Donald Trump’s long-time pal and adviser Roger Stone again admitted that he communicated with the hacker linked by the FBI to Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, but insisted that doesn’t mean he colluded with the Kremlin. Ranking committee Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) brought up Stone’s earlier comments about his communication with hacker Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Although Comey refused to comment on Stone, intelligence officials said both WikiLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 are linked to Russian intelligence. “My exchange with Guccifer, based on the content and the timing, most certainly does not constitute collusion,” Stone said. “My brief exchange with him is six weeks after the hacking of and publication of the DNC documents, which I’m accused of colluding with him on.”Stone insisted that he had made public all of his exchanges with Guccifer 2.0.

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2017 05:03 UTC