any direct contact with russian hackers or july dwran assange, nor any claim in the indictment of direct contact with the president as it relates to these charges, although, there is an intriguing reference to a senior trump campaign official having been directed to contact stone. i m not dismissing the significant of a federal indictment. but these are process crimes and don t go to the underlying question of possible collusion between the trump campaign and russians. and stone could arguably have avoided some of his current legal peril when asked specific questions by saying, he didn t recall. instead, for example, stone gave an emphatic no when asked whether he d texted an intermediary to wikileaks. the special counsel claims, there were actually frequent written communications. maybe stone lied. maybe he forgot. or maybe he wanted this fight? the only thing worse for roger