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Headline Roundup November 15th, 2019

Roger Stone Found Guilty of Lying to Investigators

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Roger J. Stone Jr., former aide to President Trump, was found guilty of seven counts Friday — including lying to investigators, concealing evidence and blocking witness testimonies — relating to the congressional probe of Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. He faces up to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced on February 6.

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Roger Stone found guilty of lying to investigators in Russia probe
Roger Stone found guilty of lying to investigators in Russia probe

New York Post (News)

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President Trump’s longtime confidant Roger Stone was convicted on Friday of lying to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The outspoken Republican operative, 67, was indicted in January as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether Russia colluded with the Trump campaign.

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Roger Stone found guilty of laundry-list of crimes stemming from his contacts with WikiLeaks, Trump campaign
Roger Stone found guilty of laundry-list of crimes stemming from his contacts with WikiLeaks, Trump campaign

New York Daily News

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The dirty trickster is all out of tricks.

Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump confidant and self-described “dirty trickster” of GOP politics, was found guilty Friday of a laundry list of crimes stemming from his chase for Russian-hacked Democratic emails and contacts with the president 2016 campaign.

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Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress
Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid.

Stone was convicted of all seven counts in an indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.

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