This is a reading of the December 22nd, 2022 final report from the select committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United

States Capitol.

Chapter 6 Be There Will Be Wild. Be there, will be wild.

6.6. Friends of Stone

As explained above, a constellation of far-right characters came together in late 2020 as part of the Stop the Steel cause.

Among them was Roger Stone, a right-wing political operative whose career as a self-Trumpeted dirty trickster stretched

back decades.

Stone is arguably President Trump's oldest political advisor.

For example, he worked for Donald Trump's independent presidential bid during the 2000 campaign.

In addition to his political connections, Stone cultivated relationships with far-right extremists, including the two groups charged

with seditious conspiracy, the oathkeepers, and the proud boys. The select committee found that at least seven members of the oathkeepers provided security for Stone

or were seen with him in the weeks immediately preceding the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Text messages released by Edward Vallejo, an oathkeeper charged with seditious conspiracy and

other crimes, show that Stuart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs discussed providing security for Stone.

Some of these oathkeepers guarded Stone during an event at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. on the night of January 5th.

Stone was also flanked by oathkeepers outside of the Willard Hotel

on the morning of January 6th.

One of the oathkeepers who provided security for Stone was Joshua James, who pleaded guilty to

seditious conspiracy, obstruction of Congress, and other charges in March 2022. James was also reportedly seen in Stone's hotel room at the Willard hours before the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Stone has a long-standing close relationship with the Proud Boys.

Stone has taken the Proud Boys oath and repeatedly defended the group.

Danish documentarians filmed him working with Proud Boys for years. In one scene,

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