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Gates testifies that Trump discussed WikiLeaks with Stone during the campaign

Date
2019-11-12
Entry type
cooperating-witness-testimony
Current status
Stone proceeding credited the testimony; Trump submitted a contrary lack-of-recollection answer

His Stone-trial account supplied direct witness evidence while Trump said in written answers that he did not recall such conversations.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpformer deputy campaign chairmanRick Gates
  2. Donald J. Trumplongtime political adviser and clemency recipientRoger Stone

Claims and evidence

  1. factdocumented

    Gates testified at Stone's trial that he witnessed a Trump-Stone phone call and then heard Trump say more damaging WikiLeaks releases were coming. Phone records corroborated contacts but not call content. Trump had answered the special counsel that he did not recall discussing WikiLeaks with Stone; no court found that answer false.