Trump confidant renews challenge to special counsel’s authority in WikiLeaks-related case
By Spencer S. Hsu Spencer S. Hsu Investigative reporter Email Bio Follow April 13 at 12:47 AM Roger Stone’s defense fired a volley of legal attacks at special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation Friday, asking a federal judge to dismiss Stone’s indictment for lying to Congress and obstructing justice and to order that Stone receive a full unredacted copy of Mueller’s recently completed report.
The blast of motions suggests how Stone’s case could grind on this summer, even as prosecutors with U.S. attorney offices in New York, Virginia and Washington continue to tie up loose threads from the special counsel’s probe, including other referrals by Mueller’s office, and investigations that remain under seal.
A focus of the Mueller probe of Stone, court filings show, was whether he coordinated with Assange or WikiLeaks as it published thousands of Democratic emails that prosecutors say were hacked by Russian operatives. Barr said last month in a brief summary of Mueller’s report that the special counsel reported that its investigation did not establish that Trump campaign members “conspired or coordinated” with the Russian government’s interference activities.
Stone in past interviews denied discussing WikiLeaks with Trump campaign officials or having advance knowledge of WikiLeaks’ plans, and said he was just passing on public information and tips.In Friday’s filings, Stone’s defense, led by attorney Robert C.
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