Tag: lying to congress

Jury finds Stone guilty of lying to Congress

The Hill logoRoger Stone, the right-wing provocateur and longtime associate of President Trump, was convicted on Friday of lying to Congress and witness tampering related to his efforts to feed the Trump campaign inside information about WikiLeaks in 2016.

Jurors convicted Stone on all seven counts of obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering.

The verdict marks another high-profile victory for former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, whose legal team alleged that Stone had tried to conceal from Congress his contacts with the Trump campaign and people he believed were feeding him inside information about WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign.

View the complete November 15 article by Harper Neidig on The Hill website here.

House Committee Refers Erik Prince For Lying In Russia Probe

Trump ally and billionaire military contractor Erik Prince could be the latest member of Trump’s circle to be swallowed up by the Russia investigation.

That’s because House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said his committee plans to make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice to investigate Prince’s possible lies to Congress.

The lies revolve around a meeting in the secluded Seychelles islands that Prince had with a Russian businessman with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

View the complete April 30 article by Emily Singer on the National Memo website here.

Things are not looking good for Donald Trump Jr.

The following article by Judd Legum was posted on the ThinkProgress website May 23, 2018:

Lying to Congress is a crime, even if you are not under oath.

Credit: Kathy Willens/AP

On September 7, 2017, Donald Trump Jr. appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into foreign interference in the 2016 election and the potential involvement of the Trump campaign.

Early on in the proceedings, which began at 9:34 in the morning, the following exchange occurred: Continue reading “Things are not looking good for Donald Trump Jr.”