Roger Stone arrested on 7 counts, including lying to Congress, in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe
- Roger Stone, a longtime political advisor to President Trump, has been arrested in Florida.
- Stone faces seven counts, including witness tampering, obstruction of justice and making false statements to Congress.
- The indictment alleges that Stone had been in contact with top-ranking Trump campaign officials about efforts to leak damaging information about Hillary Clinton just before the 2016 election.
- According to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, the “high ranking Trump campaign official” who reached out to Stone in October 2016 was Steve Bannon, who served as CEO of the Trump campaign during the election’s final stages.
Charged with Obstruction, 5 False Statements and Witness Tampering
