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Trump says indicted Roger Stone 'never even worked for me near the election'
Donald Trump now tries to distance himself from indicted Roger Stone, saying he 'never even worked for me near the election' as his one time confidant says he 'did nothing wrong'
- Stone, 66, was arrested by the FBI and charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election bid
- The president took to Twitter Saturday to say: 'Roger Stone didn't even work for me anywhere near the Election! WITCH HUNT!'
- Trump and Stone have been friends for years with the latter reportedly remaining in close contact with Trump's team during the presidential campaign
- Self-proclaimed 'dirty trickster' Stone earlier appeared with a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan: 'ROGER STONE DID NOTHING WRONG!' on the front
Donald Trump has now tried to distance himself from indicted Roger Stone, saying his one time confidant 'never even worked for me near the election'.
Stone, 66, was charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election bid.
But on Saturday night the president took to Twitter to say: 'Roger Stone didn't even work for me anywhere near the Election! WITCH HUNT!'
He had started his post writing: 'CBS reports that in the Roger Stone indictment, data was 'released during the 2016 Election to damage Hillary Clinton.' Oh really!
'What about the Fake and Unverified 'Dossier,' a total phony conjob, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary to damage me and the Trump Campaign?'
'Whatabout all of the one sided Fake Media coverage (collusion with Crooked H?) that I had to endure during my very successful presidential campaign. What about the now revealed bias by Facebook and many others.'
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Donald Trump, left, has now tried to distance himself from indicted Roger Stone, right, saying he 'never even worked for me near the election'
The president took to Twitter Saturday evening after Stone, 66, was arrested by the FBI
He concluded his tweets with: 'WITCH HUNT!' after earlier tweeting his support for Stone
Stone, the self-proclaimed 'dirty trickster' was arrested by the FBI in a raid before dawn Friday at his home in Fort Lauderdale.
The Washington Post reports the two men have been friends for forty years.
In 2015 Stone is said to have worked as an adviser during the presidential campaign. He remained in contact with Trump and his team through the election, according to reports.
Trump has previously defended Stone, seen as his Presidential election strategist and pivotal in him winning the 2016 race, by claiming his arrest was the 'Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country!'
On Saturday, he again tweeted his support for Stone, this time saying: 'If Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others?
'What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter's deleted texts & Wiener's laptop? Much more!'
On Saturday, Stone sought to make light of the charges leveled against him and appeared at his home wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan: 'ROGER STONE DID NOTHING WRONG!' on the front.
Stone faces charges of tampering with witnesses and obstructing a House intelligence committee probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the election.
Last month it was reported that Stone had to give up health insurance because he couldn't afford it as the Russia probe has dried up his consulting business.
Speaking to Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Friday night, the former confidant to President Donald Trump declared: 'I intend to plead not guilty. I believe I will be vindicated.
'The indictment is thin, indeed. So what is this about? It's about silencing me.'
The two men, pictured here in 1999, have been friends for decades and Stone is said to have worked as an adviser during the presidential campaign
The president, pictured with Stone in 1999, said his longtime confidante 'didn't even work for me anywhere near the Election'
Roger Stone pictured leaving the Fort Lauderdale Florida Federal Courthouse Friday
FBI agents clad in bulletproof vests arrived at Stone's Fort Lauderdale mansion with guns drawn on Friday morning after Special Counsel Robert Mueller unsealed a seven-count indictment from a grand jury impaneled in his sprawling probe of Russian election meddling.
The indictment does not charge him with crimes directly related to Russia or with conspiracy to skew the 2016 election, but with what legal experts call 'process crimes'.
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