Just Watched The Video Of Roger Stone Getting Arrested At His House...

[global1]

Ari Melber played it on Lawrence's show (as he was filling in for Lawrence).

I didn't know until I watched this -- that Stone was wearing a t-shirt that said "Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong".

This leads me to the question: Was Roger Stone tipped off that this raid was coming and he prepared for it by wearing this t-shirt?

And this leads me to another question:

Did Roger Stone tip off CNN himself - so they could be outside his house to report on this raid and his arrest? Sounds like something he'd do.

Trump and many of the conservative talking heads commented on CNN's presence at Stone's house for the raid by saying 'who tipped off CNN' and kind of insinuating that maybe the Feds themselves tipped off CNN. They wanted to put the thought in the minds of the 'deplorables' that the Feds were colluding with CNN on this raid.

Up until I saw this video just now I thought that Stone was surprised by this early a.m. raid. Now I'm pretty sure that he knew that it was coming and was prepared for it by wearing that t-shirt. And not until I saw that t-shirt did the thought ever occur to me that Stone himself might have tipped off CNN about the raid. It sounds like something he'd do.

Any thoughts?

[ZZenith]

1. Whatever is the sleaziest, most underhanded thing to do in any situation

rest assured that will be Roger Stone’s course of action.

[zaj]

2. CNN said it was a guess, not a tip

[global1]

3. Would CNN Own Up To A Tip By Roger Stone?.....nt

[Maru Kitteh]

12. I think they would. There were wide rumors of something big going down that Friday

and they said they had multiple locations scoped out. The footage of Stone's arrest came from a local affiliate. If Stone had tipped them off they likely would have had someone a bit more recognizable there - it would have made for better TV.

[Liberal In Texas]

4. Yes, give the news media some credit.

They do sometimes stake out places. Someone might have had a hunch. Somebody might have heard "chatter" from contacts in law enforcement. Could have been a number of reasons.

[chillfactor]

5. CNN had been stacking out Stone's house

in case an arrest was intimate....no surprise there!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. His attorney probably saw the same grand jury activity CNN saw and he made an educated guess

[BigmanPigman]

7. CNN had the reporter who figured it out on their station

after Stone was busted. Apparently reporters read the "boring" communications, filings, etc by different law enforcement agencies and noticed unusual activity related to FL and Stone and they lucked out.

[Fuzzpope]

8. I agree.

He's capable and willing of such a thing.

He is a deeply rooted, festering cancer corriding the quality of everything and everyone he touches, scorching the world over and over for the mere pleasure of it.

Like brother Trump, twin mirrors reflecting a purest black.

Pluck this evil from its root, lest it grow anew. The man will continue to sew chaos and misery till his dying breath.

[cyclonefence]

9. Roger Stone certainly anticipated

that his t-shirt would raise eyebrows because he volunteered early on before anyone could ask about it that that shirt "is what I sleep in." Yeah. Right.

[Atticus]

10. I have no idea where, but BEFORE Stone's arrest I recall reading that he lived in constant

expectation of an arrest which he was almost certain would come on a Friday. He was arrested on a Friday.

[jcgoldie]

11. Pretty sure Roger Stone

...always wears a shirt that says "Roger Stone did nothing wrong"... except on weekends when he wears the one that says "Roger Stone is really not as stupid as he looks".

[ecstatic]

13. He probably had a ready to wear "arrest outfit"

I'm sure agents allow you to put clothes on before handcuffing.

As far as CNN, they had a reporter on who explained how and why they were at the scene.

CNN's David Shortell explains how "reporter's instinct" led him to get footage of Roger Stone's pre-dawn arrest Friday, not a tip from the FBI or special counsel's office.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/25/cnn_reporter_instinct_led_us_to_get_footage_of_roger_stone_arrest_not_tip-off.html

[UTUSN]

14. Here's the video: He's always an exhibitionist: "cut offs, barefoot"

*******QUOTE********

https://nypost.com/2019/02/08/surveillance-video-shows-roger-stone-arrested-by-fbi/

Surveillance video shows Roger Stone arrested by FBI

.... "On the ground was a large metal device used to break down a door which was unnecessary,” the 66-year-old said. “I was wearing a ‘Roger Stone did nothing wrong’ T-shirt, a pair of cutoff sweatpants and bare feet. They took me out to stand in the middle of the street.” ....

******UNQUOTE***

[lame54]

15. Stone has been wearing that shirt each night for months...

It used to be white