Today, January 25, were arrested Roger stone, former Advisor to and confidant of President Donald trump. He was indicted on 7 counts, including obstruction of justice, pressure on witnesses, and in 5 cases, giving a false statement, reported in the office of the special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.
It is known that stone was arrested in Florida, FBI agents. According to the indictment, he gave false testimony, in particular, the Intelligence Committee of the house of representatives.
It is noted that the arrest of the stone is not directly connected with the alleged Russian interference in presidential elections, which is investigating spectracolor Mueller. The charges relate to the history of publication on the website WikiLeaks in the summer of 2016, shortly before the elections, more than 30 thousand emails and attached documents sent from the personal server of the presidential candidate from the Democratic party Hillary Clinton.
The former head of election campaign Clinton, John Podesta argues that discharge this information is just stone. Previously, the office of Robert Mueller reported that the server is Clinton and the Democratic party hacked the hacker linked to the Russian intelligence services.
Arrested repeatedly stated that he is ready to the charges, but denied any wrongdoing on their part. He will appear before court today, January 25.
Roger stone is one of the most renowned consultants of the Republican party. He worked with Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and in August of 2015 joined the campaign staff of trump.
