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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday night said the arrest
of Trump ally Roger Stone showed there was a “deliberate,
coordinated attempt” by Trump officials to subvert the 2016
election.

The California Democrat also asked what leverage Russian
President Vladimir Putin had on President Trump.

“The indictment of Roger Stone makes clear that there was a
deliberate, coordinated attempt by top Trump campaign officials to
influence the 2016 election and subvert the will of the American
people,” Pelosi said in a statement released as the government
shutdown ended on Friday.

“In the face of 37 indictments, the President’s continued
actions to undermine the Special Counsel investigation raise the
questions: what does Putin have on the President, politically,
personally or financially?”

Pelosi also asked why Trump has floated the idea of pulling
the US out of NATO — a foreign policy goal of Russia — and
stressed the importance of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s
investigation.

“The House will continue to exercise our constitutional
oversight responsibility and ensure that the Special Counsel
investigation can continue free from interference from the White
House,” the statement read.

The statement from the Democratic leader was released on the day
that Stone — a former adviser to Trump — became the latest Trump
ally to be indicted by Mueller.

Stone allegedly lied about his pursuit of stolen emails that
were damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. He has
insisted he is innocent.

Trump has continued to dismiss the Mueller investigation,
tweeting on Friday that the probe is “the Greatest Witch Hunt in
the History of our Country!”

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