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Roger Stone, a longtime relative of Donald Trump, was briefly arrested Friday in Florida following an indictment by the special prosecutor's office Robert Mueller, charged with investigating the suspicions of Russian interference in US presidential campaign in 2016. Roger Stone, who was acting as an unofficial advisor, has been charged with seven counts, including false statements, witness tampering and obstruction of official procedure.
He is a shadow man. Roger Stone, a professional bad shots whose specialty is to fetch gossip on his political opponents. This is what happened in 2016: Roger Stone wants to elect Donald Trump and for that, it is necessary to bring down Hillary Clinton. All shots are allowed, including the lowest ones.
So when WikiLeaks publishes tens of thousands of hacked emails in the Democratic camp, he rubs his hands. He is getting closer to Julian Assange to know if WikiLeaks will publish other compromising documents and what they will contain. He gets this information and passes it on to Donald Trump's campaign team.
Questionable political methods
Except that his little carousel leaked in the press. Congress is very interested in its activities and Stone ends up being summoned to the House of Representatives to explain. What is he doing ? He lies ; he claims that he never asked WikiLeaks anything and that he did not contact any intermediary to contact Julian Assange. The problem is that his texting and his calls prove the opposite.
It is for this reason that he is indicted for false declaration, witness tampering, and obstruction of an official procedure. There is no direct connection with Russia, but once again, prosecutor Mueller highlights the dubious political methods of relatives of the US president.