Trump Confidant Roger Stone Indicted On 7 Counts Related To 2016 Election Attack
Updated at 12:19 p.m. ET
Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operator and confidant of President Trump, was arrested on Friday after being indicted on seven counts including obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements in connection with the Russian attack on the 2016 election.
Stone appeared at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He did not enter a plea. He was released on $250,000 bond and with travel restrictions that confine him to South Florida, New York City and the Washington, D.C., area.
Stone's next court appearance is expected to be in Washington although it isn't clear when.
, returned by a grand jury impaneled by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, is the first to charge an American in connection with one of the best-known aspects of Russia's attack on the 2016 election: that embarrassed political targets including significant figures in the Democratic Party.
