Roger Stone

Roger Stone On Why Exchange With Dnc Hacking Suspect Guccifer 2.0 Was Innocuous

... U. S. intelligence agencies later concluded that the Russian government directed the DNC hack in an attempt to influence the outcome of the presidential election. Stone told CBS News earlier this month that the FBI - investigating whether there were improper contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians - will “get my grocery lists, they may get the emails between my wife and I, but here’s what they won’t get - any contact with the Russians.”. On Sunday, Stone said in a statement that when he had his “brief exchange” with Guccifer 2.0. on August 16, he was unaware of any allegations that Guccifer 2.0 was or is a Russian agent. He also said that because August 16 was after the DNC email hack and release, the timeline proves he wasn’t involved in the hack and release of the emails. “Therefore my previous statements to ...

Roger Stone Takes Center Stage As Congress Lines Up Russia Probe Witnesses

... has freely discussed his communications with Moscow-linked affiliates. Pro-Trump provocateur Roger Stone repeatedly came up in Monday’s opening hearing on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election — but leading lawmakers have indicated they’re still eager to hear from him directly. And Stone says he would be eager to comply. Story Continued Below. Already, Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said his panel has sent Stone a letter asking him to preserve relevant documents and communications, setting the right-wing agitator on a course to eventually come to Capitol Hill. Stone confirmed he received the letter — which POLITICO first reported on over the weekend — in an email exchange with POLITICO on Monday. The missive is dated Feb. 17, but Stone said he received it on Friday. “I am anxious to rebut allegations that I had any improper or nefarious contact with any agent of the Russia State based on facts not misleading and salacious headlines. Claims of Russian influence or collusion in the Trump Campaign by the Intelligence Community are backed up ...

Trump Adviser Roger Stone Said He Was A Victim In Florida Hit-and-run, Possibly ‘deliberate

... said he was alarmed by Stone’s Twitter correspondence with hacker Guccifer 2.0, CNN reported  Wednesday. The person or people behind Guccifer 2.0 have claimed responsibility for stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee, which Wiki Leaks  released during the summer. After the release, U. S. intelligence officials expressed “ high confidence ” that Guccifer 2.0 was a Russian military agent. Stone, who recently admitted to corresponding with Guccifer 2.o via private Twitter messages , denied any complicity. “Many fake news outlets are claiming I colluded with Guccifer 2.0 via Twitter to hack and disseminate the DNC documents in July,” Stone said in his email to The Post. “The proof they offer is our exchange on Twitter,” he said, but noted that the correspondence was dated August 14,  “almost five weeks after the hack and release of the DNC documents.”. An ongoing counterintelligence investigation has probed possible Russian links to Stone as well as Trump campaign ...

Senate Panel Contacts Trump Adviser In Russia Investigation

... website and The Washington Times first reported that Stone and Guccifer 2.0 had exchanged direct messages on Twitter. US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm). Stone corroborated the information and posted screenshots of the messages, in which he said he was “delighted” Guccifer was reinstated to the social media platform after being temporarily banned. But he said in a post on his website that the messages were exchanged after the Democratic materials were leaked, and that he had “no contacts or communications” with Russian officials or intermediaries. Stone raised eyebrows last year when he claimed on Twitter to have knowledge about information Wiki Leaks planned to release about stolen emails related to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. “Wednesday @Hillary Clinton is done,” he wrote in October, appending the hashtag “#Wiki Leaks.”. In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo, Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser of US President Donald Trump, speaks at a news conference at RIA Novosti news agency in Moscow, Russia. ...

A Botched Attempt To Kill Trump Adviser Roger Stone, Or Send Him A Warning? But Who's Behind It

... it is outside their comfort box — that frame of reference as to how the world works according to them. Roger Stone is a top adviser to Donald Trump. “I believe I was poisoned to stop me from exposing the Russian Hacking LIE b 4 the Congressional Investigation,” Stone told his Twitter followers. On Alex Jones’s Info Wars   Stone said he believed he was targeted by the ‘Deep State’ who wanted to stop him from revealing the truth about the Russian hacking.  Stone expressed his belief that his being poisoned was part of a larger plot to sabotage Trump’s presidency. The former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died as a result of polonium poisoning that Inf 0 Wars host, Jones theorizes was a “false flag” operation orchestrated not by the Russians but by British intelligence meant to make it look like the Russians, “to blame the Russians”. If Jones is correct, then it is equally plausible Britain’s MI 6, or one of their cutouts who obviously have access to such materials, may be involved. If so, what does that mean. A rare picture of Frank Dux during ...

