Trolling Stone trying to gather some mo$$

Faced with gargantuan legal bills and without the deep pockets to pay them, Roger Stone is still raising money for his legal defense — just days before his federal trial begins.

On Monday evening, Stone (inset) was close to his home in Fort Lauderdale, raising money at an Oktoberfest party, where he dined on sausage and sauerkraut and sipped beer from a pilsner glass. Most of the 75 people were casually dressed. Stone, known for his annual best- and worstdressed lists, wore a blue blazer, crisp shirt and tie.

He arrived shortly before the event started at 5:30 p.m. — and stayed more than half an hour past the scheduled end at 7:30. He spoke, sometimes at length, with everyone in the room who wanted to talk, posted for selfies with many and autographed books.

Stone often brings merchandise, including T-shirts (“Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong) and autographed rocks (called “Roger Stones”), to his events. On Monday, he came only with a carton of one of his books, “Stone’s Rules How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style.” He sold most of them.

The Oktoberfest party, at the Josef & Joseph jewelry, watch and clock store on Federal

Highway in Oakland Park, was sponsored by the Florida Atlantic Conservative Team, founded and run by three former officers of the Broward Republican Party.

It wasn’t a typical political event, although Stone offered some of his typically blunt political rhetoric during a nineminute speech in which he praised Trump and assailed Trump critic Mitt Romney as a rat and a loser.

The famously opinionated political operative was quiet about one thing: his own case.

He’s under a strict gag order from the judge who will preside over his trial, and he declined to talk about the charges of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to the release of stolen Democratic Party emails by WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. The charges were originally brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

Stone also declined to talk about how much he’s raised and needs for his legal bills.

Altogether, more than 45,000 people nationwide have given to Stone’s defense fund. He’s raised about two-thirds of his $3 million goal.