The U.S. Justice Department hit Roger Stone and his wife, Nydia, with a lawsuit Friday alleging the couple owes nearly $2 million in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dating back more than a decade. In a lengthy statement Saturday to Fox News, Stone panned the Justice Department lawsuit as "politically motivated" and said he's broke after fighting his criminal case. "That my wife and I owe a significant amount in federal taxes has been a matter of public record for several years," Stone told Fox News. TRUMP PARDONS 26, INCLUDING STONE, MANAFORT AND CHARLES KUSHNERStone compared his treatment to that of Hunter Biden, President Biden's son who is under federal investigation for his taxes and financial ties. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPStone previously told Fox News in February that he was writing a book about his brush with the law, called "Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong."

Source: Fox News April 17, 2021 18:33 UTC