In Speech Trump Must Stick To Agenda, Make One Good Reference To 'fake News

... overconfident,” he said. “While Trump is barnstorming Democratic strongholds in Michigan and Wisconsin and Western Pennsylvania — Hillary’s in Chappaqua in her pajamas looking at the swatches to pick out fabric for her Oval Office curtains,” he said. Like Truman, Trump is a closer, he said. “Donald Trump is the greatest closer in American politics,” he said. “It was really a Herculean, superhuman effort. He drove himself — largely without sleep — on the basis of good data that said we could expand the map, we could win Michigan, we could win Wisconsin, we could win Pennsylvania and thus elect a man that I believe is destined to be one of our greatest presidents.”. Stone, who was a White House aide to President Richard Nixon and later introduced Nixon to Trump, told Breitbart News: “Both Nixon and Trump have obvious advantages and nobody is perfect, everyone has a flaw, but in terms of his intelligence, in terms of his speaking out for people who have been forgotten within our system, in terms of his executive ability, and in terms of his toughness and his pragmatism — n all those ways he is like Nixon.”. Like Nixon, Trump is going to figure how to ...

Roger Stone Wants To Respond To 'smears' And 'half Truths' From Intel Hearing

... truths about alleged “Collusion with Russians” from 2 day’s Intel Hearing. — Roger Stone (@Roger JStone Jr) March 20, 2017. Stone’s tweet followed an exchange between Rep. Adam Schiff. Adam Schiff GOP rep. on wiretap accusation: Trump ‘overshot the mark’ Scarborough: Today is ‘the worst day’ of Trump presidency Pelosi to Trump: Apologize for 'disgraceful and incendiary fabrications' MORE (D-Calif.) and FBI Director James Comey during Comey's testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee on Russia's interference in the U. S. election. Schiff, the committee’s ranking member, asked Comey a series of questions related to Stone, including about his past claims of communications with Julian Assange, the founder of Wiki Leaks, which published hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton. Hillary Rodham Clinton THE ...

Marijuana Crackdown Would Be 'huge Mistake

... marijuana’s ability to “comfort” people suffering from debilitating diseases. Congress also passed a law barring the Justice Department from going after medical marijuana operators. Trump takes a different view of recreational marijuana, he added, linking it to the abuse of opioid drugs in states nationwide. Some researchers believe medical marijuana can help reduce demand for opioid-based painkillers, and there is little evidence linking abuse of both drugs. Schumer on Trump claims: Either. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N. Y.) on Sunday raised questions. 1,565 Shares. Hillary coming to terms with her. “She’s in a much better place than she was in two months ago,” said one. 964 Shares. FBI asked Justice Department to. FBI Director James Comey reportedly asked the Justice Department this. 918 Shares. Former Bush attorney general. Mukasey on Sunday said that President Trump is likely correct that there. 841 Shares. Conservative radio host: 'Evidence. A conservative radio talk show host slammed the Obama administration on. 166 ...

Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Admits Collusion With Wikileaks, Then Deletes It

... Adviser Roger Stone Admits Collusion With Wiki Leaks, Then Deletes It. The former adviser to Trump's campaign previously claimed he had "back-channel communication" with Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange. 13 k. Roger Stone, a confidant to President Donald Trump and former adviser to his campaign, acknowledged late Saturday that he had a “back channel” to Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange, amid mounting reports that multiple advisers to Trump’s campaign had undisclosed communication with Russian officials. Here's the screengrab of Roger Stone admitting the Trump campaign colluded with Asange and Wikileaks (I know, real stunner) __link__/Tc Br Mr STig. — Kriston Capps (@kristoncapps) March 5, 2017. ”Never denied perfectly legal back channel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #Crooked Hillary,” Stone wrote Saturday night. Stone later deleted the tweet, along with several other offensive tweets, including posts where he called various women “fat [and] stupid” and “you stupid ...

Appearing On Russian State Television, Longtime Trump Adviser Roger Stone Pushes Trump’s Wiretap Lie

... 2015, Stone stated that both he and Trump believe that Trump Tower “was under surveillance by the federal government and the intelligence agencies” during the 2016 presidential campaign in “potentially the greatest scandal in American history.” Stone added that if wiretapping did occur, “it is unlikely” it was done “without the permission and knowledge of the President.” He called for a “grand jury” where Obama would be “questioned under oath.”  Current  and  former  intelligence officials have said Trump’s charge is false. During the interview, Stone also disputed the American  intelligence community’s consensus  that Russia interfered with the 2016 election, claiming, “The mainstream media in this country keeps repeating it ad nauseam despite a stunning lack of evidence,” and bemoaned former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s  resignation  from his post and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from any campaign-related probes. Flynn was ousted after it was made public that he ...

Trump Adviser Roger Stone Repeatedly Claimed To Know Of Forthcoming Wikileaks Dumps

... highlights. Stone repeatedly discussed his back channel communications with Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange. Stone has repeatedly and publicly denied that he had any contact with Russian officials during the campaign. In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge of forthcoming leaks from the group, a CNN KFile review of his public statements shows. Stone's comments about Wiki Leaks have come under increased scrutiny as the FBI and congressional committees investigate whether Trump associates were involved in Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Stone has repeatedly and publicly denied that he had any contact with Russian officials during the campaign. Stone declined to answer questions from CNN for this story. After this story was published, Wiki Leaks tweeted, "Wiki Leaks & Assange have repeatedly confirmed that they have never communicated with Stone.". But ...