Roger Stone vows not to 'roll on the president' as Mueller closes in—sound familiar?
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Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone is heading down a road oft traveled by other Trump associates. In a recently taped fundraising plea, Stone assured his viewers that even though Special Counsel Robert Mueller was probing «every aspect» oRoger Stone vows not to 'roll on the president' as Mueller closes in—sound familiar?
Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone is heading down a road oft traveled by other Trump associates. In a recently taped fundraising plea, Stone assured his viewers that even though Special Counsel Robert Mueller was probing «every aspect» of his life to get him to flip on Trump, he wouldn't do it. «This I will not do,» Stone pledged resolutely, and then went on to qualify that statement in his very next breath. «When I say I won’t roll on the president, what I mean is I will not be forced to make up lies to bring him down.” Wow, how defiant. Sure, Trump's fringe base thinks that's what Mueller's doing—trying to squeeze Trump associates until they lie. But in the real world, Mueller's actually looking for facts, which means Stone could totally flip on Trump, give up truths about the campaign, and still not violate the pledge he just made not to »make up lies.« In other words, a doublespeaking double-crosser just left the door open to cooperate with Mueller even as he begged his likely pro-Trump viewership for money to cover his legal fees. Stone's appeal comes at a time when a grand jury has been hearing »more than a dozen hours« of testimony about whether Stone or other Trump associates knew in advance of the WikiLeaks plan to release a trove of hacked Democratic emails. In all, Mueller's team has interviewed at least seven associates of Stone, according to the Washington Post. Stone, who presciently predicted in August 2016 that Clinton campaign chair John Podesta would soon have his »time in the barrel," has denied having any prior knowledge. The Post writes: As Election Day neared in 2016, Stone continued his predictions. On Sunday, Oct. 2, he tweeted, “Wednesday @HillaryClinton is done. #WikiLeaks.” When there was no release on Wednesday, Oct. 5, he tweeted, “Libs thinking Assange will stand down are wishful thinking. Payload coming #Lockthemup.” Two days after Stone’s “payload” tweet, WikiLeaks published the first tranche of Podesta’s emails — and then dropped new batches nearly daily before the November vote. In addition, Stone made repeated public comments in which he claimed to have contact with WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Read more