The Story of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The special counsel’s indictment of Roger J. Stone Jr. contains details as over-the-top as Mr. Stone himself, revealing, for instance, that he encouraged an associate to use a tactic straight from “The Godfather.” But the indictment — which shows the most direct link yet between the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks — is wholly serious. Guest: Mark Mazzetti, a Washington investigative correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbar.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:40.6	Today, the special counsel's indictment of Roger Stone contains details as over the
0:47.1	top as Stone himself, including encouraging and associating to use a tactic straight
0:54.0	from the Godfather films.
0:56.7	But the indictment itself is quite serious in finally making a link between the Trump
1:02.9	campaign and Wikimus.
1:08.2	It's Monday, January 28.
1:22.5	We have some major breaking news in the Mueller investigation.
1:50.4	Roger Stone, you see him right there.
1:52.4	President Trump's longtime political advisor, former campaign aide, has been arrested in
1:56.3	Florida.
1:57.3	Charge was seven federal felonies, obstruction of an official proceeding, five counsel making
2:01.9	false statements and one count a witness tampering.
2:04.7	This has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the White House, and beyond
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