Roger Stone Jr., the Republican political trickster and former advisor to Donald Trump, was arrested early this morning in Fort Lauderdale on seven charges related to the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Stone, 66, was charged with one count of obstruction, five counts of giving false statements, and one count of witness tampering. The indictment, unsealed after his arrest, details contacts between Stone and Wikileaks ("Organization 1") and its efforts to assist Trump' campaign with Stone as intermediary.
In response to later congressional investigations, the indictment claims,
...STONE took steps to obstruct these investigations. Among other steps to obstruct the investigations, STONE : a. Made multiple false statements to HPSCI about his interactions regarding Organization 1, and falsely denied possessing records that contained evidence of these interactions ; and b. Attempted to persuade a witness to provide false testimony to and withhold pertinent information from the investigations.
