Donald Trump Ally Roger Stone Arrested By FBI\, Faces Seven Charges

Roger Stone has been arrested by the FBI in connection with Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.????The longtime Donald Trump associate was indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts.????One count of obstruction of an official proceeding, one count of witness tampering and five counts of false statements.??

??Stone has been part of the Mueller investigation over his activity during the 2016 presidential election over alleged connections to Wikileaks and Democratic Party emails that were hacked and released by the website.????The indictment states that Stone spoke to senior Trump campaign officials about Wikileaks “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” Wikileaks.????It also states that Stone made “multiple false statements” about his interactions regarding Wikileaks, and “falsely denied possessing records that contained evidence of these interactions”, and “attempted to persuade a witness to provide false testimony to and withhold pertinent information from the investigations.”????Stone, has denied he has done anything illegal in his capacity as a Trump adviser.??He will appear later in a federal courthouse near his Fort Lauderdale, Florida home.