Trump ally Roger Stone hired to lobby for Bay Area tribe seeking control of Presidio

[PufPuf23]

Trump ally Roger Stone hired to lobby for Bay Area tribe seeking control of Presidio

By J.K. Dineen, SF Chronicle, April 21, 2026

Self-described “dirty trickster” and longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone has been hired to lobby for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, a controversial group that last year petitioned the White House to take over management of the Presidio.

In a lobbying disclosure form filed on Monday, Stone’s firm, Drake Ventures, reported that the tribe had paid it $30,000 for services in the first quarter of this year and another $20,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to public records.

The filing, which doesn’t have any specific information about what the lobbying efforts consist of or whether it’s related to the Presidio, comes nearly two weeks after President Trump terminated the national park’s Board of Trustees.

And it comes more than a year after Trump issued an executive order that threatened to “dramatically” downsize the park’s operations. After that executive order, the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, which has been fighting for 45 years to be added to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ official list of recognized tribes, called on Trump to “return the Presidio to indigenous care.”

more at: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/presidio-trump-roger-stone-22216452.php

[mwmisses4289]

1. Hasn't that rat bastard keeled over yet?!?

[GiqueCee]

2. Roger Stone...

... is a lower life form. Anyone who brags about being a "Dirty Trickster" has a screw loose somewhere, or maybe he was just dropped on his head as an infant. I sympathize with Indigenous Peoples robbed of their heritage, but hiring Roger Stone to do anything even remotely honorable is a BIG mistake. The world will be a better place when Satan calls him home.

[PufPuf23]

3. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is refused state and federal recognition as a legally recognized Tribe.

There are also money, land and potential casino issues with other Native American organizations.

The issues are discussed at the wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muwekma_Ohlone_Tribe

Need to conclude something is off with Roger Stone involved.

[GiqueCee]

4. It seems to me that...

... given that self-identification as a tribe is a factor in federal recognition as a tribe, self-identification should be the determining factor, not an arbitrary time constraint imposed by a governing body with a long history of abusing native communities, up to, and including, FUCKING GENOCIDE!
But employing Roger fucking Stone in ANY capacity constitutes a serious lapse in judgement.