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U.S. NEWS Monday 18 June 2018

Trump adviser Roger Stone reveals new meeting with Russian

By JILL COLVIN At Caputo's request, Stone Rudy Giuliani, a member
Associated Press met with Greenberg at a of Trump's legal team, on
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spe- Florida cafe, where Green- Sunday dismissed the signif-
cial counsel Robert Mueller berg asked for $2 million in icance of the Stone meet-
is examining a previously exchange for the informa- ing.
undisclosed meeting be- tion, according to Stone's "So, yes, sure, there was
tween longtime Donald lawyer. Stone swiftly re- contact, as there was in
Trump confidante Roger jected the offer, explaining that meeting. But that
Stone and a Russian figure that neither he nor Trump meeting led to nothing.
who allegedly tried to sell would ever pay for "politi- This led to nothing. So, if
him dirt on Hillary Clinton. cal information," his lawyer anything, it's proof there
The meeting between wrote. was no collusion," he said
Stone and a man who Both men say they quickly in an interview with CBS's
identified himself as Henry forgot about the episode, "Face the Nation," adding
Greenberg was described which marks the latest in a that Mueller's team "can
in a pair of letters sent Fri- long list of unusual contacts investigate from here to,
day to the House Intelli- between Russians and you know, to Timbuktu, and
gence Committee and first Trump campaign officials they're not going to find a In this March 30, 2017, file photo, Roger Stone talks to reporters
outside a courtroom in New York.
reported by The Washing- as well as offers of help. darn thing."q Associated Press
ton Post. The special counsel has
Stone and Michael Capu- spent months investigat-
to, a Trump campaign aide ing Russian meddling in
who arranged the 2016 the 2016 election and
meeting, did not disclose whether Trump campaign
the contact in their inter- aides played any role in
views with the committee. the foreign interference
But they now believe the plot. Trump and his lawyer,
man was an FBI informant meanwhile, have tried to
trying to set them up in a discredit the investigation,
bid to undermine Trump's insisting it's unfounded and
campaign. Greenberg plagued by misconduct
could not immediately be and political bias.
reached for comment, "WITCH HUNT!" Trump
but in a text to the Post he tweeted on Sunday, insist-
denied he was working for ing: "There was no Russian
the FBI when he met with Collusion. Oh, I see, there
Stone. was no Russian Collusion, so
The letters obtained by now they look for obstruc-
The Associated Press and tion on the no Russian Col-
written by Stone and Ca- lusion. The phony Russian
puto's lawyers say that, in Collusion was a made up
late May 2016, Caputo re- Hoax. Too bad they didn't
ceived a call from his Rus- look at Crooked Hillary like
sian business partner intro- this. Double Standard!"
ducing him to Greenberg, As part of their campaign,
who claimed he had infor- Trump and his loyalists have
mation about Clinton that tried to convince the pub-
he wanted to share with lic that the FBI violated its
the campaign. usual operating proce-
Caputo suggested Green- dures, including installing
berg meet with Stone, who "spies" inside Trump's cam-
had left the campaign in paign, though there's no
2015 but remained an in- evidence that's the case.
formal Trump adviser. Former New York Mayor