The charges against the six men, all from California, were disclosed in an indictment unsealed in federal court in Washington.
Scheme appears to involve lobbyists and lawyers, a well-heeled campaign donor and a man or woman who is or was in prison and is hoping for presidential intervention. President Trump’s first pardon was ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.
The move came just days before Stone was to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence for lying to the US Congress, witness-tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
Social media giant suspends fake accounts tied to Roger Stone – a longtime ally of US President Trump – Brazil's President Bolsonaro, and networks in Canada, Ecuador, and Ukraine which disguised their true origins.
Roger Stone was jailed for 40 months for impeding a congressional investigation, in a case that ignited a firestorm over US President Donald Trump's political interference in the justice system.
Republican political operative Roger Stone was convicted in November of a seven-count indictment that accused him of lying to Congress.
President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone convicted on all charges by a federal court jury that found the veteran Republican operative and self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" guilty in probe into Russia election meddling.
Amazon CEO says the National Enquirer wanted him to make a public statement that the tabloid's coverage of his extra-marital relationship with a former TV anchor was not politically motivated.
US President Donald Trump's foreign policy does not follow conventional American diplomacy and it could get more erratic as elections appear around the corner.
Roger Stone, an ally of US President Donald Trump was arrested and charged with seven counts, according to a grand jury indictment that was made public by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office on Friday.
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