唐纳德·特朗普的长期助手罗杰·斯通将于本周在联邦法院接受审判，预计该审判将进一步揭示总统2016年的竞选活动及其与维基解密的联系。

陪审团的挑选预计将持续两周，从周二上午在华盛顿特区开始。陪审团的挑选之后，将立即发表开审声明，从周二晚些时候或周三早些时候开始。如果罪名成立，斯通可能面临长达20年的监禁。

67岁的斯通是特朗普竞选团队在2016年选举中是否与维基解密或俄罗斯合谋或合作泄露民主党全国委员会和希拉里·克林顿竞选团队窃取的电子邮件的核心人物。

在与特朗普的竞选团队合作担任顾问之前，斯通是一名长期的共和党特工。他是前任总统罗纳德·里根和乔治·布什的战略家。30多年来，他也是特朗普的朋友。

审判很可能是一场壮观的场面。斯通在她的头旁贴了一张法官的照片后，已经被禁止在社交媒体上讨论该审判。他还举办了各种活动，并成立了一个GoFundMe，试图为他的律师费筹集资金。最近，检察官与斯通的律师就审判期间他们是否可以播放电影《教父》第二部分的片段进行了争论。

“他似乎决心让自己成为一个故事的主题，”哥伦比亚特区的美国地方法官艾米·伯曼·杰克逊在7月份谈到斯通时说。

关于石头审判，你需要知道的一切如下:

费用

斯通在1月份黎明前的一次突袭中被联邦调查局逮捕，此前他被指控向国会撒谎，并在众议院情报委员会调查俄罗斯选举干涉时妨碍司法公正。

总的来说，24页的起诉书包括一项妨碍官方诉讼的指控、五项作出虚假陈述的指控和一项篡改证人的指控。这些指控是前特别顾问罗伯特·穆勒对俄罗斯干涉2016年总统选举的两年调查的结果。

在他被保释后不久，斯通接受了阴谋论者亚历克斯·琼斯的采访，在采访中他说他将与指控作斗争。

“在任何情况下，我都不会对这些指控认罪。斯通说:“在任何情况下，我都不会对总统做伪证。”。他还声称指控是“伪造的”，他可能是被陷害的。

潜在证人

前白宫顾问史蒂夫·班农、特朗普的竞选副主席里克·盖茨、保守派作家杰罗姆·科尔西和电台主持人兰迪·克雷蒂科可能会在审判中作证。

据报道，班尼和斯通在2016年的竞选中保持联系由获得的电子邮件纽约时报。在这些邮件中，斯通暗示他有信息表明维基解密正计划发布会损害克林顿竞选的信息。

 

唐纳德·特朗普总统的前顾问罗杰·斯通于2019年5月30日离开位于华盛顿特区的巴雷特·普莱特曼美国法院，对斯通的审判将于周二开始，预计将持续两周。

根据起诉书，斯通和科尔西在2016年还交换了多封关于维基解密的电子邮件。斯通第一次被捕后，科尔西告诉美国有线电视新闻网，他将“乐意作证”，并“尽我所能说出真相”

检察官还表示，斯通要求克里迪科充当他和维基解密阿桑奇之间的信使。后来，他要求克里迪科就此事向国会撒谎，给他发短信“阻止它”，甚至威胁要带走克里迪科的狗。

阿桑奇是一个不会被传唤出庭作证的人，他目前在伦敦的监狱里。

审判对特朗普意味着什么

斯通发誓他永远不会背叛总统，但审判可能会给特朗普带来更多戏剧性事件，特朗普正面临众议院民主党人正在进行的弹劾调查。

该审判可能会产生证据，对特朗普告诉特别顾问的维基解密和被黑客攻击的电子邮件提出质疑。特朗普在书面证词中表示，他“不记得”在竞选期间被告知斯通或其他任何人讨论过维基解密黑客事件。如果特朗普对特别顾问撒谎，那可能是犯罪。

斯通的审判也将使穆勒报告重新成为全国关注的焦点，同时众议院民主党人考虑特朗普试图向乌克兰总统沃洛迪米尔·泽兰斯基施压，要求其调查政治对手乔·拜登是否是一项可弹劾的罪行。虽然穆勒的报告没有发现与俄罗斯有任何勾结，但并没有为总统的行为开脱。

