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This week, Trump Associate Roger Stone

was indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for lying to the House Intelligence Committee about his contacts with WikiLeaks.

And for trying to intimidate Roger Cretico

to keep him from testifying

before the House Intelligence Committee.

That indictment indicates that senior Trump campaign officials were involved in

Roger Stone's efforts to reach out and coordinate with WikiLeaks as they released hacked emails.

What does this mean for the Trump presidency?

How will House Democrats continue the investigation that was the basis for this indictment.

And what does this mean for the Mueller investigation?

Let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news.

My name is Renato Mariati.

I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a CNN legal analyst.

And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez,

a WGN radio host who will join us regularly on this podcast.

So Patty, I, the, this podcast is rarely this on top of breaking news.

Literally, we, I read this indictment.

When I woke up this morning, I've been doing nothing

but analyze it and talk about it ever since.

We've got a lot to talk about today.

You must feel so much better than last week after we did one podcast and the news changed I mean this feels good

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