Trump's Former Consultant Charged in 'Russian Case'
Special prosecutor Robert Muller, who is investigating Russian intervention in the US 2016 presidential election of the year, indicted political adviser Roger Stone, who worked with Donald Trump's campaign headquarters.
Stone was arrested on January 25, the newspaper writes.Medusa".
According to the indictment, Stone gave false testimony to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks, which in the summer of 2016 had published documents of the National Committee of the US Democratic Party — the stolen, according to investigators, employees of the Russian State Intelligence Agency (GRU).
The investigation believes that he also tried to persuade another witness to give false testimony about this.
In 2016, Stone, as stated in the accusation, spoke with Trump's staff on the publication of documents that could harm Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and also made public statements about his contacts with WikiLeaks.
You can view the full text of the charge. link.
Special Prosecutor Mueller indicted several dozen people in the “Russian case,” most of whom were GRU employees who allegedly hacked and published documents of Democrats, and employees of a “troll factory” who tried to sow discord in American society using social networks.
Müller’s accusations against US citizens are usually related to people from the Trump campaign who gave false testimony as part of the investigation. There is no information that any of the Americans was convicted of participating in Russian interference in the elections.
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