the colorful dirty trickster, has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstructing justice, witness tampering and lying to congress. the indictment alleges that stone lied to the house intelligence committee about wikileaks' release of stolen party e-mails in the 2016 campaign. an effort to keep trump's tax returns out of the prosecutor's hands. he says that immunity does not protect him from a state grand jury criminal probe. he sued to prevent handing over eight years of tax returns. the lawyers have ten days to appeal to the u.s. supreme court, which they vow to do. even if the president loses in the end, his taxes could become public only in a trail or a court proceeding. the justice department appears to be launching an intimidation campaign against the author of "a warning."