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The indictment of longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone offered the clearest evidence to date of the Trump campaigns alleged attempts to cooperate with WikiLeaks during the 2016 election.
Special counsel Robert Mueller embedded the tantalizing morsel near the start of the 24-page indictment. He recounts how the Trump campaign swung into action after WikiLeaks the activist organization suspected of cozying up to Kremlin-backed hackers started releasing stolen Democratic emails in late July 2016, just days before Hillary Clinton accept her partys nomination.
In one paragraph, Mueller alleges that an unnamed individual gave instructions to a senior unnamed Trump campaign official to get in touch with Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information WikiLeaks was holding about Clintons campaign.
After getting those orders, Stone allegedly told the Trump campaign about potential future releases of damaging material that WikiLeaks was holding.
Democratic lawmakers and legal experts tracking the Russia probe singled out those details which suggest the Trump campaign willingly engaged with a foreign entity seeking to meddle in the presidential election as the most alluring revelation yet in the Mueller investigation.
The revelation, if true, also suggests that Mueller is potentially sitting on more evidence that could firm up a case of collusion against at least some individuals in Trumps orbit, or even the president himself.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-juiciest-morsel-in-muellers-charges-against-roger-stone/ar-BBSKh0x?li=BBnb7Kz
TomSlick
(11,100 posts)The indictment is an interesting read.
[link:https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-indictment-roger-stone|
It the archetype of a "speaking indictment" with lots of interesting tidbits.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)name. There is only one dwerp who can fit that bill.
TomSlick
(11,100 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Been looking for it.
greyl
(22,990 posts)for Dotard Sr.
If it turns out Jr was left out of tasks most crucial for stealing the 2016 election, his feelings will be hurt.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)because....
Now, what Senior camp. official? this is around 2016, so that narrows down campaign officials who came aboard later in the race.
So yeah, maybe Jr.
and who above him had the power to tell him what to do? Hint... trump usually used cot-outs.
Thus Kushner comes to mind to carry the message to Jr. who then DID stay involved with the issue.
that's what my rambling brain saw, anyhow.