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Roger Ver pays Stone $600K to lobby against law in his prosecution

Crypto DeregulationDOJ Political InterferenceWhite-Collar Enforcement Erosion

Filed December 2024$600,000

★ The Brief

What happened

Roger Ver, facing U.S. criminal tax charges tied to his renunciation of American citizenship, paid Trump insider Roger Stone $600,000 to lobby Congress to repeal or soften the expatriation exit-tax provision underlying his prosecution. The payment was part of a wider pressure campaign that included friendly media appearances and outreach by pro-Trump figures.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

Ver was paying to rewrite the very law he was charged under. He separately hired Trump-tied lawyer Chris Kise to press the Justice Department, which in 2025 gave Ver a deferred-prosecution deal negotiated by Trump appointees.

As part of his campaign to escape prosecution, Roger Ver paid Trump insider and political operative Roger Stone $600,000 to lobby Congress to repeal or amend the tax provision — the expatriation exit tax — that Ver was accused of violating. The lobbying effort was part of a broader public pressure campaign that also included appearances on Tucker Carlson's and Charlie Kirk's shows and outreach by Trump-friendly influencer Laura Loomer.

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Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • Roger Ver
    Roger Ver

    Paid $600,000 to Roger Stone to lobby Congress against the tax provision underlying his criminal indictment, seeking legislative relief as part of a broader campaign to escape prosecution.

Beneficiaries

Who gained · 1

Who stood to gain.

  • Roger Stone
    Roger Stone

    Received $600,000 from Ver to lobby Congress on the expatriation exit tax provision, leveraging his status as a Trump insider.

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