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Roger Stone just spoke outside of the federal courthouse where he appeared a short time ago in Florida. He proclaimed his innocence, said he is falsely accused and finds the tactics this morning at his house disturbing.
Stone says he will plead not guilty to the charges and believes that they are politically motivated.
He also reinforced that he will not testify against the president.
A crowd gathered outside the courthouse chanted “lock him up” as he spoke to media.
WikiLeaks tweeted a statement from its founder’s US lawyer on Roger Stone’s arrest today.
Barry Pollack, a lawyer for Julian Assange, called Stone’s arrest “intimidation,” and says the special counsel’s office has never spoken with Assange
Here’s the full statement:
Stone and WikiLeaks: Stone released messages in November showing that he exchanged text messages with his alleged WikiLeaks back channel about imminent “big news” harmful to Hillary Clinton’s campaign six days before WikiLeaks released hacked emails from former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
Read the series of tweets here:
“I am person number one,” in the Stone indictment, Jerome Corsi said. “The statements in the indictment about me are accurate.”
“They’re consistent with the testimony I gave to the special counselor,” Corsi said.
“What is contained in the indictment confirms I did nothing wrong,” Corsi said.
He said he still has his differences with the special counsel – and has brought a lawsuit against Mueller – but he said Stone and his allies should be advised “the investigation being done by the special counselor is extremely thorough,” Corsi said.
“They have everything,” he said. “I can tell you that from first-hand experience.”
“I’m still angry with Roger,” Corsi said, referring to Stone’s comments about Corsi. “His statements about me have been increasingly defamatory and untrue.”
What you need to know about Corsi: He is an acquaintance of Roger Stone. Earlier this month, he confirmed that the Senate Intelligence Committee had subpoenaed him for documents as well as an interview. He also said he provided information to Mueller’s team that he believed would be damaging to Stone.
As Roger Stone spoke outside the court house, parts of his statement were drowned out by boos from the crowd.
The crowd also chanted: “Lock him up,” which is reminiscent of the “Lock her up” chants crowds at some Trump rallies have chanted about Hillary Clinton.
Watch the moment:
Roger Stone just walked out of court. He’ll be speaking soon.
As he left court, he flashed a Nixonian salute.
Stone got his start as a low-level aide on Richard Nixon’s 1972 presidential campaign doing surrogate scheduling and other assorted tasks.
Along with his home in Florida, the FBI carried out a search warrant on Roger Stone’s residence in New York.
Here’s that search warrant:
There were no cameras allowed in the courtroom when Roger Stone appeared this morning in Florida.
But there was a sketch artist.
After he was arrested this morning, this message was posted on Roger Stone’s Instagram account:
Here’s the post:
Roger Stone’s travel will be restricted, a judge ordered this morning. He is only allowed to travel to three areas:
What happens now? We expect the next time we see him to be in a Washington, DC, court.
The FBI executed a search warrant at the New York residence of Roger Stone, according to Kristin Davis who shares the duplex with Roger, CNN reported early Friday.
High school student Jonathan Schneiderman, who lives across the street, took photos of FBI agents loading boxes and evidence bags out of Stone’s apartment complex.
The FBI swarmed Stone before dawn on Friday while he was at his Fort Lauderdale, Florida, home.
Here’s what the scene in New York looked like:
Roger Stone is expected to give a statement soon. His first court appearance just wrapped up.
Here’s what it looks like outside the court room right now:
Roger Stone just left the federal marshal’s office with his lawyers and walked up one floor to probation services. He smiled and shook the hand of a friend.
CNN asked how he was feeling, he said…
Stone’s attorney, Grant Smith, told reporters earlier that Stone would speak to cameras in front of the courthouse after he was finished processing.
The hearing for Roger Stone just wrapped up.
This was an identity hearing to confirm he is Roger Stone before he is released by US marshals on $250,000 signature bond. That means he doesn’t have to put any money on the bond so long as he continues to appear before the court when required.
When asked by the judge to turn in his passport, Stone said, “I do not have a valid passport, it is expired.”
Stone has to submit to substance abuse testing as part of what was agreed to in pre-trial. And he will be allowed to go to any medical visits with the doctor he is currently seeing.
When the judge read the bond instructions he said, “I understand your honor.”
When asked if he wanted to waive removal he said, “yes your honor.”
Stone was shackled around his waist and ankles.
Roger Stone is inside a courtroom in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He’s wearing a blue polo, and has disheveled hair.
The gallery is overflowing.
Any minute now, Roger Stone, who was arrested this morning, is expected to appear before a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The FBI swarmed Stone before dawn on Friday while he was at home in Fort Lauderdale.
We’ll be covering the court appearance live here.
Jay Sekulow, counsel to President Trump, just released a statement about Roger Stone’s indictment in Robert Mueller’s probe, pointing out that it doesn’t allege collusion with Russia:
“The indictment today does not allege Russian collusion by Roger Stone or anyone else. Rather, the indictment focuses on alleged false statements Mr. Stone made to Congress.”
Stone was arrested early this morning in Florida.
Here are the charges against him:
Roger Stone’s attorney Grant Smith just released a statement about his client’s indictment:
Smith added that his client received no materials from WikiLeaks ahead of their public release.
He said Stone’s misstatements were due to forgetfulness and were “immaterial.”
Last November, CNN’s Michael Smerconish and former Trump political adviser Roger Stone discussed Stone’s communication with at least one senior Trump campaign official about WikiLeaks disclosures during the 2016 presidential race.
Here’s what he said about those communications during that interview:
Kristin Davis, who shared a duplex in New York with Roger Stone, tells CNN that the FBI called her at 6 a.m. to let her know there was a search warrant for her residence, and they were at the door.
Davis told CNN she moved about a week ago, so she wasn’t there. She is waiting on a copy of the search warrant. They executed the search warrant in New York earlier.
