Roger Stone, a former adviser to Donald Trump, wrote on Saturday night that he has a “perfectly legal back channel” to Julian Assange, whose organization WikiLeaks published emails related to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign that intelligence agencies say were hacked by Russian intelligence. Trump 'wiretap': White House wants investigation but Clapper denies order Read moreWhile tweeting his support of the president’s unsubstantiated claims that Barack Obama tried to undermine the Trump campaign, Stone directed a series of angry and abusive messages at a scientist who questioned him. In one post, later deleted, Stone said he had “never denied perfectly legal back channel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #CrookedHillary”. You’re done!”Lili Loofbourow (@Millicentsomer) Here are the tweets Roger Stone deleted. Last fall, US intelligence agencies formally accused the Kremlin of trying to interfere in the 2016 election, and in January reported that Russia’s intent was to help Trump’s campaign defeat Clinton.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2017 19:29 UTC