Stone, a self-described “dirty trickster” who began his career under former President Richard Nixon, was arrested at his Fort Lauderdale home by FBI agents.
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In a seven-count indictment by a federal grand jury, Stone was charged with one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements and one count of witness tampering.
Some of the false statements Stone is alleged to have made came when he spoke to the House intelligence committee, according to the indictment.
The indictment also says that the Trump campaign directed a senior campaign official to get in touch with Stone after WikiLeaks released hacked emails from the DNC in July 2016.
The indictment does not name the official but said he or she asked Stone about more releases and "what other damaging information" the website had "regarding the Clinton campaign.”
What is not there? The indictment does not charge Stone with conspiring with WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website that published emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta.
Nor is Stone accused in this indictment of colluding with the Russian officers Mueller indicted last July.
Read the full indictment below:
Stone Indictment 012419 by on Scribd
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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