Newly-indicted Trump confidant Roger Stone indicated Sunday that he hadn’t shut the door on the idea of cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Stone maintained his innocence (aside from some professed “inconsequential” errors in prior congressional testimony, which the special counsel’s office has alleged were criminal lies), but expressed an openness to cooperating with Mueller.
At one point on Sunday, Stephanopoulos asked Stone: “You say you won’t bear false witness against President Trump. Are you prepared to tell the truth about your dealings with him to the special counsel, the truth about your dealings with the campaign? Any chance you’ll cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller if he asks?”
“You know, that’s a question I have to determine after my attorneys have some discussion,” Stone replied. “If there’s wrongdoing by other people in the campaign that I know about, which I know of none, but if there is I would certainly testify honestly.”
He continued: “I’d also testify honestly about any other matter, including any communications with the President. It’s true that we spoke on the phone, but those communications are political in nature, they’re benign, and there is certainly no conspiracy with Russia.”
JUST IN: @GStephanopoulos: "Any chance you'll cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller if he asks?"
Roger Stone: "That's a question I'll have to determine after my attorneys have some discussion… I would certainly testify honestly." https://t.co/69J3ebSKtq pic.twitter.com/wdXdmvGOOo
— ABC News (@ABC) January 27, 2019
