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Trump seeks to shift narrative after Stone indictment | TheHill

posted onJanuary 27, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE. Trump took to Twitter to list a group of former government officials that he alleged had lied in the past, without offering specifics. "If Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others?" Trump wrote, referring to multiple former national security and law enforcement officials he has repeatedly criticized. "What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter’s deleted texts & Wiener’s laptop? Much more!" he added. Stone, a longtime Republican strategist and ally of the president, was indicted on seven charges Friday as part of special counsel MORE's investigation. He is facing one count of obstruction of justice, one count of witness tampering and five counts of making false statements. On Friday, Trump accused the FBI of mistreating Stone and suggested that CNN had been tipped off about his early morning arrest in Florida. The network has said it sent a camera crew to Stone's house following a hunch after grand jury activity the previous day. "Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION! Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better. Who alerted CNN to be there?" Trump tweeted. In Saturday's response to the indictment, which is part of Mueller's investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, Trump attempted to put the focus on several figures... Link to the full article to read more

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