in the Wall Street Journal is true.
00:08:06.380In fact, a closer examination shows that there may have been Antifa slogans, but I think the transgender claim is not yet confirmed.
00:08:14.660After a 33-hour manhunt, Robinson was turned over to authority.
00:08:20.140It was later revealed that Robinson lived with a romantic partner, Lance Twiggs, a male who was transitioning to become a female.
00:08:28.180Some in pro-trans online circles appear to have advanced knowledge of the plot and later celebrated the horrific murder.
00:08:35.600Trump on Sunday confirmed that a large number of leftists and those funding the left-wing violence are already under major investigation.
00:08:43.300President Trump last month called for far-left billionaire George Soros and his son Alex Soros to be investigated and charged
00:08:51.080under the Racketing, Influenced, and Corrupt Organizations Act, or a RICO charge,
00:08:56.580for being the main funders and supporters of violent far-left rioters.
00:09:01.400As I said, the 31-year-old conservative leader leaves behind his beloved and devoted wife, Erica, and two very young children.
00:09:09.140And I'm haunted by that video that so many of you have seen of Charlie's infant daughter running and being swept up in his arms.
00:09:18.620I cannot imagine the pain of his family.
00:09:22.240All of us have our hearts, at this point, bleeding for Charlie Kirk and his family.
00:10:51.760For those New Yorkers who believe that New York State government, who has to give both authority and funding to New York City government, would serve as a check on New York's would-be radical leftist mayor, Zoran Mamdami.
00:11:08.220I think you will be deeply disappointed.
00:11:10.340New York Governor Kathy Hochul, perhaps the worst governor in New York State history.
00:11:15.060A gift left to us by Andrew Cuomo, who selected her for lieutenant governor.
00:11:20.240She, of course, became governor upon his resignation.
00:11:24.740Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor of the Empire State because he would have been impeached by his own party had he not done so in the wake of Me Too claims against him by various women.
00:11:36.400Kathy Hochul today endorsed the Ayatollah Zoran Mamdami for New York City mayor, officially giving him the rubber stamp and therefore the rubber stamp of the Democrat establishment to this far-left Islamist.
00:11:52.200Hochul wrote the following about Mamdami in a New York Times op-ed.
00:11:55.880She said, in our conversation, she said, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunities are in reach for every family.
00:12:07.520I heard a leader who's focused on making New York City affordable, a goal I enthusiastically support.
00:12:13.620I think that that is a weird caricature of the actual positions of Mamdami, who has admitted that his solution to his give away everything free policies is to raise taxes on white people.
00:12:33.320A man who only days ago said in an interview that he saw no purpose in incarcerating dangerous and violent criminals other than the fact that it makes the victims feel good.
00:12:45.040This guy's last chance to beat him was in the Democrat primary, and that did not happen.
00:12:51.980And now, of course, with opposition to Mamdami's split between three candidates, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who seems to me to be out of gas, current Mayor Eric Adams mired in scandal after scandal, and my friend Curtis Slewa, the Republican nominee.
00:13:11.080It appears to me that Mamdami is highly likely to win this contest.
00:13:15.600In response to Governor Hochul's comments, Representative Elise Stefanik, a serious contender for the Republican nomination for governor of New York in 2026, blasted Governor Hochul for, quote, putting criminals and communists first and New Yorkers last.
00:13:34.340Congresswoman Stefanik is absolutely correct.
00:13:37.000Mamdami's dangerous socialist ideology is at the core of the Democrat movement now.
00:13:42.240The party establishment has created a monster, and all they can do is appease the monster in the hopes that they can cling to power.
00:13:50.440Hopefully, New York City will reject Mamdami at the polls this year, but, well, folks, it's not looking good.
00:13:57.200Meanwhile, low IQ Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, the epitome of the DEI movement, appeared on a podcast where Crockett said she takes no responsibility for the toxic rhetoric
00:14:10.660that led us to the rising wave of terror throughout the country and, indeed, the brutal public murder of my friend Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA.
00:14:20.960Crockett said, me disagreeing with you, me calling you, you know, wannabe Hitler, all of those things are not necessarily saying go out and hurt somebody.
