Gates testifies that Trump discussed WikiLeaks with Stone during the campaign
Reporting and findings
- documented
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.
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5Stone section, pages 223–252: Gates trial testimony, phone records, and Trump written answers
- U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office: Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential ElectionVolume II, pages 128–131: Trump answers and Stone-related obstruction evidence
Summary and current status
His Stone-trial account supplied direct witness evidence while Trump said in written answers that he did not recall such conversations.
Stone proceeding credited the testimony; Trump submitted a contrary lack-of-recollection answer
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump network root
- Rick Gatesformer Trump deputy campaign chairman
- Roger Stonelongtime Trump political adviser and clemency recipient
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpformer deputy campaign chairmanRick Gates
- Donald J. Trumplongtime political adviser and clemency recipientRoger Stone