Roger Stone, a longtime informal adviser to President Trump, denied that messages he sent to Randy Credico, a witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, were designed to intimidate him, instead saying they were taken out of context and cherrypicked.
Stone responded Friday in a CNN interview to a report from the network that Mueller had copies of a trove of messages Stone sent to Credico. Sources told CNN federal investigators are examining the messages and speaking to witnesses to determine whether Stone, though his communications with Credico, tried to intimidate or harass his longtime friend, raising the possibility he engaged in witness tampering or obstruction of justice.
“To take three text messages out of thousands really shows no context,” Stone told CNN. “These are the late-night ravings between two grumpy old men who have been friends for almost 20 years.”
Stone identified Credico, a New York comedian, as his intermediary to WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. But Credico has denied Stone’s claim.
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He went on to assert that there “was no effort to intimidate or coerce Randy Credico to do anything other than the truth.”
“These cannot be taken seriously,” Stone said. “We’ve been friends for 20 years. They’re all over the map. They have to be seen in totality.”
Stone also said federal investigators have all of his text messages, emails, and phone records.
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Roger Stone: "Vulgar," "vicious," "ribald" texts to Wikileaks intermediary Credico not intimidation https://t.co/scq6peiEuk
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