Oliver Stone: charges against Donald Trump are ‘ridiculous’
- Oscar-winning American filmmaker Oliver Stone gives his views as US presidential election looms
- Stone called President Joe Biden a ‘warmonger’, does not plan to vote for him or Donald Trump
Maverick American director Oliver Stone that the legal proceedings against Donald Trump are “all political” and that the ex-president was a victim of “lawfare” – when prosecutions are used to silence political figures.
“Almost 100 indictments against the guy … it’s ridiculous,” Oscar-winner Stone told Agence France-Presse.
“This is all political. They want to put him behind bars, but they’re not going to be able to,” he added.
However, the 77-year-old director of JFK, Platoon and Snowden said that he would not vote for Trump in this November’s US presidential election.
“Everyone’s corrupt. Russia runs on corruption, so does Turkey. So does the United States. Corruption is a way of life, but they make it into a political issue now,” Stone insisted.