Overview

• An audio clip allegedly featuring Roger Stone, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, discussing the assassination of Democratic leaders Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Jerrold Nadler has been released by news site Mediaite.
• Stone has denied the allegations and claimed that the audio is the work of artificial intelligence.
• The audio was reportedly recorded in a conversation with former NYPD officer Sal Greco, weeks before the 2020 election.
• There are now calls for Stone to face criminal investigation over his remarks heard in the audio.
• Stone was previously pardoned by Trump after being convicted of lying to Congress in relation to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.