The Roger Stone indictment makes Trump's public request of Russian hackers sound pretty suspicious

Roger Stone.
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Around the time then-candidate Donald Trump was publicly encouraging Russians to hack Hillary Clinton's emails, his campaign was reaching out to Roger Stone to find out what WikiLeaks had on his Democratic opponent.

This is according to the indictment of Stone, Trump's longtime adviser who has acknowledged having contact with an intermediary to WikiLeaks. "After the July 22, 2016 release of stolen DNC emails by [WikiLeaks], a senior Trump Campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information [WikiLeaks] had regarding the Clinton Campaign," the indictment reads.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.