斯通告诉记者，审判开始前几天哥伦比亚广播公司12新闻自从他最后一次和特朗普说话已经“相当长一段时间了”。但在乌克兰争议中，他确实为总统辩护。

“我认为总统没有做错什么，”斯通说。他补充说，他“像每个美国人一样，阅读了那个电话的记录，我仍然认为总统的所作所为没有任何不当之处。”

ROGER STONE TRIAL: CHARGES, POTENTIAL WITNESSES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR TRUMP

Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone will be in federal court this week for a trial that is expected to shed even more light on the president's 2016 campaign and its contact with WikiLeaks.

Jury selection for the trial, which is expected to last up to two weeks, begins Tuesday morning in Washington D.C. Opening statements will immediately follow the selection of the jury, starting either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. If convicted, Stone could face as long as 20 years in prison.

Stone, 67, is at the center of the question of whether the Trump campaign conspired or cooperated with WikiLeaks or Russia to leak stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2016 election.

Before teaming up with Trump's campaign as an adviser, Stone was a longtime Republican operative. He worked as a strategist for past presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He had also been a friend of Trump's for more than 30 years.

The trial is likely to be a spectacle. Stone has already been banned from discussing the trial on social media after posting a photo of the judge with crosshairs next to her head. He's also held various events and started a GoFundMe to try to raise money for his legal fees. Recently, prosecutors fought with Stone's lawyers over whether or not they could show a clip from the film "The Godfather Part II" during the trial.

"It seems he is determined to make himself the subject of a story," U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia said of Stone in July.

Here's everything you need to know about the Stone trial:

Charges

Stone was arrested by the FBI in a pre-dawn raid in January after being indicted on charges he lied to Congress and obstructed justice in the House Intelligence Committee's probe into Russian election interference.

Overall, the 24-page indictment included one count of obstructing an official proceeding, five counts of making false statements and one count of witness tampering. The charges were a result of former special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Shortly after he was released on bond, Stone did an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones during which he said he would fight the charges.

"There are no circumstances under which I would plead guilty to these charges. There are no circumstances under which I would bear false witness against the president," Stone said. He also alleged that the charges were "bogus" and that he was possibly being framed.

Potential Witnesses

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon, Trump's deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, conservative author Jerome Corsi and radio host Randy Credico are likely to testify in the trial.

Bannon and Stone were in contact during the 2016 campaign, according to emails obtained by The New York Times. In those emails, Stone suggested he had information that WikiLeaks was planning to release information that would be damaging to the Clinton campaign.

 

Roger Stone, former adviser to President Donald Trump, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House May 30, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Stone's trial begins on Tuesday and is expected to last up to two weeks.

According to the indictment, Stone and Corsi also exchanged multiple emails about WikiLeaks in 2016. Corsi told CNN after Stone was first arrested that he would be "happy to testify" and that he was "going to tell the truth, to the best of my ability."

Prosecutors also say that Stone asked Credico to act as a messenger between him and WikiLeaks' Assange. He later asked Credico to lie to Congress about the communication, texting him to "stonewall it" and even threatened to take away Credico's dog.

One person who will not be called to the witness stand is Assange, who is currently in jail in London.

What the Trial Means for Trump

Stone has vowed that he would never flip on the president but the trial is likely to stir up even more drama for Trump, who is facing an ongoing impeachment investigation from House Democrats.

The trial could produce evidence that challenges what Trump told the special counsel about WikiLeaks and the hacked emails. In written testimony, Trump said he "did not recall" being told during the campaign that Stone or anyone else had discussions about the WikiLeaks hack. If it turns out that Trump lied to the special counsel, it could be a crime.

Stone's trial is also going to put the Mueller report back into the national spotlight at the same time House Democrats consider whether Trump's attempt to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate political rival Joe Biden was an impeachable offense. While Mueller's report did not find any collusion with Russia, it did not exonerate the president's behavior.

Days before the trial began, Stone told CBS 12 News that it's been "quite some time" since he last spoke to Trump. But he did come to the president's defense in the Ukraine controversy.

"I think the president's done nothing wrong," Stone said. He added that he "read the transcript of that phone call, as did every American, and I still don't see any impropriety about what the president did."