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Part Two: Roger Stone: Evil Genius or Sad, Broken Boy?

Behind the Bastards

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Roger Stowe and Donald Trump Have a Long History of Working Together

In 2000, while he was helping George W. Bush in Florida, Roger Stowe also took time to help Donald Trump with a new pet project, a grassroots anti-gambling campaign. The tribe had opened a casino on their land in New York State and planned to open another casino in the Catskills. At the time, Donald Trump owned three casinos in Atlantic City, the Northeast's traditional gambling hub. Clearly, the Mohawk Nation represented a threat to the earnings of Donald Trump. Stone signed off on the ads and the language used in them and paid the bills for the private eyes hired to surveil the tribe.

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