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The FBI just arrested Roger Stone after an indictment by Robert Mueller

Roger Stone, the Republican strategist and an unofficial adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was arrested Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida following an indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller.

The indictment by a federal grand jury on Jan. 24, contains seven counts: one count of obstructing an official proceeding, five counts of false statements and one count of witness tampering.

The 24-page indictment claims that Stone made multiple false statement to the House Select Committee on Intelligence “about his interactions regarding Organization 1, and falsely denied possessing records that contained evidence of these interactions.”

Organization 1 refers to WikiLeaks, which published thousands of stolen emails from the Clinton campaign.

The indictment says that shortly after WikiLeaks published its first tranche of stolen emails in October 2017, “an associate of the high-ranking Trump Campaign official sent a text message to Stone that read ‘well done.’”

Roger Stone, the Republican strategist and an unofficial adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was arrested Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida following an indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller.

The indictment by a federal grand jury on Jan. 24, contains seven counts: one count of obstructing an official proceeding, five counts of false statements and one count of witness tampering.

The 24-page indictment claims that Stone made multiple false statement to the House Select Committee on Intelligence “about his interactions regarding Organization 1, and falsely denied possessing records that contained evidence of these interactions.”

Organization 1 refers to WikiLeaks, which published thousands of stolen emails from the Clinton campaign.

The indictment says that shortly after WikiLeaks published its first tranche of stolen emails in October 2017, “an associate of the high-ranking Trump Campaign official sent a text message to Stone that read ‘well done.’”

The indictment also alleges Stone “knowingly and intentionally corruptly persuaded and attempted to corruptly persuade another person…to influence, delay, and prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding.”

That other person — referred to as Person 2 — was “a radio host who had known Stone for more than a decade.”

The indictment says Stone told Person 2 they should do a “Frank Pentangeli” before the Senate Intelligence Committee so to avoid contradicting Stone’s own testimony.

The comment refers to a character in The Godfather: Part II, who testifies before a congressional committee, claiming not to know critical information that he does in fact know.

CNN reported that law enforcement officials stormed Stone’s house at 6 a.m.

The 66-year-old, who worked on the campaigns of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, will appear at the federal courthouse later on Friday.

Cover image: Political strategist Roger Stone pauses while speaking at the American Priority Conference, December 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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