Gates witnesses a September 29 Trump-Stone call followed by a WikiLeaks forecast

Date: 2016-09-29
Entry type: campaign-information-operation
Current status: Committee credited witness and phone evidence; Trump said he did not recall the conversations

Gates recalled Trump saying after the call that more damaging releases were coming; Trump's written response said he did not recall such discussions.

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Donald J. Trumplongtime political adviser and clemency recipientRoger Stone
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Rick Gates testified that on the way to LaGuardia Airport on September 29 he saw Trump take a call from Stone and afterward heard Trump say more damaging information would be released. Phone records showed multiple Trump-Stone contacts in relevant periods. The Senate committee assessed that Trump spoke with Stone about WikiLeaks, while Trump's sworn written answers said he did not recall discussing WikiLeaks with Stone. The conflicting account remains explicit.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office: Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential ElectionVolume I, pages 51–60 and Volume II, pages 128–131: Gates account, calls, and Trump written response
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5Pages 223–252: phone evidence, witness accounts, and committee assessment