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<\/a>(L) Roger Stone \u00a9 AFP \/ SAUL LOEB; (R) Robert Mueller \u00a9 REUTERS\/Joshua Roberts<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
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The FBI has arrested Roger Stone, a former campaign adviser to US President Donald Trump, in a surprise early morning raid on his home. Stone has been indicted on charges including obstruction and witness tampering.<\/p>\n
He was arrested at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, following Thursday\u2019s\u00a0indictment\u00a0<\/a>by the office of the\u00a0US Special Counsel Robert Mueller which is investigating Trump and his associates over allegations surrounding his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n Stone is facing one count of obstruction of proceedings, one\u00a0count of witness tampering, and five counts of false statements.<\/p>\n It is alleged that Stone, who officially left the Trump campaign in August 2015, told campaign officials in July 2016 about future WikiLeaks\u00a0(referred to in Mueller\u2019s document as \u201cOrganization 1\u201d) releases of damaging information found in leaked Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails.\u00a0US intelligence claims the emails were hacked by Russian\u00a0\u201cgovernment actors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n During Trump\u2019s campaign, Stone boasted about having connections with WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, but later said it wasn\u2019t a direct link. Instead, he said that he relied on New York radio host Randy Credico (named \u201cPerson 2\u201d in the Thursday indictment) as a\u00a0\u201cgo-between.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The indictment says Stone lied to the House Intelligence Committee about his alleged contacts with WikiLeaks and tried to convince another person to give false testimony.<\/p>\n Stone, a long-time ally of Trump, was recently praised by the US president for saying he would\u00a0\u201cnever testify against Trump\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and for having\u00a0\u201cguts\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in the face of the\u00a0\u201crogue and out of control prosecutor\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Mueller.<\/p>\n \u201cI will never testify against Trump.\u201d This statement was recently made by Roger Stone, essentially stating that he will not be forced by a rogue and out of control prosecutor to make up lies and stories about \u201cPresident Trump.\u201d Nice to know that some people still have \u201cguts!\u201d<\/p>\n — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n