The U.S. Capitol Police and FBI are investigating an alleged recording of Roger Stone discussing the assassination of prominent Democrats.
The controversial Trump-aligned operative reportedly made the remarks in the homestretch of the 2020 presidential election.
Mediaite first published the recording of Stone and an associate discussing the abduction of a lead investigator in the Mueller probe following Stone's arrest.
“He needs to be punished,” Stone allegedly told ex-NYPD officer Sal Greco. “You have to abduct him and punish him. That has to be done. It will be easy to abduct him because he is a weakling.”
The outlet added that Stone also told Greco that either Rep. Eric Swalwell of California or Jerry Nadler of New York “has to die before the election.”
“It's time,” Stone supposedly said. “Let's go find Swalwell. It's time to do it. Then we'll see how brave the rest of them are. It's time to do it. It's either Swalwell or Nadler has to die before the election. They need to get the message. Let's go find Swalwell and get this over with. I'm just not putting up with this s**t anymore.”
Both Swalwell and Nadler serve on the House Judiciary Committee and have their own histories with Stone, who was convicted of federal crimes in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. His sentence was commuted by then-President Trump days before he was set to report to prison.
A few months before the Caffe Europa audio was recorded, Nadler announced the Judiciary Committee would be investigating why Stone's sentence was commuted by Trump.
Stone denies ever making the comments, accusing Mediaite of being duped by a “poorly fabricated” artificial intelligence voice recording “all because I am loyal to [Trump].”
When confronted by Mediaite, Greco did not deny the claims but dismissed the story's relevance. “I don't thin your reader is interested in ancient political fodder,” he replied via text.