00:14:33.220For years now, we have been called Nazis, fascists, white supremacists, bigots.
00:14:41.140You know the drill, and, of course, we are none of those things.
00:14:45.340Crockett claimed, because President Trump joked about beating guys up at his campaign rallies, that he is the one who fomented a culture of political violence.
00:14:53.840Crockett, frankly, is so dumb she doesn't realize it, by calling a political figure like the President Hitler and calling his supporters like me Nazis,
00:15:04.580they are inherently justifying violence against us, even murder, because wouldn't you all go back in time and kill baby Hitler if you could?
00:15:13.620Calling people a Nazi in a coordinated fashion, as the Democrats have done, is opening the door to them being targeted.
00:15:29.500Their denialism tour is not being received well nationwide, and now the tables are suddenly being turned.
00:15:36.980We saw lives being destroyed, people being debanked, people being arrested, people losing the right to use Uber, even, in the wake of January 6th.
00:15:46.980It's a terrific piece by Julie Kelly that I read today, and now the tables are turned, and those who are celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk are finding themselves being terminated, themselves being discredited.
00:16:02.360I'm not for censorship, but I do think that there are bounds.
00:16:06.220Meanwhile, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's horrific murder, it's very clear that nobody did more than Charlie Kirk to rally young people on behalf of the cause of conservatives,
00:16:16.300but now, in death, he's inspired even more young people to get involved in the fight to save our country.
00:16:22.220Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Colvett stated on Sunday,
00:16:26.740The organization has received an incredible 32,000 requests to start new chapters to get involved in active chapters throughout the country.
00:16:35.820This is expected to turbocharge Turning Point's Club America project, which is Charlie Kirk's vision to have a chapter at every high school across the country.
00:16:45.380I think this is necessary to combat the Marxism and progressivism being forced on students in the public school system.
00:16:52.780I'm Roger Stone. You're listening to The Stone Zone.
00:16:55.580When we come back, we'll be joined by author Ian Trottier, who has exposed the single biggest villain in the Russian collusion hoax,
00:17:53.740This is the same U.S. District Appeals Court that upheld the unconstitutional gag order issued against me by the lower court judge in the District of Columbia.
00:18:05.060I'm highly confident that the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately correctly rule that President Trump does have the authority to fire a Federal Reserve Board Governor for cause,
00:18:17.520as the law says, but probably not in time for next week's, this week's, pardon me, meeting of the Federal Reserve Board,
00:18:25.840which means it's less likely that there will be an interest rate cut on the American people.
00:18:31.120The two measures that the Federal Reserve is supposed to use in determining whether the people get a cut in interest rates,
00:18:39.260both inflation and unemployment today, are both lower or at the same rate as they were the last four times the Federal Reserve cut rates.
00:18:49.460And therefore, it is the Federal Reserve Board Chairman, Jerome Powell,
00:18:53.340who is playing politics with the American economy and trying to thwart the Trump economic boom.
00:19:01.040All right, joining me now in the Stone Zone is my good friend Ian Trottier.
00:19:06.560He is a fourth-generation San Francisco Bay native, a 1999 graduate of Oregon.
00:19:13.880Over the years, he has made a significant contribution to the business community as a community organizer,
00:19:20.080has been an outspoken advocate for the everyday citizen, but now he's done something extraordinarily important.
00:19:26.300He has written a new book entitled High Stakes Treason, which is an expose of the arch-villain of the Russian collusion hoax,
00:19:35.880the former CIA director, John O. Brennan.
00:19:41.340Now, I am, first of all, pleased to say that I wrote the foreword for Ian's book,
00:19:47.400and you can get it, by the way, by going to highstakestreason.com, or you can buy it on Amazon.
00:19:53.920Now, I knew that John Brennan, when he was the CIA station chief in Riyadh,
00:20:01.160signed the visas for four of the hijackers who were told hit America on 9-11.
00:20:07.640I knew that John Brennan had been caught red-handed spying on a U.S. Senate committee
00:20:13.860that was investigating his use of illegal torture.
