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Pres. Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge - Nothing about Russians |
2019-01-25 |
[KC Star] WASHINGTON - Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday morning in the special counsel's Russia investigation and was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing the probe. The seven-count indictment against Stone, a self-proclaimed "dirty trickster," is the first criminal case in months from special counsel Robert Mueller and provides the most detail to date about how Trump campaign associates were aware in the summer of 2016 that emails had been stolen from the Hillary Clinton campaign and wanted them released. It alleges that unnamed senior Trump campaign officials contacted Stone to ask when the stolen emails might be disclosed. The indictment does not charge Stone with conspiring with WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website that published the emails, or with the Russian officers Mueller says hacked them. Instead, it accuses him of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to WikiLeaks' release. Some of those false statements were made to the House intelligence committee, according to the indictment. The indictment lays out in detail Stone's conversations about stolen Democratic emails posted by WikiLeaks in the weeks before Trump, a Republican, beat Clinton. Mueller's office has said those emails, belonging to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, were hacked by Russian intelligence officers. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#15 There is something wrong in a country where the media obsesses over a group of Catholic school boys and constantly hammers DJT 24/7 over everything. But at the same time no outrage about the serious wrongdoing of the previous administration. Not a peep about the Clintons, Brennan, Clapper, Rice, Holder, Lerner, Jarret, Obama, Fusion GPS, Clinton Foundation, F&F, etc.--Not even process crimes. No real investigations, just phony investigations about those around Trump and grinned-up process crimes. It is a national disgrace. Things have been broken for awhile. Maybe Trump can get some things fixed but the Swamp has been spreading for a long time. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-01-25 23:38 |
#14 |
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 2019-01-25 21:36 |
#13 The judge granted him bail and turned him use. Clearly, public perp walks aren’t damaging enough anymore. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-01-25 21:29 |
#12 The law that created the special counsel ought to be repealed. The office of special counsel is being used as a political instrument of retaliation, usurption of presidential power, a roadblock, and vindictiveness. If there are high crimes and misdemeanors, let Congress address these through the impeachment laws. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-01-25 19:21 |
#11 Conspiracy to suborning perjury seems like a good start. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-25 17:57 |
#10 @#9: I would rather see Mueller at the end of a rope. |
Posted by: Tyranysaurus Clavith3514 2019-01-25 16:46 |
#9 Mueller may find he's on the end of similar charges. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-25 14:50 |
#8 Roger is having a blast. He's been trolling for this since DRT took office. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-01-25 13:14 |
#7 What, the American Stasi had no flash-bangs budgeted for taking in this dangerous criminal? / sarc |
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2019-01-25 13:03 |
#6 Political Prisoner. |
Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-01-25 12:40 |
#5 Pre-dawn raid with a SWAT team seems a bit heavy-handed for white-collar crime. Makes for good theater, though. Pity only CNN was tipped off. I wonder how that works? |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-01-25 12:32 |
#4 Process crimes; doubtful they will result in convictions but one never knows. These are dangerous times for liberty. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-01-25 08:46 |
#3 Can't wait (but treads say I'll have to) for the FBI leadership to face perjury and obstruction charges as well. Mueller's office has said those emails, belonging to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, were hacked by Russian intelligence officers Given that the power to be have sacrificed their credibility, its a game of 'proof'. Going to be interesting. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-25 08:17 |
#2 and once the Senate starts digging into teh dossier/FISA crap Cornered rats are scary |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-01-25 07:57 |
#1 Stone has always been sleazy. Again, though, this is a process charge, not a Russia Russia Russia crime. Mueller is grasping at straws because they've come up empty and once the Senate starts digging into teh dossier/FISA crap they'll look like teh partisan shills they are |
Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-25 07:54 |