(The Smoking Gun) Trump loyalist communicated with "Guccifer 2.0," target of FBI probe

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MARCH 8--In the months before Election Day, a longtime confidante and political consultant for Donald Trump was in contact with the Russian hacking group that U.S. intelligence officials have accused of illegally breaching the Democratic National Committee’s computer system and the e-mail accounts of Hillary Clinton campaign officials in a bid to aid Trump, The Smoking Gun has learned.

The contact between Roger Stone, the Trump associate, and the Russian influence operation came via private messages exchanged on Twitter, according to a source. Stone’s contact was with “Guccifer 2.0,” an online persona that U.S. officials say was created by Russian government officials to distribute and publicize material stolen during hacks of the DNC, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Gmail accounts used by Clinton staffers like John Podesta, the campaign's chairman.

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Responding to media reports about the counterintelligence probe, Stone recently told the pro-Kremlin RT network that he had read that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had approved the wiretapping of his phone calls and the monitoring of his e-mail accounts. “I don’t know if that’s true. *I’m told that there’s a grand jury convened,” said Stone, who did not specify where he had learned about the supposed interception of his communications.


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(* How would Roger J Stone Jr know if a grand jury were convened?)

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[Docreed2003]

1. Thanks for sharing...

Doesn't surprise me, especially considering that Stone has admitted more than once that he had back channel contacts with Assange!!

[OnDoutside]

2. Assange isn't doing this for the love of Putin, so when does he

Get his reward ?

[KittyWampus]

3. I think the fact he's not dead may be his reward.

[OnDoutside]

4. That might happen anyway (he knows too much), but I'd suspect a presidential pardon is more likely.

[KittyWampus]

5. which president? He's not American.

[OnDoutside]

6. Apologies, I was short circuiting my reply that Assange claims the US are after him, so he'd expect

Trump to call off the hounds.