Thank you for being with us. Stone great to be here. Host joining us for the stioning is michael is mr. Stone, let me begin with the issue of Robert Mueller, do you suspect that he is preparing charges against the president . Stone i believe his inquiry is politically motivated. Weve seen extraordinary evidence in the last couple weeks, tweets, email records, the contributions that indicate his is a partisan hit squad. I think this is a political proceeding rather than a legal proceeding. I believe the president s lawyers are naive about mr. Muellers intentions. I think they misunderstand the committee the political establishment in both parties has for the president and their resolve to remove him on any pretext whatsoever. To me, a strategy of just turning over hundreds of relying on the innate fairness of Robert Mueller is a foolish strategy. I think we have to see what comes out of general flynns plea deal. General flynn has said a Senior Member of the president s Transition Team d
Joining us from new york on iswsmakers cspan program roger stone long term republican strategist. Thank you very much for being with us. Great to be here. Us for the questioning is Michael Isikoff reporter andgative tom tobianco who covers politics andwashington d. C. Mr. Stone let me begin with the issue of Robert Mueller. That he isect preparing charges against the president . Inquiry ise that his politically motivated. I think that weve seen in thedinary evidence last couple of weeks that tweets records the contributions to democrats that is a partisanhis head squad. I think this is a political proceeding rather than a legal proceeding. I have said that i believe that lawyers arets mr. Muellers intentions. I think they misunderstand the politicaly that the establishment both party have for the president. On their resolve to remove any pretext. To me a strategy of turning over of thousands of documents waving executive relying on the is foolishler strategy. I think that we have to se
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Box with maybe trump junior and several other people. Youre using a fancy word as you often do, inculpates for makes them look really suspicious and guilty. Glenn, let me play for you the way mr. Credico tried to limit his exposure to other people that could figure in as subjects or targets. This was on the subject of mr. Roger stone. Take a look. And youre in there as an associate, im not implying anything negative about you, but as a known associate of roger stone and julian assange. Dont say associating of stone. I know stone. What word would you use . Someone that has worked with stone before but not an associate. A former colleague . No. Ive worked on a campaign or two with roger stone in the past. 16 years ive known the guy. It sounds like youre going up from associate, not down. Glenn . So, ari, let me Say Something that you might not hear a lot of people say, but this is probably
A look at breaking news, politics and reports from around the world. Ive made it clear theres no circumstances under which i would testify against the president. And you know, jim, just because hes not contacted by the Special Counsel doesnt mean that hes not in any kind of trouble. Usually the other case. That could indicate theres trouble for you. The other thing is that we have been led to believe that Special Counsel welcoming at some of stones personal finances. Hes had close ties to Paul Manafort, they were in business at one point together and could be another avenue that the Special Counsel could be pursuing. Certainly sounds like theyre pl laying the ground work. The date of muellers team to subpoena the wikileaks intermediary to appear is on september 7th. Whats that tell ugh about the timeline of the probe and whether hes close to finishing . Right. Thats randy credico. Also known roger stone for quite sometime. So that really tells us that this is going to way past the
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