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January 25, 2019/150 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe /by emptywheel
"After the FBI arrested Roger Stone today, they conducted searches on his homes in Florida and NYC. It will be interesting to see whether and if so how much evidence they found in his homes.
Thats because in spite of the fact that Stone has been rat-fucking for almost a half century, and in spite of the fact that Stone was willing to risk major prison time as part of a cover-up, Stone utterly fucked himself by keeping incriminating materials around and leaking them out via journalists.
If Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave today because the Air Traffic Controllers showed that by working collectively they could be more powerful than a President, then Richard Nixon is rolling in his grave today that a guy still branded with his face failed the cover-up so much worse than Nixon himself (Unrelatedly, but hysterically, the Nixon Foundation released a statement today effectively calling Stone a coffee boy).
Consider this passage in his indictment for lying to the House Intelligence Committee:
STONEs False and Misleading Testimony About His Possession of Documents Pertinent to HPSCIs Investigation
22. During his HPSCI testimony, STONE was asked, So you have no emails to anyone concerning the allegations of hacked documents . . . or any discussions you have had with third parties about [the head of Organization 1]? You have no emails, no texts, no documents whatsoever, any kind of that nature? STONE falsely and misleadingly answered, That is correct. Not to my knowledge.
23. In truth and in fact, STONE had sent and received numerous emails and text messages during the 2016 campaign in which he discussed Organization 1, its head, and its possession of hacked emails. At the time of his false testimony, STONE was still in possession of many of these emails and text messages, including:
a. The email from STONE to Person 1 on or about July 25, 2016 that read in part, Get to [the head of Organization 1] [a]t Ecuadorian Embassy in London and get the pending [Organization 1] emails . . . they deal with Foundation, allegedly.;
b. The email from STONE to Person 1 on or about July 31, 2016 that said an associate of Person 1 should see [the head of Organization 1].;
c. The email from Person 1 to STONE on or about August 2, 2016 that stated in part, Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after Im back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.;
d. Dozens of text messages and emails, beginning on or about August 19, 2016 and continuing through the election, between STONE and Person 2 in which they discussed Organization 1 and the head of Organization 1;
e. The email from STONE on or about October 3, 2016 to the supporter involved with the Trump Campaign, which read in part, Spoke to my friend in London last night. The payload is still coming.; and
f. The emails on or about October 4, 2016 between STONE and the high-ranking member of the Trump Campaign, including STONEs statement that Organization 1 would release a load every week going forward.
24. By falsely claiming that he had no emails or text messages in his possession that referred to the head of Organization 1, STONE avoided providing a basis for HPSCI to subpoena records in his possession that could have shown that other aspects of his testimony were false and misleading.
To be clear, Im sure that Mueller has independent basis for his knowledge that, At the time of his false testimony, STONE was still in possession of many of these emails and text messages, showing that he talked about what documents Assange had. As Ive said, I think it highly likely Stone was included among those on whose phones Mueller got a warrant in March of last year. And if he could get a warrant for Stones phone, he obviously could get a warrant for Stones email (and probably issued preservation orders when he became Special Counsel in May 2017, if FBI hadnt already done so)."
https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/01/25/how-roger-the-rat-fucked-himself/
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HOW ROGER THE RAT FUCKED HIMSELF (Original Post)
orangecrush
Jan 2019
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trusty elf
(7,399 posts)1. ,,,
orangecrush
(19,608 posts)5. ...
Kingofalldems
(38,469 posts)2. Kick this one.
orangecrush
(19,608 posts)6. Thanks!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Wheeler has been spot on from the get go.
She was one of the first to warn about the Hacks,which were on both Parties.
orangecrush
(19,608 posts)7. Always good reading.
mitch96
(13,924 posts)4. The NY times has a whole piece on this very subject yesterday...nt