![]() ![]() Eventually, Posner rebels against his control and hits him in the head repeatedly with a brick, severely injuring him. He becomes obsessed with Posner, and tries to control her entire life, sabotaging her relationship with her girlfriend and following her everywhere. He later flew to Beijing to meet with Feng on Underwood's behalf. Underwood also tasks Stamper with investigating the dealings between Raymond Tusk and Xander Feng, monitoring the Native American casino they used to launder campaign money. Stamper moves Rachel out of the public eye and forces her to live in a new apartment in Joppa, Maryland away from Washington. When Posner meets reporter Zoe Barnes for an impromptu conversation about Russo's death, and Underwood's ascension to the Vice Presidency, Posner chooses to have her own personal life played out in the press rather than rat out Stamper and Underwood's plan. He uses that fact to keep Russo clean for the necessary time, sponsoring and taking Russo to meetings. Stamper is himself a recovering alcoholic with 14 years sobriety, and regularly attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. ![]() In Season 1, Stamper uses escort Rachel Posner to seduce Congressman Peter Russo, compromising his pledge of sobriety, which destroys Russo's life and allows Underwood to kill him and make it look like suicide - all a part of Underwood's plan to climb his way to the Presidency. To preserve this, he will go to any lengths - even murder - to serve and protect Underwood. Stamper's sense of identity is dependent on his role as Underwood's right-hand man. Unlike his brother, he never saw the appeal of settling down with a wife and children, and moved to Washington, D.C. His family later moved to Columbus, Ohio. Stamper was born in Naperville, Illinois. ![]()
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