'Fuck the vote': Roger Stone doubles down on claim that CNN documentary footage of him saying 'let's get right to the violence' during 2020 election is a 'deep fake'

Taylor Ardrey
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  • Roger Stone claims that the documentary footage of calling for violence before the 2020 election is "deep fake."

  • Stone said the footage obtained by CNN is a "deep fake."

  • It comes after clips obtained by the outlet show him saying: "Fuck the voting, let's get right to the violence."

Roger Stone doubled down on his claims that the documentary footage obtained by CNN — in which he is seen calling for violence before the 2020 presidential election — was doctored.

"CNN airs fraudulent deep fake videos and expects anyone to believe them based on their long history of lies," Stone wrote in a Telegram post on Monday, The Daily Beast reported. "Let CNN or anyone else produce any proof that I knew in advance about, participated in, or condoned any illegal act on January 6 or any other day."

The footage, taken by Danish filmmakers Frederik Marbell and Christoffer Guldbrandsen, was filmed as they trailed Stone on and off for three years, according to CNN.

"Fuck the voting, let's get right to the violence," the former Trump adviser could be heard saying in a clip, per CNN.  "Shoot to kill, you see an Antifa — shoot to kill."

In a Nov. 1, 2020 clip seen by the outlet, Stone suggested that if former President Donald Trump is defeated, "the key thing to do is to claim victory." Stone previously denied the legitimacy of the footage in a statement to CNN.

"I challenge the accuracy and the authenticity of these videos and believe they have been manipulated and selectively edited," the statement said.

However, the network has stood by the airing of the footage.

Some of the footage was shared with the January 6 committee, which is investigating the events surrounding the Capitol riot, according to the report.

The House committee is probing the connection between the staunch Trump ally and extremist groups, such as The Proud Boys and The Oath Keepers, whose members were present during the insurrection

Since Trump supporters swarmed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 — forcing Congress to go into lockdown and damaging the halls of government — at least 919 people have been arrested and charged with crimes, according to Insider's database.

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