Trump confidant Roger Stone (pictured last month during a House Judiciary Committee hearing) says he does not expect to be indicted because Mueller 'has nothing on him,' he told DailyMail.com
Trump confidant Roger Stone says he is being harassed by investigators who he claims have interviewed 19 of his friends and even tracked down his temporary maid to question her over his alleged ties to Russian operatives.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Stone reveals agents working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office also showed witnesses photos of a two-year-old child they believed he may have fathered with infamous Manhattan Madam Kristin Davis.
'And that's when they aren't pulling my garbage,' Stone said in a far-reaching, exclusive interview Thursday night in Florida.
Stone, 66, touched on a variety of topics, from Melania Trump's style to his relationship with the far-right, violence-prone Proud Boys, and his ability to raise money for his legal fund through autographed rocks.
Oblivious to the political storms he usually kicks up, Stone spent the evening entertaining members of the tiny Republican Club of Indian River in a golf clubhouse in Vero Beach, Florida.
He is a draw in an area where aging voters cast ballots for the GOP two to one, even if the Republican Club had to pony up $3,000 and a half gallon of Russian Standard Platinum vodka to lure Stone two hours north of his Fort Lauderdale home.
The Trump campaign operative spoke at the Republican Club of Indian River in a golf clubhouse in Vero Beach, Florida, on Thursday where he signed books and sold 'Roger Stones'
Stone was dragged into Mueller's probe after he was suspected to have been in contact with Russian operatives during the 2016 presidential campaign. He invoked his Fifth Amendment right during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last month
'There are 130 people here to meet Roger who paid between $65 and $90 each to hear things from the horse's mouth,' said Florida political consultant Bill Lewis.
'Roger's a celebrity and, let's face it, there's not a whole lot of things going on in Vero Beach.'
Despite the fact he has not been arrested or indicted by the Mueller commission investigating collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the former Richard Nixon campaign advisor has been portrayed as a central figure in the election interference scandal.
He testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee for four and half hours in September 2017 and recently refused to testify before the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee.
He's also been under FBI investigation, and Mueller last month asked for a transcript of his House testimony.
Still, Stone says he doesn't expect to be indicted.
'They got nothing,' he said of the special counsel's investigation.
'They've tried hard, but I didn't do anything illegal. That's why I'm not worried and I'll do a public appearance like tonight's without a problem.'
For sale: Stone admitted that he is strapped for cash after shelling out more than $1m in legal fees. He is now selling autographed stones (pictured) at $10 each to make ends meet
Stone accused Mueller of harassment after the counsel's sleuths tracked down and interviewed 19 of his friends and business associates.
'My cleaning lady had to go back to Cuba for a while, so I hired a temp,' Stone said.
'The temp spoke only Spanish. I never knew her name or anything. Yet, government agents found her in Miami. They asked her if I was meeting with Russians at home.
'Now, how they found her when I didn't even know her name, I can only guess. I know she had nothing to say to them.'
He claims agents showed some of Stone's friends a photo of the two-year-old boy born to Kristin Davis, the infamous Manhattan Madam whose prostitution service was used by disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and, allegedly, the likes of retired baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez.
'They kept asking if the baby was mine,' the married Stone said. 'What does that have to do with Russian collusion? The baby is not mine, I'm the godfather. But that's an invasion of privacy if I've ever seen one.'
Being at the forefront of this political scandal has been 'financially debilitating, to say the least,' he says.
He's been involved in a half dozen lawsuits that have resulted in up to $200,000 each in legal bills. Preparing for his 2017 House testimony also cost him $400,000, he said.
He claims agents showed some of Stone's friends a photo of the two-year-old boy born to Kristin Davis (pictured with Stone in 2017) the infamous Manhattan Madam whose prostitution service was used by disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and, allegedly, the likes of retired baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez.
'I used to have a pretty successful consulting business,' Stone says.
'I used to offer political advice to blue chip corporations, and I made a good living. I've lost most of that because corporations don't like controversy.'
Stone has been crowdfunding online for his legal bills, and most recently, he began selling autographed rocks which he calls 'Roger Stones' at $10 each.
'I've sold 1,000 of them so far,' he says. 'But it's not making up for all my losses. I can't even buy a house. I'm a renter.'
Stone says he expects to be asked back to the House Intelligence Committee now that the balance of power in the legislative body tilted to the Democratic Party side.
Trump critic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff from California was named chairman this week.
If he is asked back, Stone says he expects to plead the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination again, but would be willing to propose the body a deal when it comes to whether Stone had advance knowledge that the whistleblowing website Wikileaks had information damaging to Trump opponent Hillary Clinton.
'I'll testify if Schiff and the rest of them agree to give up their congressional immunity,' Stone said.
'That way, I would then sue them for defamation. Schiff has said he believes I was more involved with Wikileaks that I testified. He calls me a liar.
'Yet, he can't prove it. That's defamation. Congressman, "Schiff" or get off the pot,' Stone joked.
As for his friend Donald Trump, Stone said he foresees him finishing his term in 2020, despite all the scandal surrounding the president.
'Donald Trump doesn't quit,' Stone said. 'He'll be there to the end. I believe the House will file articles of impeachment, but the Senate will refuse to move the process forward.'
Stone was also asked about his relationship with the political fringe group Proud Boys, a far-right movement that supports Donald Trump and has been known to resort to violence. The Proud Boys have been deemed a 'hate group' by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Stone has been a longtime political strategist for the GOP and previously served on Trump's presidential campaign. He said he expects the house to file articles of impeachment on the president but believes he will finish his term
In October, members of the Miami-based chapter heckled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, at a campaign appearance.
Although he didn't have any of the group's members with him Thursday, Stone has been known to make public appearance with a half dozen or more members for protection.
'I don't control those guys,' Stone said. 'Sometimes, they just show up at events that I happen to be at and they offer protection.
'But in general terms, they're not a hate group. They're a group of red-blooded American men who are very patriotic and happen to believe that men in this country are being robbed of their manhood.'
Stone fancies himself as a man of impeccable style. He often wears overly large pin-striped suits adorned with bright pocket handkerchiefs and black-and-white wing-tipped zoot shoes.
And despite the turmoil, Stone now puts out his own best and worst dressed list. One of his favorites on the just-published 219 list? Melania Trump.
'The First Lady is probably the most chic since Nancy Reagan,' Stone said. 'She is evocative of Jackie Onassis. The Timberland boots Melania wore when she visited Iraq are definitely classier than the hooker boots that Michelle Obama has been wearing.'
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