Federal prosecutors: Roger Stone's lies caused lawmakers to produce an inaccurate report about Russian interference in the 2016 election
They also caused lawmakers to produce an inaccurate report about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.That was part of the core message that federal prosecutors delivered Wednesday in their closing arguments in the trial of the longtime Donald Trump adviser who is fighting criminal charges of lying to lawmakers and tampering with a witness they tried to interview.Jury deliberations are expected to begin Thursday morning in Stone’s case. But before the 12 Washington, D.C.
Stone’s six-day trial has been replete with evidence of similar texts and emails from the height of the 2016 presidential campaign. Some show communications between Stone and New York talk show host Randy Credico about the timing and content of forthcoming WikiLeaks releases. Others show Stone in frequent contact with Trump campaign aides looking for intelligence on what the radical online transparency group had in store.
Kravis’ point, made for the first time near the end of his closing arguments, was intended to head off legalistic points from Stone’s defense that he’s not guilty because any possible misstatements or withheld emails were not “material” to the House committee’s probe. Stone’s attorneys have argued that the committee’s stated focus was Russian interference, not WikiLeaks or Assange.
“There was no purpose for Mr. Stone to have to lie about anything to protect the campaign when the campaign was doing nothing wrong in being interested in this information,” Rogow said, who added the Trump team broke no laws when it expressed delight at the prospect of WikiLeaks document dumps at the detriment of Clinton.
Anticipating the Stone team’s attacks on Credico, Kravis maintained that Credico was not the kind of person to “pull the wool” over Stone's eyes. He reminded jurors that the witness himself testified to his own decades-long alcohol addictions and his career as a part-time comedian.
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