That period of time was one of intense competition between #MichaelCohen & Trump's longest-serving adviser, #RogerStone.
#Trump didn't ultimately run in the election in the following year. But he did plant the seeds for himself in the #GOP primary by vaulting to the top of the polls on the #birtherism#racist#ConspiracyTheory#lie that President Barack #Obama may not have been born in the United States.
The #CapitolPolice & the #FBI are investigating remarks reported to have been made by #RogerStone, a longtime #Republican operative & informal adviser to #Trump, in which he expressed a desire for the deaths of two Democratic lawmakers in the weeks before the 2020 election.
The investigation into #RogerStone was opened shortly after the website #Mediaite released an audio recording in which someone sounding like him can be heard discussing Reps Jerry #Nadler (NY) & Eric #Swalwell (CA), who are among #Trump’s most vocal congressional critics.
👀The Capitol Police are investigating remarks made by pro-#Trump political operative #RogerStone discussing the assassination of two prominent House Democrats. A source told Mediaite the FBI is aiding with the investigation. https://t.co/SXkjWXDWHL