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Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone is in an increasing amount of trouble in the Russia investigation, it would seem.
What is less clear is how much his trouble might ensnare President Trump.
The Washington Post reported recently on previously unknown alleged contacts between Stone and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A person close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Post Stone spoke in spring 2016 about communications in which Assange talked about having hacked Democratic emails. The Post also reported that none other than Stone protege Sam Nunbergconfirmed Stone told him he had met with Assange something Stone contends was a joke Nunberg misunderstood.
Now the Wall Street Journal has the email in which Stone claimed to Nunberg that he had met with Assange. I dined with Julian Assange last night, Stone wrote to Nunberg on Aug. 4, 2016.
Stone still says it was a joke and that he can prove he did not meet with Assange. The timeline is pretty damning, and the alleged contacts seriously undermine Stone's denials of working with WikiLeaks. The email to Nunberg came three weeks before Stone tweeted that Podesta would soon experience his time in the barrel. (Weeks later, Podesta's emails were released by WikiLeaks.) The Post's recent report was the first clear suggestion he had advance knowledge of the Podesta emails.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/roger-stones-growing-russia-investigation-problem--and-what-it-means-for-trump/ar-AAvohU2?li=BBnb7Kz
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)BadGimp
(4,015 posts)If he's guilty of course
Stones 'proof' had better consist of more than a crayon note that says Stone didn't do it'...Mueller isn't any other Rat.
Stones going to find that out.
It will be painful for him.
Mueller Time.
ProfessorGAC
(65,044 posts)Signed "Epstein's Mother"
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I wonder how many here are old enough to get that reference.
ProfessorGAC
(65,044 posts)Way old enough to remember.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I get lost in some of the more recent popular culture references. Makes me feel very old. WBK was a great show.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Journeyman
(15,031 posts)oasis
(49,387 posts)They've yet to realize their wagons are hitched to the international pariah of this century. History books won't show them any kindness.