Trump partner Roger Stone charged with Mueller investigation

Roger Stone, an eccentric Republican strategist wearing Richard Nixon's face tattoo on his back, was arrested Friday for indicting obstruction of official proceedings, misrepresentation and falsification of witnesses.

Robert Mueller, Special Counsel, indicted Stone in an indictment involving seven counts FBI agents arrested him in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stone was scheduled to appear in court later on Friday.

Stone – who worked in the presidential campaigns for Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, and others – paid tribute to Donald Trump and his role as informal advisor after leaving the Trump campaign in August 2015.

He repeatedly reiterated that it was "possible" that he be indicted as part of Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the country. 39, 2016 presidential election and a possible collusion during the Trump campaign.

Stone had previously admitted to being in touch with Julian Assange of WikiLeaks during the Trump campaign

The indictment states that he spoke "of senior Trump campaigners" to about WikiLeaks and "information that could have hurt" the campaign of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the summer before the elections.

"Contacts with senior Trump campaigners contacted Stone to inquire about upcoming releases" of WikiLeak According to the indictment, WikiLeaks is referred to as "Organization 1" .

Read the complete indictment below

In the July 2018 indictment concerning 12 Russian intelligence agents for hacking a server of the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 elections, Stone was described as "nobody who was in regular contact with senior officials of Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign. "

Stone described his contact with the Russians – who used the pseudonym" Guccifer 2.0 "- as" benign ". He told the Washington Post that he had met a Russian national who wanted to sell Trump detrimental information on Hillary Clinton for $ 2 million. The man had previously worked as an informant for the FBI, but told the Post that he was not working on behalf of the FBI when he had met Stone in May 2016.

L & # 39; Stone's indictment was brought after his associate, Randy Credico, host of a radio show