The Department of Justice on April 16 filed a lawsuit against veteran political operative Roger Stone and his wife to recover nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes and interest. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The action was requested and authorized by the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service and commenced at the direction of Attorney General Merrick Garland. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Stone and his wife, Nydia Stone, filed taxes in each of the years 2007 through 2011 but did not pay the amount reported as due. The non-payments, late payment fees and interest piled up to $1,590,361, the government alleges. Stone also failed to pay $407,036 in taxes for the year 2018, the lawsuit claims. Stone called the lawsuit politically motivated. “The Internal Revenue Service is well aware of the fact that my three-year battle for freedom against the corrupted Mueller investigation …