Roger Stone reversed course Friday evening and told CNN’s Chris Cuomo he is “probably” the unnamed person communicating with both Russian agents and members of the Trump campaign, as mentioned in the 12 indictments just handed out by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Stone had originally denied being said middleman, yet he clarified on CNN Friday night that he, at first, “misunderstood” the exchange referenced in Mueller’s indictment.
Roger Stone: I probably am the person in the indictment https://t.co/zOWDTXBFFy
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) July 14, 2018
Stone added that the content and context of the direct messages exchanged between himself and Russian agents posing as the hacker Guccifer 2.0 show that was an “innocuous” conversation.
Earlier on Friday, the special counsel indicted 12 Russian cyber agents for conspiring to hack Democratic Party targets — including Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta — months before the 2016 election.
[READ HERE: Mueller’s indictment against 12 Russians for hacking Democrats in 2016]
Mueller stopped short of accusing any members of the Trump campaign for being complicit in the hacking effort, which the president seized on Saturday morning.
He tweeted that the election tampering occurred under the watch of the Obama administration and asked why, the administration failed “do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election?”
The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration. Why didn’t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2018
