”Attorneys for Roger Stone on Wednesday accused special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of leaking his indictment to the press before it was unsealed in a federal court.
In a six-page court filing, defense attorneys say a CNN reporter texted Mr. Stone’s counsel a draft copy of the still-sealed indictment roughly 10 minutes after his 6:06 a.m. arrest. The indictment was not unsealed until roughly 8:55 a.m., according to the court filing.
The motion also included a copy of the indictment without the time stamp from the court records database, which defense attorneys say is proof CNN had the indictment ahead of time.
“The copy of the unsigned indictment provided by the reporter appears to have come from the special counsel’s office,” Mr. Stone’s attorneys wrote.”
”CNN has insisted it was not tipped off, but rather pieced together an arrest was likely from their reporting. The network said that Mr. Stone’s arrest was possible because it was one day after Mr. Mueller convened a grand jury after which an arrest is typically announced.”
