Ex-Trump aide: Roger Stone ‘will never cop a plea deal’

By Caitlin Yilek

Published July 19, 2018 4:14pm ET

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Ex-Trump aide: Roger Stone ‘will never cop a plea deal’ — FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is examining previously undisclosed contact between former Trump campaign officials and a Russian figure alleged to have tried to sell them dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. But Stone and Michael Caputo say they believe the man was an FBI informant trying to set them up. He denied that to the Washington Post. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A former campaign aide to President Trump is certain Roger Stone will be indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, but doesn’t expect his longtime mentor will turn on the president.

“Roger is going to be indicted. He’s a critical piece for Mueller,” Sam Nunberg told the Hollywood Reporter. “He will fight to the end and never cop a plea deal.”

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