>> first of all, i think julian assange is a hero. i think he's taking on the deep state both republican and democrat. i expect you're going to see more from mr. assange who again, i think is a hero. >> we have mutual aquaintance who is a fine gentleman. i happen to be one who thinks that assange is a hero. >> mueller probinging whether that hero was involved in helping the russians, stone's own record raising those questions. august 2016, stone says he knew about key information against clinton from at assange intermediary and seemed to predict the hacking of john podesta saying trust me, it will be his time in the barrel. wikileaks release those e-mails and then these messages from wikileaks to stone leaked in it the atlantic just last with this message, happy we're now much more free to communicate after the election. tonight, stone disclaimed any