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January 25, 2019

Roger Stone Arrested for Allegedly Lying to Congress About WikiLeaks
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Federal agents arrested President Trump's ally and former adviser Roger
Stone early Friday morning, with prosecutors from special counsel Robert
Mueller's team charging the longtime Republican operative with
obstruction, witness tampering and lying to Congress about his
communications with Wiki Leaks. An indictment unsealed Friday reveals
that a senior Trump campaign official "was directed" to contact Stone
ahead of the 2016 election to see what other leaks about Hillary Clinton
and the Democratic National Committee were coming from Wiki Leaks. That
revelation suggests the Trump campaign knew about thousands of stolen
Democratic emails before they were made public by Wiki Leaks.


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