A federal judge on Thursday set a Nov. 5 trial date for President Donald Trump's longtime political ally and self-described dirty trickster, Roger Stone.
Stone was arrested in late January in a predawn FBI raid at his Florida home. He was indicted by Mueller's prosecutors on seven criminal counts, including lying to Congress and obstructing a House investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election.
Stone is alleged to have lied about his interactions with whistleblower organization WikiLeaks, which published a trove of Democratic officials' emails in the run-up to the 2016 election. Mueller has accused Russian intelligence agency hackers of stealing the private messages from the Democratic National Committee.
Stone has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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