BREAKING: Roger Stone Arrested by FBI, Charged with Seven Counts

Roger Stone was taken into custody early Friday morning in his Florida home on one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. This news is confirmed both by Stone’s lawyer and a press release from the Department of Justice.

The indictment, unsealed upon arrest, contains seven counts: one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.

Details are still emerging but according to a statement released by the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller reveals that, after the July 22nd, 2016 release of stolen DNC e-mails by organization one (Wikileaks), a senior Trump campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information organization one had regarding the Clinton campaign.

Other items from the unsealed indictment of interest:

“During the summer of 2016, STONE spoke to senior Trump Campaign officials about Org. 1 and information it might have had that would be damaging to the Clinton Campaign. STONE was contacted by senior Trump Campaign officials to inquire about future releases by Org.”

Roger 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…

“By in or around June and July 2016, STONE informed senior Trump Campaign officials that he had info indicating Org. 1 had docs whose release would be damaging to the Clinton Campaign. The head of Org. 1 was located … at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.”

“On or about October 7, 2016, Organization 1 released the first set of emails stolen from the Clinton Campaign chairman. Shortly after Org. 1’s release, an associate of the high- ranking Trump Campaign official sent a text message to STONE that read “well done.”

“STONE spoke to multiple individuals involved in the Trump Campaign about what he claimed to have learned from his intermediary to Organization 1 … STONE told senior Trump Campaign officials about materials possessed by Org. 1 and the timing of future releases.

“In the course of his HPSCI testimony, STONE made deliberately false and misleading statements … concerning … requests he made for info from the head of Organization 1; his comms with his identified intermediary; and his comms with the Trump Campaign about Org. 1.”

Read the entire indictment here.

Stone is alleged to have told the Trump campaign about potential future releases of damaging material by organization one. And, again, July 22nd here, which is fairly on in the summer, this is a conversation and some level of coordination between at least one Trump campaign official and stone about the Wikileaks hack.

Stone will appear in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida Federal courthouse later on Friday.

This is a developing story and this post will be updated as new info emerges.

Watch the video above via CNN.