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‹›× Republican operative Roger Stone denied asking a political ally of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz for $250,000 in exchange for attempting to secure a pardon in a child sex-trafficking and identity-theft case. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Stone offered to help Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who’s expected to plead guilty this month, get a pardon from President Donald Trump before he left office. The pardon was never granted. The report was based on alleged text messages between Stone and Greenberg, as well as an alleged written confession by Greenberg sayin...

Republican operative Roger Stone denied asking a political ally of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz for $250,000 in exchange for attempting to secure a pardon in a child sex-trafficking and identity-theft case. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Stone offered to help Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who’s expected to plead guilty this month, get a pardon from President Donald Trump before he left office. The pardon was never granted. The report was based on alleged text messages between Stone and Greenberg, as well as an alleged written confession by Greenberg saying that...

The access apparently made all the difference. After firing off a few pleading texts to President Donald Trump’s confidante Roger Stone, alleged child sex trafficker Joel Greenberg reportedly managed to nab a spot on a list of potential pardon recipients that reached the Trump White House.  Stone’s proximity to Trump presented Greenberg’s chance at freedom. Stone and Greenberg had, reportedly, devised a plan to craft a “document” explaining Greenberg’s situation that became part confession letter, part list of demonstrated loyalty to the President.  “Be certain to include your...

10 Things in Politics: Biden demands reform after Chauvin verdict Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images Good morning! Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics, your weekday look at the biggest stories in DC and beyond. Here's what we're talking about today: 1. "WE CAN'T STOP HERE": President Joe Biden urged Americans to unite in the wake of Derek Chauvin's conviction on all three charges in the killing of George Floyd. The president said the verdicts are just the beginning of what needs to be done to address policing and systemic racism in America. "The guilty verdict does...

"If I ever hear of you talking to Gaetz ... I am going to f---ing fire your ass," Barr told a US attorney while the DOJ was investigating Gaetz.