And now Trump’s friend and associate Roger Stone has been found guilty on all counts.
Yes, the snazzy dresser and wife-sharing swinger is guilty of seven counts.
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of lying to Congress and witness tampering as part of an effort to hide his contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential election.
Stone, a self-described political trickster, was convicted of all seven criminal counts that he faced at his trial in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.: obstruction of proceedings, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.
The charges related to allegations that the 67-year-old Republican operative had misled Congress about his contacts with the document disclosure group WikiLeaks during the 2016 election, and to his alleged efforts to get his associate Randy Credico to back up his lies.
WikiLeaks during that election released emails from the Democratic party and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chief that had been stolen by Russian agents. The emails were seen as potentially damaging to Clinton’s campaign against Trump.
Well that ain’t no good. Some are pointing out that this is much like Manafort, where he was convicted of crimes unrelated to the accusations against Trump, but I’m not sure that’s quite so accurate in this case.
Stone says he will appeal.
UPDATE (TRS): Trump responds to Stone being found Guilty:
So they now convict Roger Stone of lying and want to jail him for many years to come. Well, what about Crooked Hillary, Comey, Strzok, Page, McCabe, Brennan, Clapper, Shifty Schiff, Ohr & Nellie, Steele & all of the others, including even Mueller himself? Didn’t they lie?….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2019