Stone refuses the request for a Senate document invoking the Fifth Amendment

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Roger Stone, longtime ally in Trump, closely follows the investigation by the special advocate Robert Mueller on the interferences of Russia in the 2016 election.

President Donald Trump's long-time policy Ally Roger Stone invoked his protection of the Fifth Amendment after refusing to share documents and testimony with members of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, according to a letter issued Tuesday by Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, the highest committee of the committee, [19659010] "Mr. Stone's invocation of his fifth amendment privilege must be understood by all as the assertion of a constitutional right by an innocent citizen who denounces the secret, "said Stone's attorney. , Grant Smith, in the letter of December 3.

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Stone is under review in the ongoing investigation of the special advocate Robert Mueller on the interference of Russia in the 2016 election, in part because of allegations that he allegedly sent the email sent by WikiLeaks during the October campaign of the Clinton campaign. A series of tweets suggesting the content of e-mails, which he attributed to informed assumptions and indirect information provided through the intermediary of an intermediary with WikiLeaks.

Stone told POLITICO on Monday that he did not have any deal with Trum's legal team p to share defense strategies. Unlike former campaign president Paul Manafort, who is in prison after being convicted of tax and banking fraud. But Stone has largely aligned his Meet Mueller with the president, frequently denigrating the tactics of the special council.

Stone's approach earned him a tweet of support from Trump this week, when the president praised Stone's "guts" for refusing to testify against him.

In his letter to Feinstein, Stone's solicitor stated that his client simply wanted his information to be released in public and not subject to selective leaks that marked his testimony in camera before the Intelligence Committee of the House last year. Stone had requested that his appearance be public, but the committee had refused and interviewed him privately.

Smith also stated that Feinstein's request for documents was "far too broad, far too vast, far too broad".

"Mr. Stone respectfully refused to produce any documents and invitation to an interview," Smith wrote.

Mr. Smith indicated that he expects the testimony of Stone's House Intelligence Committee to be made public in the coming weeks.