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Saturday 24 November 2018

Associate of Roger Stone in plea talks with Mueller

By CHAD DAY chael Flynn.
Associated Press In a brief phone call with
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) the AP, Corsi declined to
— A conservative writer elaborate on the details
and associate of Trump of any plea deal or say if
confidant Roger Stone said a court hearing had been
Friday that he is in plea talks set.
with special counsel Robert Corsi, the former Washing-
Mueller’s team. ton bureau chief of the
Jerome Corsi told The As- conspiracy theory outlet
sociated Press he has been InfoWars, has said he co-
negotiating a potential operated with the probe
plea but declined to com- for about two months after
ment further. He said on a he received a subpoena in
YouTube show earlier this August. As part of that co-
month that he expected operation, he turned over
to be charged with lying two computers and a cell
to federal investigators, phone and provided the
though he said at the time FBI access to his email ac-
that he was innocent of counts and tweets.
wrongdoing. But he said earlier this
Mueller’s team questioned month that talks with in-
Corsi as part of an investi- vestigators recently had
gation into Stone’s connec- In this Oct. 7, 2008, file photo, Jerome Corsi, right, arrives at the immigration department “blown up.”
tions with WikiLeaks. Ameri- in Nairobi, Kenya. “I fully anticipate that in the
can intelligence agencies Associated Press next few days, I will be in-
have assessed that Russia The confirmation of plea It’s unclear if the charges It’s also not known if any dicted by Mueller,” he said.
was the source of hacked talks — first reported by The against Assange are re- plea by Corsi signals a new The spokesman for the spe-
material released by Washington Post — comes lated to Mueller’s investi- raft of charges by the spe- cial counsel, Peter Carr, de-
WikiLeaks during the 2016 as Mueller’s team has just gation, but WikiLeaks was cial counsel or just that in- clined comment on Friday.
election that damaged received fresh information singled out in an indict- vestigators are aggressively Shortly after his YouTube
Hillary Clinton’s campaign. from Trump personally and ment last summer against pursuing cases against show appearance, Corsi
Mueller’s office is trying to as federal prosecutors in a group of Russian intel- people they believe made broke off a scheduled in-
determine whether Stone Virginia recently inadver- ligence officers accused false statements to investi- terview with NBC News and
and other associates of tently disclosed the exis- of carrying out the wide- gators. Mueller has brought declined any other media
President Donald Trump tence of sealed charges ranging hack of Clinton’s such cases against four interviews. His comments
had advance knowledge against WikiLeaks founder campaign and other Dem- others, including former na- Friday were the first since
of WikiLeaks’ plans. Julian Assange. ocratic organizations. tional security adviser Mi- then.q

Duck boat owner settles with Missouri family over accident

Associated Press music shows before a short
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — excursion on Table Rock
The company that owns a Lake.
duck boat that sank on a A federal grand jury this
Missouri lake in the summer, month indicted McKee.
killing 17 people, has set- He is accused of several
tled the first of several law- violations of federal law
suits filed in the accident. overseeing boat captains,
William Bright, 65, and his including not properly as-
63-year-old wife, Janice, of sessing incoming weather
Higginsville, Missouri, were before taking the boat out
among those killed in the on water, failing to tell pas-
July 19 accident on Table sengers to use flotation de-
Rock Lake. Their three adult vices, and other violations.
daughters filed suit soon af- The federal investigation is
ter. ongoing.
Adam Graves, an attor- The Brights were visiting
ney for the family, told the Branson for their 45th wed-
Kansas City Star that the ding anniversary. The law-
settlement with Ripley En- In this July 23, 2018, file photo the duck boat that sank on July 19 in Table Rock Lake in Branson, suit said the company and
tertainment was finalized Mo., is raised. operators of the boat had
Thursday, and that his cli- Associated Press warning that a storm was
ents were satisfied with the Terms were not disclosed. ternational LLC, a division known as Stretch Duck 07 approaching when the
settlement. A Ripley spokeswoman of Ripley; the captain of the went down amid turbulent boat entered the lake at
“One of the first things Rip- declined immediate com- duck boat, Kenneth Scott waters as a strong storm hit 6:55 p.m., about 20 minutes
ley said when they came ment. McKee; and the driver on the Branson area. after the National Weather
into mediation was, ‘We Three others named in the land, Robert Williams, who The duck boat tours begin Service had issued a severe
are a family company, and suit will remain defendants. died when the boat sank. on land with a tour of the storm warning for the Bran-
we value family,’” he said. They are Ride the Ducks In- The amphibious boat town known for its country son area.q