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40. Wikileaks denies Roger Stone had "back-channel" contact with Assange

Mon Mar 27, 2017, 05:12 PM

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Wikileaks Denies Roger Stone Had 'Back-Channel' Contact With Assange
March 27, 2017, 5:02 PM EDT

Wikileaks on Monday denied longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone's claim that he had "back-channel communication" with the organization's founder, Julian Assange, before the 2016 election. "No communications, no channel," a Wikileaks representative told CNN's KFILE by email.

In August 2016, Stone claimed to be in touch with Assange in advance of a so-called "October surprise" comprised of documents the Wikileaks founder promised to release in order to derail Hillary Clinton's campaign. "I actually have communicated with Assange," Stone said.

Stone denied in October 2016 that he had direct contact with Assange, but claimed to have "a back-channel communication" with him. "We have a good mutual friend," he told local Miami TV station WFOR. Throughout the 2016 campaign, Wikileaks denied on Twitter that it had any contact with Stone. ..............

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#TrumpRussia 50 tweet MEGA-THREAD by Seth Abramson [View all] L. Coyote Mar 2017 OP

Thanks for this! furtheradu Mar 2017 #1

++++++++++ iluvtennis Mar 2017 #21

Business Insider:Timeline of events that unfolded during the election appears to support FBI's.. iluvtennis Mar 2017 #23

Thanks. Here is another #TrumpRussia timeline graphic. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #26

And thank you...nice timeline. iluvtennis Mar 2017 #36

K&R BSdetect Mar 2017 #2

Bookmarked for posterity. lastlib Mar 2017 #12

I submit that if the election is invalid, then it follows that any line of succession is invalid. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2017 #48

Agreed, all executive orders, everything. Reset to last moment of legitimacy, Obama. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #49

We've got to get him on decaf eleny Mar 2017 #3

This is excellent, thank you Happyhippychick Mar 2017 #4

NOTES: L. Coyote Mar 2017 #5

Mayflower MEGA-THREAD The plot to sell America's foreign policy for foreign oil and steal election L. Coyote Mar 2017 #9

There's a Twitterer in that chain that can't handle it. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2017 #50

One of the things I like about mega-threads, the opportunity to feedback each tweet. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #53

Always found it interesting, the dossier was first 'ordered' by a Republican & wonder who it was. Sunlei Mar 2017 #6

Jeb Bush is the one to send thank you notes to. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #16

I wonder if he has access to daddy's old CIA buddies ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2017 #51

Jeb. murielm99 Mar 2017 #19

This is great, but I kinda wish it was all in one place. progressoid Mar 2017 #7

It is, in several places. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #10

Please read the posts following same article Dailykos Thekaspervote Mar 2017 #13

Post some excerpts. I read some of the comments. They confused whole 19% with 0.5% commission. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #17

He's the reporter, not the source. Do you even know who those posters are. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #18

He has links for most of his contentions, his credibility is thus not an issue here. nt stevenleser Mar 2017 #32

Thanks. progressoid Mar 2017 #24

Steele will never be safe. Putin would have him killed anyway, to serve as an example tblue37 Mar 2017 #8

Thank you for posting this. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #11

John Schindler (a good IC source) is skeptical of some of Steele dossier sharedvalues Mar 2017 #14

The yellow rain is a bit suspect L. Coyote Mar 2017 #20

Link: 35-page dossier Equinox Moon Mar 2017 #15

But can the FBI be trusted to not disappear him? Sounds like some very notdarkyet Mar 2017 #22

Let's not get Putinesque paranoid kooky. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #25

I agree. Xolodno Mar 2017 #42

LOL. But only in a professional manner. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #43

Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner L. Coyote Mar 2017 #27

Kushner's brother was in Moscow at the beginning of campaign in June of 2015 L. Coyote Mar 2017 #29

Scott Dworkin‏: Our evidence of Kushner's Russian ties .... L. Coyote Mar 2017 #39

Boris Epshteyn Named in July FISA Application; Did Nunes Obstruct Justice? L. Coyote Mar 2017 #28

Sorry, this has nothing to do with the content, but this is why I hate Twitter. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #30

What he should have done is created a blog, created an article with his contentions and then stevenleser Mar 2017 #33

This is getting a lot of retweeting. From that perspective, mega-threads are doing really well. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #35

#TrumpRussia trending #3 L. Coyote Mar 2017 #31

Russia could have more tricks up their sleeve L. Coyote Mar 2017 #34

Sure serves up some food for thought, doesn't it. calimary Mar 2017 #37

And we've had only one public hearing so far. 100 FBI agents are on the case. What's to come? L. Coyote Mar 2017 #38

Wow!! Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2017 #52

Hacking works both ways! L. Coyote Mar 2017 #54

Wikileaks denies Roger Stone had "back-channel" contact with Assange L. Coyote Mar 2017 #40

Get up to speed on #RussiaGate in just 10 minutes! @JuddLegum L. Coyote Mar 2017 #41

You should post this as its own discussion. SticksnStones Mar 2017 #46

Thank you! Fascinating stuff innit? Lucinda Mar 2017 #44

Seth Abramson 54 tweet MEGA-THREAD: "Source E" is the Deep Throat L. Coyote Mar 2017 #45

Sally Yates to testify before Senate panel even if she doesnt appear before House committee L. Coyote Mar 2017 #47

Time to bump this thread. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #55