He has provided no evidence to support his account, and both Trump and Stone have denied that they ever discussed WikiLeaks with one another. According to Stone’s indictment, he spoke to senior Trump campaign officials on “multiple occasions” about the timing of WikiLeaks’ releases — and lied to Congress about those conversations. “Congratulations on all your success,” Van Zandt wrote Cohen, according to the text message provided by Cohen. Guccifer 2.0 tried and failed to send documents to WikiLeaks in June 2016, according to court documents. Prosecutors did not disclose why the Trump campaign believed Stone was the person who would know about WikiLeaks.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2019 21:55 UTC