WASHINGTON (JTA) — On US president Donald Trump’s last day in office, Roger Stone was furious that his old friend declined to pardon a bevy of Stone’s associates and fellow travelers. The longtime political trickster blamed Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and he had a plan.
“In two weeks he’s moving to Miami,” Stone told Enrique Alejandro, his employee, referring to Kushner. “He’s going to get a beating. He needs to have a beating. And needs to be told, ‘This time we’re just beating you. Next time we’re killing you.’”
Alejandro was wary of the Danish documentary team filming this exchange, and urged Stone to explain he was joking, according to a Washington Post report posted on Friday.
No, he wasn’t kidding, Stone said. “No, no, it isn’t joking. Not joking. It’s not a joke,” he said.
The Post was the first to review hours of footage by the Danish documentarians, who followed Stone for two years. Stone told the Post his remarks were removed from context but did not explain how.
It was not the only time that day — Jan. 20, 2021, the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration — that Stone contemplated violence against Kushner. Stone told a friend over the phone that Kushner should be “punished in the most brutal possible way” and would be “brain dead when I get finished with him.”
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