Roger Stone says Jerome Corsi is "harassed" by Mueller for "refusing to lie"

TAccording to Roger Stone, his friend Jerome Corsi is "harassed" by special advocate Robert Mueller after Corsi revealed on Monday that he had refused to sign a plea agreement.

In a text message to Patrick Howley of Big League Politics, a right-wing news site, Stone said Corsi had refused the deal because he did not want to accept a "false story".

"I continue to see that my friend Dr. Jerry Corsi is being harassed by the special council, not for lying but for refusing to lie," said Stone, according to Howley, who had read the text of his show. "It is inconceivable that in America, someone would be prosecuted for refusing to swear to a false narrative pushed by Mueller investigators."

The Mueller team is investigating whether there are any links between WikiLeaks and Trump associates prior to the 2016 presidential election. As for Corsi, the former head of the Infowars office at Washington, Mueller wants to know if he has shared information with Stone about the stolen emails to John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's Campaign Chair.

In October, NBC News reported for the first time that Mueller had received communications indicating that Corsi was aware, prior to the publication of the emails, that the emails had been stolen and delivered to WikiLeaks.

Corsi told the Washington Post that some inconsistencies between his statements and his e-mails had heightened scrutiny among members of Mueller's team, but confessed that his memory was "horrible". "I'm not going to lie to avoid going to jail," said Corsi. .

"I found that my memories were horrible," added Corsi. "But I do not swear to a federal judge that I have intentionally lied to the special advocate."

Stone, who, like Corsi, is known for defending right-wing conspiracy theories, was also examined by Mueller investigators after he appeared to predict the publication of stolen emails on the Web site. from Wikileaks. Barrel "was going to happen soon.

But Stone said the comments were based on his own investigation and that he had no prior knowledge of WikiLeaks' actions.

The US intelligence community concluded in 2017 with "great confidence" that WikiLeaks was being used by the Russian intelligence services to publish information to help in the election of President Trump. WikiLeaks has denied that this is the case.