Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Admits Collusion With … – Huffington Post

Roger Stone, a confidant to President Donald Trump and former adviser to his campaign, acknowledged late Saturday that he had a back channel to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, amid mounting reports that multiple advisers to Trumps campaign had undisclosed communication with Russian officials.

Never denied perfectly legal back channel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #CrookedHillary, 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 ignorant ugly bitch.

Stone admitted in October that he had back-channel communication with Assangeafter WikiLeaks began releasing the hacked emails of John Podesta, campaign chairman for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

I do have a back-channel communication with Assange, because we have a good mutual friend, Stone said in October. That friend travels back and forth from the United States to London and we talk. I had dinner with him last Monday.

Stone denied having direct contact with Assange himself.

In August, even before the emails were released, Stone alluded to Podestas time in the barrel.

Sure, theyll get my grocery lists, he said. They may get the emails between my wife and I, but heres what they wont get any contact with the Russians.

The New York Times reported last month that Stone is one of several Trump advisers under FBI investigation for contact with Russian officials.

But Stone denied that he was being investigated, telling NBC that they wont find anything of this nature.

Theyd be pretty bored if they wanted to look at my e-mails or transmissions because they wont find anything of this nature, he said. I have no Russian clients. Ive never been in touch with anyone in Russia.

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