00:20:19.560I knew that John Brennan had forced the completely fictitious and fabricated steel dossier
00:20:27.960into President Barack Obama's daily intelligence briefing to be used as a rationale for the Russian collusion,
00:20:37.080witch hunt, and I also knew that John Brennan had converted to radical Islam,
00:20:43.860specifically Wahhabism, in a ritual while he was the CIA station chief.
00:20:50.780What I didn't know was that, according to this shocking book, High Stakes Treason,
00:20:57.400John Brennan conducted a long-term criminal scheme to manipulate intelligence protocols
00:21:02.080and key counterterrorism personnel to increase the value of stock that he held illegally in order to make millions.
00:21:11.200Brennan repeatedly filed, or caused to be filed, false official statements to hide his illegal ownership of stock
00:21:18.300in an indispensable government contracting company while maintaining his control of the initiatives
00:21:24.540of the Obama administration, a clear conflict of interest.
00:21:28.840High Stakes Treason lays this all out.
00:21:31.680Joining me now, the author of this important book, Ian Trottier.
00:32:40.000He is the author of High Stakes Treason,
00:32:43.420which is a shocking expose of former CIA director John Brennan.
00:32:49.160Now, I thought I knew everything there was to know about Brennan.
00:32:52.300I knew that he was an admitted communist.
00:32:54.700I knew that he had converted when serving as the CIA station chief in Riyadh to radical Islam.
00:33:02.400In a ritual, he actually became a Wahhabist, which is the most radical brand of radical Islam.
00:33:11.040I knew that he had signed the visa for four of the hijackers who were told attacked America on 9-11.
00:33:19.280I knew that he had been caught red-handed wiretapping and monitoring a Senate committee that was properly investigating Brennan's use of illegal torture as CIA director.
00:33:31.940I knew that he was a prime mover of the Russian collusion hoax.
00:33:37.100And Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, only weeks ago revealed that it was John Brennan who insisted that President Barack Obama's intelligence assessment report include the totally fabricated steel dossier.
00:33:56.180The steel dossier was a complete and total fabrication that had been commissioned and paid for by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
00:34:05.380It was a false assertion that Donald Trump, as a private businessman, had dallied with Russian prostitutes while visiting Moscow as a private businessman and had, in fact, watched these prostitutes allegedly urinating on a bed that had once been occupied by President Barack Obama.
00:34:27.620This turned out to be a complete and total fabrication.
00:34:32.080And, in fact, when it was finally revealed that Hillary Clinton's campaign had not only paid for this phony dossier, but she'd also hid those payments, calling them legal fees.
00:34:45.040She actually was required to pay a substantial fine to the Federal Election Commission.
00:34:50.760In my opinion, Ian, the Russian collusion hoax is the single greatest dirty trick in American political history or governmental history is nothing less than a massive abuse of power in which the full authority of the U.S. government and the extraordinary capability of our intelligence agencies were used to bring down a duly elected president, Donald Trump.
00:35:17.600Now, with this new information regarding rank profiteering and corruption by John Brennan, which he enriched himself, at the same time putting America's security at risk, I have to ask you, do you think that this information that you have produced should be used in the charges against him?
00:35:38.460And have you made an effort to get this information to the current U.S. Justice Department so they can be included in the investigation that I believe, and the grand jury proceedings that I believe are going on right now regarding John O. Brennan?
00:35:52.640Yes. Thanks, Roger, for asking. I have made an attempt to get electronically, get some of these people involved. I've not been able to do that. Now, I was planning to go to D.C. personally and set up appointments.
00:36:11.880That is my plan is to go boots on the ground, if you will, well-dressed. Anyway, to get some of these meetings firsthand is my objective. But so far, I have not been able to engage.
00:36:28.080In fact, I've met Pam Bondi a few years ago, so I've got a connection to her directly. She hasn't responded. I've been able to engage her. But some type of connection there is at my forefront purpose and importance right now is to get them engaged. Absolutely.
00:36:48.960The information within this book should serve to get this person indicted. Absolutely. There's no question about it.
00:36:55.000All right. There we have it. We have to wrap it up there. Go to highstakestreason.com. That's highstakestreason.com to get your copy of this blockbuster book. In the meantime, thank you for joining us here in the Stone Zone. God bless you and Godspeed.
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