Roger Stone Says He Never Talked to Julian Assange About Emails, Mueller About Probe, or Trump About Pardons
On This Week on Sunday, Donald Trump associate and general spectacle of a person Roger Stone talked to host George Stephanopoulos about the Russia investigation, and essentially said that nobody has talked to him at all about anything.
Stephanopoulos presented several minutes worth of emails, video clips, and more, before asking Stone about his statement that there is “no evidence” of his having worked with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to leak the infamous DNC and Hillary Clinton emails.
In one of the clips, Stone says “I actually have communicated with Assange,” while speaking to Republicans. “But now you say you never communicated with Assange at all, despite all of that documentary evidence…” said Stephanopoulos.
“I clarified the last one a dozen times. I identified that I had a source. A progressive New York City radio host who told me in late July that whatever Wikileaks had, whatever Assange had alluded to quite openly on CNN in June and again on Fox in August, was devastating, was a bombshell, and it would come in October,” said Stone. He told a long story of events, before Stephanopoulos clarified.
“You’re saying you never spoke to Julian Assange,” he said. “Never contacted Wikileaks. Never spoke about any of that to President Trump or his campaign?
“That is absolutely correct,” said Stone.
After more discussion of Assange, Stephanopoulos asked “have you had any contact with Robert Mueller or his prosecutors?”
“We have not,” said Stone.
“None at all,” prompted Stephanopoulos.
“That’s correct,” said Stone.
Stephanopoulos asked Stone if that worried him that he might be a target. Stone said it did not because he had done nothing wrong, saying that his job was basically to use Google alerts and Twitter to “hype” things.
Stephanopoulos asked whether he’d expect a pardon from Trump should any charges come against him because of his loyalty.
“There’s no circumstance under which I would testify against the president,” said Stone, “because I’d have to bear false witness against him. I’d have to make things up, and I’m not going to do that.”
“I’ve had no discussion regarding a pardon,” he added.
Asked about whether he’s talked to Trump about a pardon for Paul Manafort, he said “I have had no such discussions.”
“And he says it’s not on the table right now, any pardon of Paul Manafort,” said Stephanopoulos, “you’ve had no discussions with the president, with anyone on his team about any of this?”
“That is correct,” said Stone.
Watch the clip above, courtesy of ABC News.
[Featured image via screengrab]
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