seen here leaving court on friday who was indicted as part of special counsel robert mueller s investigation. a seven count indictment includes charges of abstraction, witness tampering, and lying to congress. house speaker nancy pelosi responded to the news, releasing a statement that set apart, the indictment of roger stone makes clear there was a deliberate coordinated attempt by top trump campaign officials to influence the 2016 election, and subvert the will of the american people. on friday evening, just hours after leaving court, stone sat down with fox news host tucker carlson. he says the indictments are false and that he plans to fight the charges. i meant for the fight of my life. i will not quit. i will not fold. i will not bend. i will not bear false witness against the president. i intend to fight, because this indictment is fabricated. this indictment is thin as can be. my attorneys are highly
wear stone down financially, make sure he is broke so he has to plead guilty to these charges, even though he didn t commit them. and then try to flip me against the president. i m facing $2 million now in potential legal fees. people can go to stone defense fund.com to help me. stone defense fund.com. i m in for the fight of my life. i will not quit. i will not fold. i will not bend. i will not bear false witness against the president. i intend to fight because this indictment is fabricated. this indictment is thin as can be. my attorneys are highly confident that they can win an acquittal. if i can get a fair trial in the district of columbia. tucker: what are the potential consequences you face? what are your lawyers telling you they will push for in terms of the sentence? it s impossible to say. they have not yet had discussion. the only other thing i do want to say is the fbi
hannity watch on the deep state. robert mueller and his merry band of democratic donors, they continue their quest literally to destroy the lives of everyone and anyone that s associated with donald trump. today, roger stone was their latest target. our own trace gallagher has the very latest. sean, pre-dawn raid on the fort lauderdale home of long time trump confidante roger stone began with the fbi shouting, saying open the door. it ended with stone being led away in handcuffs. for months special counsel robert mueller and senior members of the trump campaign tried to benefit from the release of wikileaks of hacked democratic emails damaging to the clinton campaign. stone called the special counsel politically motivated and vowed to fight the charges, saying he wasd falsely accused of making false statements to the houseli intelligence committee. here s what he just said onn tucker carlson tonight. watch. f i m in for the fight of my life.
make sure he is broke sone he has to plead guilty to these charges, even though he didn t commit them. and then try to flip me against the president. i m facing $2 million now in potential legal fees. people can go to stonedefensefund.com to help me. stonedefensefund.com.en i m in for the fight of my life. i will not quit. i will not fold. i will not bend. i will not bear false witness b against the president. i intend to fight because this indictment is fabricated. this indictment is thin as can be. my attorneys are highly confident that they can win an acquittal. if i can get a fair trial in the district of columbia. tucker: what are the potential consequences you face? whath are your lawyers telling you they believe
robert mueller and his merry band of democratic donors they continue their quest literally to destroy the lives of everyone and anyone that s associated with donald trump. today roger stone was their latest target. our own trace gallagher has the very latest. sean, preet dawn raid on the fort lauderdale home of long time trump confidante roger stone shouted with the fbi saying open the door. ended with stone being led away in handcuffs. month special counsel robert mueller and senior members of the trump campaign tried to benefit from the release of wikileaks of hacked democratic emails damaging to the clinton campaign. stone called the special counsel politically motivated and vowed to fight the charges saying he was falsely accused of making false statements to the house intelligence committee. here s what he just said on tucker carlson tonight. afternoon wave. i m in for the fight of my life. but i will not quit.