Chuck Ross on January 29, 2019
Roger Stone pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges in the special counsel’s investigation.
Stone, 66, was indicted on Friday on several charges mostly related to his testimony in September 2017 to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Special counsel Robert Mueller alleges that Stone made false statements about his discussions with associates and Trump campaign officials regarding WikiLeaks. Prosecutors claim that senior Trump campaign officials asked Stone to find out what material WikiLeaks possessed. Stone told the Intelligence panel in a Sept. 26, 2017 deposition that he was not in contact with the campaign about WikiLeaks.
Stone is not accused of a conspiracy to collude with WikiLeaks or the Russian government, which prosecutors say stole emails from the DNC and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. The indictment also does not accuse Stone of lying when he denied having contact with WikiLeaks or its founder, Julian Assange.
Stone said Friday after his indictment that he plans to fight the charges in court. He has portrayed his false statements to the intelligence panel as “errors” that were “immaterial” to Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion with the Russian government.
The longtime GOP operative has insisted for more than two years that he had no contact with WikiLeaks or its founder, Julian Assange. Stone became a focus of investigators because of a series of comments he made in August 2016 in which he said he was in communication with Assange, who is living under asylum in London.
Stone also sent a tweet on Aug. 21, 2016 that read, “it will soon [be] the Podesta’s time in the barrel.”
Podesta said after his emails were released on Oct. 7, 2016 that he believed Stone was showing that he had advance knowledge his emails had been hacked. Stone claims it is all a misunderstanding, largely brought on by his embellishment of his link to WikiLeaks. Stone notes that his tweet referred to “the Podesta’s,” which he says is a reference to John Podesta and his lobbyist brother, Tony.
Stone has insisted that he received vague tips about WikiLeaks’ plans from Randy Credico, a left-wing activist who is close friends with a WikiLeaks attorney. Mueller’s indictment cites several text messages which show Credico providing insight into the timing of WikiLeaks’ release.
Here’s the whole problem with the mueller indictment: Why would anyone have to ask wikileaks for something when one could simply go on to the website and look it up?
Americans Call Congress and Stop Mueller form Mistreating Stone …and Stone is NOT guilty and Muller needs to stop! He will probably next run for President ….then We could really work that Terrorists and Traitor over good! He is a FLOP and Never Meant to find out the Truth since he is involved with the Rest of the Obama Regime Criminals!
It is beyond time that the Attorney General, closes this Mueller investigation, for its inconsistencies, and unprofessionalism, together with a fishing expedition, for the sole purpose to keep Mueller in a job, since May 17, 2017, while wasting valuable time, trying this and trying that, never knowing what stupid direction, Mueller will attempt, any day forward.This disastrous investigation, created by a similar Amature, Rod Rosenstien, the deputy Attorney General, and refused to cancel it, until his services were dispensed with, $25 million costs later.
ALL of Mueller’s indictments are for process violations that happened AFTER the nation wrecker Rosenstein set Mueller up in his unclean Dog & Pony Show.
ZERO indictments/charges have resulted consequent to the alleged mission of inquiry regarding possible Russian unwarranted interference in the 2016 sElection.
Be reminded:
Elf Ears Rosenstein walked Dog Face Mueller into Trump’s Office to try to get Mueller appointed as Director FBI.
Trump turned them down.
THE VERY NEXT DAY, like a vindictive kehnt, Elf Ears appointed Dog Face to conduct The Dog & Pony Show.
The worst part: The two vile scums ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT…and are STILL not in a prison cell…down the block from Hillary, Comey ,Strzok and his horse gummed girlfriend.
The best part: This stinking Federal criminal misbehavior, and the Presidential tip toeing around it, further removes The People from their tyrannical Oligarch vampire pirate rulers and henchpersons; getting us closer to Civil War 2.0 and The Great Reckoning.
I can hardly wait.