WASHINGTON — The Latest on Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone (all times local):11:45 a.m.Donald Trump’s longtime friend and confidant Roger Stone has made an uncharacteristically silent exit from his court hearing. Stone left the federal courthouse in Washington on Tuesday without speaking publicly after entering a not guilty plea to charges filed in the special counsel’s Russia investigation. The political operative was arrested last week in Florida and spent the weekend publicly blasting special counsel Robert Mueller’s case against him as politically motivated. ——11:05 a.m.Donald Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone has pleaded not guilty to charges in the special counsel’s Russia investigation. He has asserted his innocence in a series of TV interviews since his pre-dawn arrest Friday in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Source: National Post January 29, 2019 15:30 UTC