Dirty trickster and pervert Roger Stone has worked the sewers of Republican politics ever since his time working on the re-election campaign of disgraced President Richard Nixon. He was once convicted felon Paul Manafort's partner in a sleazy consulting firm that not only smeared Democrats, but had clients that reeked of tyranny and corruption. His most recent claim to fame is his involvement with Russian intelligence via WikiLeaks' role in DNC e-mails stolen by Russian military intelligence, actually "predicting" the release of the stolen e-mails in advance of their publication. The Mueller investigation has long been interested in Stone's dirty work on behalf of the campaign of Putin employee Donald "Rump" Trump.
Now there is reporting that Stone tried to shift responsibility for those WikiLeaks contacts to activist comedian Randy Credico, going so far as to offer to help pay Credico's legal bills so that he would echo Stone's false account.
"During the 2016 campaign, [Stone] appeared on multiple occasions to accurately predict WikiLeaks’ plans to release hacked emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta. In August 2016, Stone claimed he had communicated with WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange. But in 2017, as investigators probed whether Trump associates had played a role in Russia’s plot to subvert the election, Stone changed his story. Last October, Stone told the House Intelligence Committee that Credico had served as his contact with WikiLeaks. That is: Stone claimed all he knew about the group’s plans, beyond what it said publicly, came from Credico. [snip]
Credico says he subsequently complained to Stone about the legal expenses he would incur from getting dragged into the Russia investigation; Stone, he claims, offered to help him defray those costs—and urged him not to challenge his claim that Credico was a back channel.Mueller will get to the truth, which will probably result in a perjury rap for Stone, among other felony charges. It can't come soon enough for this vile, treasonous gutter snipe.
'He said, "Hey, look. I can’t put it together myself, but I have friends that will contribute to a defense fund,’ Credico says. He notes the timing of Stone’s offer left him with the impression that it was contingent on Credico not disputing his version of events. 'He certainly did not want me to contradict him,' Credico adds." (our emphasis)
