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Roger J. Stone Jr., longtime adviser to President Trump, said Sunday that he was "ready to fight for my life" and to prove his innocence in the case against him by the special advocate, Robert S. Mueller. III
M. Stone, accused of obstructing justice, attempting to falsify witnesses and making a false statement, told ABC News' "This Week" show that the text message exchanges cited in the "ABC News" feature were not made. indictment were misinterpreted.
in the context, "said Mr. Stone about his exchanges with Randy Credico, former associate and great political disciple." It's a humorous exchange. They take things out of context to present them under a day that misunderstands their meaning I have never told Mr. Credico to lie. "
Mr. Stone asked Mr. Credico in 2017 to" make a Frank Pentangeli " "when he appeared before the House Intelligence Committee to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. The reference referred to a character from" The Godfather: Part II "who avoids finally to implicate another person in his own testimony before Congress.
"If you testify that you are a fool," said Mr. Stone in a message, according to the act of d & # 39; accusation, and added: "I could never get some right from my fifth amendment, May If you are stupid enough to testify, I guarantee you that you are charged with perjury.
Stone's legal team stated that other exchanges of text revealed that Mr. Credico and himself had often had amusing exchanges, before and after the ones in question, which weakened the idea that Mr. Credico could have felt threatened.
Stone stated that he had forgotten some exchanges with Mr. Credico when he had told investigators in the House that they did not exist, a statement that was part of the Accusation against him.
"I sometimes forgot that I had SMS and emails," Stone said. "I am human and have made some mistakes, but they are errors that would be inconsequential in this investigation."
M. Stone also stated that he had never talked about WikiLeaks with Mr. Trump and that they had not discussed a pardon or an investigation on a collusion with Russian officials.
According to the indictment, a senior Trump campaigner sent him to obtain information. Group information on the thousands of hacked Democrat emails that harmed Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
In a tweet over the weekend, Mr. Trump seemed to distance himself from Mr. Stone, saying his advisor would not be working for the campaign for much of 2016. [19659008OnSundayMrStonedidnotruleoutthepossibilityofspeakingtoMrMueller'sinvestigators
"There are faults committed by other people in the campaign I know, which I do not know, but I would certainly like to testify honestly," he said.
"I would also testify honestly on any other matter, including any communication with the President," he continued. "It's true that we spoke on the phone, but these communications are political, they are benign and there is – there is certainly no conspiracy with Russia," he said. Stone also acknowledged that it was unusual for a defendant arrested to report quickly to the media. But Mr. Stone, who never fled from attention, said he wanted to highlight what he called "extraordinary" tactics and aggression on the part of F.B.I.
"I think the American people need to hear about it," Stone said, noting that he was 66, that he did not have a firearm, and that his passport had expired.
"I was not a risk of flight," he said.
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