Trump, Veteran Strategist Stone Part Ways as Controversies Escalate

On the same day the candidate found himself disinvited from a conservative gathering, his campaign said it fired strategist Roger Stone. Stone says he quit.

Roger Stone, pictured at his office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is a veteran Republican political operative with a reputed skill for dirty tricks. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/MCT)
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By Ben Brody

August 8, 2015 at 7:35 PM UTC

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Roger Stone, a veteran Republican strategist who had been advising real estate mogul Donald Trump's run for president, no longer works for the campaign, which is facing yet another firestorm over Trump's remarks about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.

Hope Hicks, a campaign spokeswoman for Trump, confirmed the separation Saturday in an e-mail, describing it as a firing. "Mr. Trump fired Roger Stone last night," Hicks wrote. "We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to make America great again."