Report: Trump Fears Stone Will Flip

[DonViejo]

Cody Fenwick

January 26, 2019 4:52 am

President Donald Trump is “very worried” that his longtime ally Roger Stone will turn on him after Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted him on seven counts in the Russia investigation on Friday, according to Vanity Fair reporter Gabriel Sherman.

Sherman cited several anonymous sources within Trump’s orbit, as well as Michael Caputo and Sam Nunberg, who are friends with Stone. They said that Stone has been expecting to get indicted for months now — something Stone has said publicly.

Stone insisted after appearing in Court that he will not plead guilty to the charges against him on Friday, adding: “There is no circumstance whatsoever under which I will bear false witness against the president.”
However, he did not rule out ever working with prosecutors — nor potentially telling them the truth about Trump, whatever that may be.

Sherman reports that, despite Stone’s implications to the contrary, there’s good reason to believe he may flip on Trump. One Republican close to Trump told Sherman that, “Stone knows Donald isn’t loyal. He calls him ‘Mr. Ingratitude.’”

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/report-trump-fears-stone-will-flip/

[manor321]

1. I hope Stone flips and gets his sentenced reduced...

...from 30 years to 29.5 years.

[edhopper]

2. They all flip on Trump

first the bravado, then when they realize Mueller has them dead to rights, they flip.
Stone might think Trump will pardon him, but in the end, he'll flip.

[Docreed2003]

3. The "bear false witness" part stuck out to me

Obviously in RW nut job world, if you "flip", you must have been forced into lying to save yourself. But what if we take this statement literally. "I will not bear false witness against the President" doesn't preclude him from telling the truth about what happened.

[Mc Mike]

9. Good point, Doc.

[Ms. Toad]

10. That is what struck me as well.

He didn't say he would not testify against Trump - he only said he would not testify falsely against Trump.

[TeamPooka]

15. same here

[gratuitous]

19. Stone's been playing the game for a lo-o-o-o-ong time

The "false witness" wording wasn't accidental.

[Docreed2003]

20. Agreed

[C_U_L8R]

4. What, me worry?

What's there to worry about, Donny? There wouldn't happen to be some crimes? A conspiracy perhaps? Foreign tampering in elections? Obstruction? Witness tampering? Money laundering? What's the worry?

[Downtown Hound]

5. Probably because he knows at the end of the day

There's nobody that will truly sacrifice themselves for his selfish, pompous ass.

[getagrip_already]

6. The one thing that makes me think he will flip....

Is that he won't have a voice in jail. That is a death sentence to a guy like stone (or trump).

In jail, nobody can read your tweets, or pay you to appear on cable teehee, and you can't easily even write articles anyone will be interested in.

He will soon realize that. And will want no part of it.

[boston bean]

12. Pardon is in the works.

[getagrip_already]

13. New York State charges are waiting in the wings...

He lives in FL, but has an appt in NYC that was raided and searched at the same time he was arrested.

To get a search warrant, they needed cause. And if they have cause in nyc, then nys likely has charges they can bring.

Stay tuned.

[boston bean]

14. Good point. Maybe.

[shockey80]

7. I don't think Stone will flip right away.

He will go to trial, he thinks he can win, and like Manafort will be convicted, put in prison. Then he might flip.

[oberliner]

8. Why not just post the Vanity Fair article?

As opposed to "The National Memo" paraphrasing of it.

Seems like if Gabriel Sherman did the reporting for Vanity Fair, then Vanity Fair ought to get the traffic, no?

Many news outlets are losing revenue because folks look for ways to avoid paywalls by using sites like "National Memo" and "Raw Story" that paraphrase the work of great reporters and essentially deprive the outlets that hire them of the revenue they deserve.

DU oughtn't contribute to this phenomenon, in my opinion.

If anyone ought to be helping sites like Vanity Fair stay viable, it should be politically-minded progressives like us.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Maybe you should contact the admins on that subject.

I am sure they would be interested.

[BannonsLiver]

21. Can you post the link, please?

[Mc Mike]

11. I just hope all that worry doesn't give him health problems.

[scarytomcat]

16. he doesn't have to bear false witness against dump

just tell the truth that should be enough to get him but he will lie to protect dump

[Kingofalldems]

18. Kick this one.

[Wounded Bear]

22. Trump has no loyalty to anybody besides himself...

Deep down he knows that none of his associates (I can't imagine he has any real friends) have any real loyalty to him.

Birds of a feather, as it were.