Roger Stone, the notorious Republican political operative and long-time friend of President Donald Trump, pled not guilty on Tuesday to seven criminal counts, including lying to Congress, obstruction, and witness tampering. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors have accused Stone of lying to congressional investigators about his efforts to inform Trump campaign officials of WikiLeaks’s plan to release hacked Democratic National Committee emails that proved damaging to Hillary Clinton. Sitting in federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson ordered Stone to return Friday afternoon for another hearing.
