Roger Stone faces fresh scrutiny as Capitol attack investigation expands

Trump ally was not part of the 6 January riot but he had numerous contacts with key far-right groups and figures involved

As the federal investigation of the 6 January Capitol insurrection expands, scrutiny of Donald Trump's decades-long ally Roger Stone is expected to intensify, given his links to at least four far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who had been charged, plus Stone's incendiary comments at rallies the night before the riot and in prior weeks, say ex-prosecutors and Stone associates

Although Stone was not part of the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob that shocked America, the self-styled dirty trickster" - who was convicted on seven counts in the Russia investigations into the 2016 elections but later pardoned by Trump - had numerous contacts with key groups and figures involved in the riot in the weeks before and just prior to its start.