<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/59bacbe838d20d20008b62c4-2250/roger stone-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Roger Stone" data-mce-source="Hollis Johnson" /><p class="source"><span>Hollis Johnson</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections.</p><p>Mueller charged Stone with obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering,<a href="https://www.justice.gov/file/1124706/download"> according to a Justice Department filing on Thursday</a>.</p><p>Stone met with a Russian offering him dirt on Hillary Clinton's campaign in exchange for $2 million in May 2016, The Washington Post reported last year. Stone reportedly declined, saying Trump "doesn't pay for anything."</p><p><em>More to follow.</em></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/war-syria-explained-countries-leaders-involved-conflict-2019-1">The conflict in Syria has lasted nearly 8 years - here's what it would take to finally end it</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/PByz61la-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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Mueller has indicted former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone, alleging obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering

Hollis JohnsonSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections.Mueller charged Stone with obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering, according to a Justice Department filing on Thursday.Stone met with a Russian offering him dirt on Hillary Clinton's campaign in exchange for $2 million in May 2016, The Washington Post reported last year. Stone reportedly declined, saying Trump "doesn't pay for anything."More to follow. NOW WATCH: The conflict in Syria has lasted nearly 8 years - here's what it would take to finally end it function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);

Hollis JohnsonSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections. Mueller charged Stone with obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering, according to a Justice Department filing on Thursday.

Mueller has indicted former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone, alleging obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering

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