Congressional lobbying filings show Roger Stone was paid by Roger Ver to influence U.S. tax policy, particularly to push for the repeal of the exit tax, as part of a broader legal and political defense.

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Stone, infamous for his Nixon tattoo and self-styled as a “dirty trickster,” last month filed lobbying disclosures indicating he was hired in February to push lawmakers to dismantle U.S. tax provisions underpinning the Department of Justice’s indictment of Ver.

Mr. Stone indicated in his lobbying filings that he had lobbied the House about ‘ending the exit tax and reform of cryptocurrency tax policy.’