{"id":116031,"date":"2019-02-09T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116031"},"modified":"2019-02-09T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T15:17:14","slug":"roger-stones-arrest-a-profound-offense-to-american-law-and-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=116031","title":{"rendered":"Roger Stone\u2019s Arrest a Profound Offense to American Law and Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Video of Roger Stone\u2019s arrest like &#8216;SEAL Team 6 going into bin Laden&#8217;s compound&#8217;: Tucker Carlson<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Louis Casiano | Fox News<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6000208376001&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h5>Exclusive look at FBI raid on Roger Stone&#8217;s home<\/h5>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Friday night aired video of the FBI\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/roger-stone-indicted-on-several-charges-as-part-of-muellers-russia-collusion-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrest of President Trump\u2019s longtime adviser Roger Stone<\/a>,\u00a0questioning the agency\u2019s show of force &#8212; and why a CNN camera crew was at the scene an hour before authorities arrived just before dawn on Jan. 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cUntil now the only public footage of the raid came from CNN, which somehow knew to arrive one hour before the FBI got there,\u201d Carlson said, before showing a clip of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker being asked about CNN\u2019s presence at the raid during a congressional hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was deeply concerning to me as to how CNN found out about that,&#8221; Whitaker said.<\/p>\n<p>Security footage shows an SUV with a CNN cameraman parked across the street from Stone&#8217;s Fort Lauderdale,\u00a0Fla., home. The cameraman got\u00a0out and began filming when FBI\u00a0personnel arrived an hour later.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson also took issue with the way\u00a0the raid was conducted.<\/p>\n<p>A team of 29 heavily armed FBI agents in tactical gear arrived at the residence and pounded on the front door, the footage shows. Stone, 66,\u00a0is seen barefoot and wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase \u201cRoger Stone did nothing wrong.\u201d He comes out with his hands raised above his head and is put in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe footage depicts what you\u2019d expect if the FBI raided the home of a Mexican drug lord, maybe even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insider.foxnews.com\/tag\/navy-seal-team-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEAL Team 6<\/a>\u00a0going into [Osama] bin Laden\u2019s compound,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>The show of force\u00a0has prompted criticism of the tactics of Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s office. Stone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mueller-indictment-roger-stone-communicated-with-trump-campaign-about-wikileaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded not guilty<\/a>\u00a0later that day to making false statements to Congress about contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Like many conservatives, Carlson has raised suspicions that Stone&#8217;s arrest was politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI and their water carriers in corporate media tells us, &#8216;Totally commonplace.&#8217; &#8216;By the book.&#8217; &#8220;Happens all the time,'&#8221; Carlson said as he ended his segment.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/security-footage-of-roger-stones-arrest-like-seal-team-6-going-into-bin-laden-compound-tucker-carlson\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/security-footage-of-roger-stones-arrest-like-seal-team-6-going-into-bin-laden-compound-tucker-carlson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of Roger Stone\u2019s arrest like &#8216;SEAL Team 6 going into bin Laden&#8217;s compound&#8217;: Tucker Carlson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}