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Romanticizing Roger Stone as a puckish ‘trickster’ was probably a bad idea, huh?

By Becket Adams

Published January 25, 2019 2:08pm ET

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Romanticizing Roger Stone as a puckish ‘trickster’ was probably a bad idea, huh? — Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone departs after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. Stone says there is "not one shred of evidence" that he was involved with Russian interference in the 2016 election. Stone's interview comes as the House and Senate intelligence panels are looking into the Russian meddling and possible links to Trump's campaign. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

It looks like Roger Stone is as big of a liar as he always claimed to be.

Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea, then, for the press to romanticize the longtime political operative as some sort of endearing, puckish “trickster,” especially considering that he has always been exceptionally forthright about his preference for deceit and dishonesty.

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