Before getting suspended, Roger Stone tweeted that CNN's Don Lemon was "dumber than dog sh--" and deserved to be mocked and punished. Roger Stone vows legal action over Twitter suspension 
 
 President Donald Trump's longtime associate Roger Stone said "the battle against free speech has just begun" as the political provocateur tangles with Twitter over his account's suspension. 
 
 "This is a strange way to do business and part and parcel of the systematic effort by the tech left to censor and silence conservative voices," Stone said Sunday in an email to POLITICO. 
 
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 Stone added that after communicating with "prominent telecommunication attorneys," he has decided to bring legal action against Twitter. It's not clear what the basis for that action would be. 
 
 Stone lashed out at CNN anchor Don Lemon and others on Friday night, seemingly responding to reports that an indictment from special prosecutor Robert Mueller was imminent in the ongoing probe into the Trump election campaign's alleged ties to Russia. 
 
 Stone tweeted that Lemon was "dumber than dog sh--" and deserved to be mocked and punished. 
 
 For his part, Stone said a bevy of threats have been levied against him and his family on the platform. 
 
 "I have been inundated on Twitter with death threats, threats to kill my wife, my family, my children and even my dogs yet Twitter seems unconcerned with these bloggers." 
 
 Responding to reports that he could be kicked off the platform for good, Stone said he was told his suspension would be for "three hours and 22 minutes" and that Twitter representatives have never informed him of a permanent ban. 
 
 On Saturday, a Twitter spokesperson highlighted the social media site's policies against harassment and abuse, and incitement for others to harass. A Twitter spokesperson was not immediately available to respond to Stone's claims. 
 
 Under Twitter's current guidelines, Stone could face a permanent suspension. 
 
 While he does not have an official White House role, Stone was reported to be actively lobbying the president recently over his decision to release the remaining sealed and redacted documents surrounding the JFK assassination. 
 
 ||||| “I’ll be baaaack!!” 
 
 Roger Stone is in full-on cartoon-villain mode since being banned by Twitter on Saturday night, vowing to sue the company and characterizing their dispute as a battle for free speech itself. 
 
 “I’ll be baaaaaak,” the sometimes adviser to President Donald Trump wrote in a text message to New York. “They will soon learn they have bitten off more than they can chew.” 
 
 He wouldn’t disclose when he plans to sue, saying only that it’ll be “when I am ready to.” But he added, “I am advised I have a very strong legal case. Twitter wants to avoid being regulated like a utility. No one has been willing to file the antitrust case. I am.” (While most antitrust cases are brought by the government, private parties can bring them too, under certain circumstances. Whether Stone would have the standing to do so is a separate question, of course.) 
 
 More important, he said, “I also know a little bit about generating publicity.” 
 
 Stone at first believed the ban would be temporary, but subsequent reports indicate it’s permanent. 
 
 Stone told New York he was “uncertain why” he’d been banned, but the prevailing view on Twitter is that it was the graphic insults he spent much of Friday evening lobbing at reporters and commentators following the news that special counsel Robert Mueller had filed the first charges in the Russia probe. (Asked who Stone believes will be indicted, he mockingly suggested: “Manafort’s driver for double parking.” Stone, who’s already testified before Congress regarding potential collusion with Russia, is a longtime friend and former business partner of Manafort’s.) A spokesperson for Twitter directed BuzzFeed to its terms of service by way of explanation for the decision. 
 
 During his Twitter rant, Stone called CNN anchor Don Lemon “dumber than dog shit,” “a dull witted arrogant partyboi,” and an “ignorant lying covksucker.” He said Lemon “must be confronted, humiliated, mocked and punished.” He also labeled New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow a “fast talking arrogant fake news piece of shit.” 
 
 In tone and content, the tweets were not dissimilar to many other things Stone has said on the social-media platform over the years. He’s often as colorful as he is offensive and vitriolic, calling critics “fat” or “ugly” or “stupid.” He often focuses his ire on members of the media. (Last week, he used his account to call for a boycott of this reporter, complete with a hashtag.) Although one clear difference on Friday was the volume of tweets he sent. 
 
 In the media, following his removal, Stone complained about being banned while users who he claims have threatened him, his family, and his little dogs, too, continue to tweet freely. He said on Saturday that he believes his removal from the platform is “because I am Roger Stone.”
– Roger Stone has been suspended from Twitter—and he says it's a move that the site will bitterly regret. "They will soon learn they have bitten off more than they can chew," the outspoken President Trump ally tells New York. Stone says he plans to bring an antitrust case against Twitter, and he knows "a little bit about generating publicity." "I am advised I have a very strong legal case," he says. "Twitter wants to avoid being regulated like a utility. No one has been willing to file the antitrust case. I am." Stone—whose suspension now appears to be permanent, not temporary as initially thought—was kicked off the site Saturday, the day after he launched a tirade against CNN anchors and other journalists, calling Don Lemon an "ignorant lying covksucker [sic]." Stone tells Politico that the "battle against free speech has just begun." "This is a strange way to do business and part and parcel of the systematic effort by the tech left to censor and silence conservative voices," he says, adding that Twitter seems "unconcerned" by "threats to kill my wife, my family, my children, and even my dogs." (Earlier this year, Stone said any politician who voted to impeach Trump would "endanger their own life.")