. >> you may be asking, who is roger stone? >> jake tapper gives us a operative of his colorful past. >> i'm roger stone. >> reporter: he's been called a dirty 56 theter the cockroach of politics by the left leaning new republic. roger stone flaunts these monikers as proudly as he flaunts his nixon back tattoo. >> i'm an act provocateur. >> reporter: his political rap sheet goes back to the nicken campaign when the then 19-year-old donated to his opponent. he gave the receipt to the press. it didn't get any more ethical from there. in 1980, stone began a lobbying