The arrest follows a decision by the House Intelligence Committee last month to hand over transcripts of Stone’s congressional testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Political consultant and long-time Trump ally Roger Stone has been arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and indicted on seven charges, including obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and five counts of making false statements, Mueller’s office has announced.
In December, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said Mueller’s focus on Stone’s alleged communications with WikiLeaks was evidence that the probe has gone off course. Also last month, conspiracy theorist and Stone associate Jerome Corsi filed a lawsuit against Mueller’s office and the FBI, the CIA and the NSA, accusing investigators of illegally leaking confidential information, and engaging in illegal surveillance. Corsi accused Mueller’s office of threatening him with jail time if he didn’t agree to give false testimony about being the liaison between Assange and Stone.