Conservative political commentator Jerome Corsi confirmed Friday that he is “Person 1” cited in the indictment of Roger Stone and predicted that he won’t face charges.
Stone, an ally of President Trump, was arrested and indicted on Friday as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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The indictment outlines several communications between between Stone and “Person 1” and “Person 2” about WikiLeaks’ plans to release stolen emails from the Democratic Party during the 2016 presidential election.
“Dr. Corsi has reviewed the indictment of Roger Stone which references him as Person 1. Importantly, the Stone Indictment does not accuse Dr. Corsi of any wrongdoing and indeed this is the case. Dr. Corsi has fully cooperated with the Special Counsel and his prosecutors and testified truthfully to the grand jury, as well as during interviews with them,” Corsi said through his legal counsel, Larry Klayman and David Gray.
In November, Corsi said he was rejecting a deal offered by Mueller to plead guilty to one count of perjury because he said he did not purposely lie to investigators.
“Dr. Corsi has stated on many occasions that he would not lie under oath before his Creator,” Friday’s statement said, noting that he “has not been and is not being accused of any illegality.”
The indictment cited an email from Stone in which he urged Corsi to go see the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, at Ecuador’s embassy in London to “get the pending …emails.”
Corsi was in Europe at the time, and replied on Aug. 2, according to the indictment: “Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after I’m back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.”
Corsi filed a federal lawsuit in December against Mueller. In that lawsuit, Corsi is suing Mueller and several other federal government agencies for $350 million over allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, leaking confidential grand jury information, and for “ongoing illegal, unconstitutional surveillance” of Corsi. The plaintiff argues that this surveillance was “at the direction of Mueller and his partisan Democrat, leftist, and ethically and legally conflicted prosecutorial staff.”
