Roger Stone’s Claim of a 2016 Julian Assange Meeting Draws Scrutiny
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has asked about an email during grand jury testimony
By Shelby Holliday and
Rob Barry
April 2, 2018 2:57 p.m. ET
The special counsel investigating alleged links between Trump campaign associates and Russians is looking into longtime adviser Roger Stone’s 2016 claim that he had met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a person familiar with the matter.
WikiLeaks, an antisecrecy website, later released a trove of material on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that U.S. officials say was hacked by Kremlin operatives.
In an email dated Aug. 4, 2016, Mr. Stone wrote: “I dined with Julian Assange last night,†according to a copy of the message reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Stone is a longtime informal adviser to President Donald Trump who at that point had no official campaign role.
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