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Roger Stone leaves Federal Court in Washington

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Stone is now the “34th person charged by [Robert] Mueller” since this past weekend.

 

Roger Stone, a longtime Republican campaign adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to seven criminal charges of false statements, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

Special counsel Robert Mueller and the US attorney for the District of Columbia have accused Stone of lying to congressional investigators about his communications regarding WikiLeaks’ publication of stolen emails meant to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. In one charge, he is accused of threatening a contact of his whose congressional testimony about WikiLeaks would contradict Stone’s.

The indictment also describes how Stone allegedly coordinated with top Trump campaign officials about his outreach to WikiLeaks.

Stone has already appeared in federal court once in Florida, following his early morning arrest at his Fort Lauderdale home. A swarm of armed FBI agents had surprised him at 6 a.m. Friday because of a fear he might flee or destroy evidence.

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At that first hearing, Stone’s bail was set at $250,000 and his travel limited to Florida, New York, Virginia and Washington, DC.

Once Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson hears his arraignment, Stone’s case will move before District Judge Amy Berman Jackson , who is handling several of the major Mueller cases, including the guilty plea of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Stone, a colorful political operative who’s taken several opportunities to flash President Richard Nixon’s “V for victory” hand signals, said after the hearing Friday that he would “plead not guilty to these charges.”

 

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Article Courtesy of CNN and WEWS News 5 Cleveland

First Picture Courtesy of Chip Somodevilla and Getty Images

Second Picture Courtesy of Anadolu Agency and Getty Images

Roger Stone Pleads Not Guilty on Seven Charges  was originally published on wzakcleveland.com