★ Private Action
Roger Ver pays Stone $600K to lobby against law in his prosecution
Easing Up on CryptoHis Lawyers, Now at Justice
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.
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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.
Further reading
- ★ Government ActionOctober 2025Trump DOJ drops Roger Ver tax case for $49.9M, no guilty plea
- ★ Private ActionJanuary 2025Roger Ver hires Trump-tied Kise to lobby DOJ on tax prosecution
- ★ Private ActionJune 2026Trump banked $2.2 billion in year one, mostly from crypto he regulates
- ★ Government ActionMay 2026Trump's DOJ forever-bars IRS claims against Trump and family
- ★ Government ActionMay 2026Trump's DOJ drops bribery case against billionaire Gautam Adani
- ★ Government ActionJanuary 2026Trump's two top market regulators launch joint 'Project Crypto'