It's day three of the Roger Stone Trial and people who should know better are still, apparently, not getting Credico's involvement in the case. So allow me to explain it to you step by step.

Like you're a dummy.

When Stone boasted about having insider knowledge on Wikileaks, everyone thought he was full of shit.

Then he said it was "Podesta's time in the barrel" and everyone took notice.

Then Stone started implying that Credico was his contact with Wikileaks...

Which was a lie to cover for his true contact: Corsi.

Stone was blaming Credico for information Corsi was feeding him.

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On August 2nd 2016 Corsi sent an email to Stone where he implies "word is, friend" in the embassy had material concerning "Podesta" and that "hackers" were somehow involved.

“Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after I’m back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.... Time to let more than Podesta to be exposed as in bed w enemy if they are not ready to drop HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton]. That appears to be the game hackers
are now about. Would not hurt to start suggesting HRC old, memory bad, has stroke -- neither he nor she well. I expect that much of next dump focus, setting stage for Foundation debacle.

Oh, irony of ironies, here is a quote from the conservative daily news from late 2018, of all the goddamned places in the world, just to rub it in:

Jerome Corsi wrote in his upcoming book, “Silent No More,” that he made three key allegations in his testimony before special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury that could pose legal problems for Roger Stone, a longtime Trump confidant. Corsi claims:

• He told Stone in August 2016 that WikiLeaks had possession of Podesta’s emails.
• He worked with Stone to create a cover story for an Aug. 21, 2016 tweet in which he wrote that “it will soon [be] the Podesta’s time in the barrel.”
• Stone caught wind of the forthcoming release of an “Access Hollywood” tape that showed Trump speaking crudely about women and asked Corsi to contact WikiLeaks to instruct the group to begin releasing the Podesta emails.

Stone had always been in contact with Corsi and Trump, and he used Credico as a patsy to explain away his insider knowledge.

It still blows my mind that people don't get this even as the trial is unfolding: EG Michael Tracey making a fool of himself:

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1192217537465012224

- mtracey

and:

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1192812352476987398

- mtracey

Tracey and Aaron Mate have literally no clue what this case is about.

Roger Stone lied to cover up his contacts with Wikileaks, and then threatened the witness, Credico, who was the centerpiece of said lies.

FFS

Bonus Fuckery: There's another interpretation of the August 2nd email, and it's much much worse for all parties involved. When Corsi says "Word is, friend in embassy" he's talking like he's been in contact with someone else who knows what's going on inside the embassy. Put that together with "That appears to be the game hackers are about" might lead us to suspect Corsi was in contact with the hackers directly. And he was in Italy, which seems to be where one goes to make contact with dodgy Russian contacts. And he seemed to have knowledge of specific info within the Podesta material long before Wikileaks even received said material. This doesn't take away from the fact that Stone asks Corsi to contact Assange repeatedly, as if he expects Corsi has that ability, but it adds a definite layer of criminality to the chain of contacts. If that is the case, Trump better be praying hard Stone doesn't flip.