Roger Stone Sought Information on Clinton From Assange, Emails Show
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone privately sought information he considered damaging to Hillary Clinton from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The emails could raise new questions about Mr. Stone's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in September, in which he said he "merely wanted confirmation" from an acquaintance that Mr. Assange had information about Mrs. Clinton, according to a portion of the transcript that was made public.
In a Sept. 18, 2016, message, Mr. Stone urged an acquaintance who knew Mr. Assange to ask the WikiLeaks founder for emails related to Mrs. Clinton's alleged role in disrupting a purported Libyan peace deal in 2011 when she was secretary of state, referring to her by her initials.
"Please ask Assange for any State or HRC e-mail from August 10 to August 30--particularly on August 20, 2011," Mr. Stone wrote to Randy Credico, a New York radio personality who had interviewed Mr. Assange several weeks earlier. Mr. Stone, a longtime confidant of Donald Trump, had no formal role in his campaign at the time.
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Seems that Roger forgot to provide these to Congress.
Link to tweet
New: Emails Roger Stone did not turn over to congressional investigators obtained by @WSJ. "Please ask Assange for any State or [Hillary Clinton] e-mail from August 10 to August 30--particularly on August 20, 2011," reads one message.
And then there's this Politico piece Could Roger Stone spill Trump's secrets to Mueller
Although Cohen is considered the keeper of Trump’s most private secrets, Stone has known the president for much longer, and is a self-described dirty trickster with broad knowledge of his personal, business and political histories.
But Stone may also feel limited loyalty to his former boss, with whom he has at times bitterly feuded.
Law enforcement experts say those factors are likely on special counsel Robert Mueller’s mind as he zeroes in on Stone — interviewing his friends, protégés, assistants and even his ex-drivers. Stone recently said he is “prepared” for a possible indictment in the Russia probe, though he expects it would be unrelated to his work surrounding the 2016 White House race.
The former Richard Nixon campaign aide and longtime Trump political adviser served Trump’s presidential campaign for less than two months in 2015 before leaving in a “You’re fired/I quit” dispute. But he continued as an outside adviser whispering in Trump’s ear. And now Mueller is examining whether Stone had any first-hand knowledge of the Russians who hacked into Democratic email accounts and dished it all up to take down Hillary Clinton.
If the special counsel finds enough to charge Stone, some people who know him well doubt he will stay devoted to a president who has embraced him but also dubbed him a “stone-cold loser.”
“Roger will absolutely jettison his act in order to stay out of harm’s way,” said one longtime friend. “While he really supports the president’s agenda and the president of the United States, he’s not taking a bullet for him. That ain’t happening.”
“They’re very close, but they ain’t that close,” the friend added.
In an interview with POLITICO, Stone said it wouldn’t matter to Trump if Mueller charged him because he and the president have never discussed the Democratic email hacks at the center of the special counsel’s investigation.
“There’s nothing I could tell them that could be damaging to the president,” he said. “I’d have to make it up. That’d be perjury, and I’m not going to perjure myself.”
Stone said he has some policy differences with Trump, on issues like medical marijuana and the war in Afghanistan. But he insists he’s not about to toss the president overboard. “He has no reason to be afraid of me,” Stone said. “I’m among his most loyal and steadfast supporters.”
Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, shrugged off questions about how Stone’s potential legal liability could cause problems for the president. “He can talk if he wants,” Giuliani said of Stone. “He’s not going to say anything. We’re not worried.”
But the Trump-Stone relationship could be a treasure trove for federal investigators. The men met during Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign and have maintained a professional partnership over the past four decades. Stone has represented Trump as a lobbyist for his gambling, airline and hotel businesses. He has counseled Trump on four potential White House runs. And in a recent book, Stone writes that Trump told him on New Year’s Day 2013 — more than two years before his official announcement — that he was serious about running for president.
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