Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates told a court Tuesday that Trump did discuss WikiLeaks with Roger Stone in 2016.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller speaks during a news conference at the FBI headquarters June 25, 2008 in Washington, DC.According to Gates, Trump said that"more information would be coming" from WikiLeaks, an international non-profit organization that publishes leaks and classified information provided by anonymous sources, immediately after finishing a phone call with Stone in July 2016.
Gates also told the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. on Tuesday that members of the Trump 2016 presidential campaign regarded Stone as the person who had information about what WikiLeaks was expected to release. He also said that Paul Manafort, who formerly chaired the Trump campaign, disclosed to him that he planned on sharing with Trump any information he received from Stone.
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