11-12-2019, 05:00 PM
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Gates testified that Stone requested contact information from him in June for Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a senior member of the 2016 campaign.
Also that month, Gates said the Trump campaign became elated as it learned more information from Stone about the WikiLeaks founder’s plans to publish damaging information about Clinton and her campaign.
Stone is also facing charges that he tampered with a witness as Congress investigated Russia’s 2016 election interference.
Federal prosecutors rested their case against Stone before lunch today (after damaging witness testimony by Randy Credico, Steve Bannon and Rick Gates).
Stone's lawyers indicated they might rest their case as soon as this afternoon. That sets the case up for closing arguments on Wednesday and jury deliberations shortly thereafter.
Full story: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/12...aks-069831
Gates testified that Stone requested contact information from him in June for Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a senior member of the 2016 campaign.
Also that month, Gates said the Trump campaign became elated as it learned more information from Stone about the WikiLeaks founder’s plans to publish damaging information about Clinton and her campaign.
Stone is also facing charges that he tampered with a witness as Congress investigated Russia’s 2016 election interference.
Federal prosecutors rested their case against Stone before lunch today (after damaging witness testimony by Randy Credico, Steve Bannon and Rick Gates).
Stone's lawyers indicated they might rest their case as soon as this afternoon. That sets the case up for closing arguments on Wednesday and jury deliberations shortly thereafter.
Full story: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/12...aks-069831