--- title: Roger Stone Is 'Probably' Mentioned in the Russia Indictment description: Longtime Trump associate Roger Stone told CNN he is "probably" the person mentioned in a new Russia indictment, after initially denying it. canonical: https://time.com/5338826/roger-stone-russia-indictment/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-14T16:45:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:51:01.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Roger Stone Is 'Probably' Mentioned in the Russia Indictment og:description: He originally denied the reference to CNN og:url: https://time.com/5338826/roger-stone-russia-indictment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791c4438a7bc1d7e/6989355e0a4a2209079d3303/roger-stone.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Trump Confidant Roger Stone Testifies Before House Intelligence Committee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Roger Stone Is 'Probably' Mentioned in the Russia Indictment twitter:description: He originally denied the reference to CNN twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791c4438a7bc1d7e/6989355e0a4a2209079d3303/roger-stone.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Confidante Roger Stone Says He Is 'Probably' the Person Mentioned in New Russia Indictments > Sponsored content. 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Roger Stone, former confidant to President Trump, speaks to the media after appearing before the House Intelligence Committee during a closed door hearing on September 26, 2017. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Jul 14, 2018 4:45 PM UTC Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, said he is “probably” the person mentioned in new indictments released by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. The Justice Department on Friday [charged 12 Russian intelligence officers](http://time.com/5338172/rod-rosenstein-russian-hacking-charges/) with hacking the Democratic National Committee before the 2016 presidential election. The indictment documents reveal that the hackers were in regular communication with people in the United States, including “senior members of the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump.” Stone was not specifically named in the documents, but has in the past posted [evidence of interactions](http://time.com/5314487/donald-trump-rober-mueller-russia-roger-stone/) with one of the hackers who went by the moniker Guccifer 2.0\. The documents mention Guccifer 2.0 “communicated with U.S. persons about the release of stolen documents.” > [](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1017809607354470402) “I think I probably am the person referred to,” Stone said in [an interview with CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/politics/roger-stone-russia-investigation-wikileaks/index.html) Friday night — a reversal from earlier in the day, when he told the news outlet that he was likely not the person mentioned in the documents. Stone also told CNN that the documents “don’t provide any evidence of collaboration or collusion.” Stone told CNN he changed his tune because he initially “misunderstood the reference.” Sam Nunberg, a political consultant who worked with Stone, also told CNN that the indictment likely referred to his former boss. “I think that they’re referencing Roger,” Nunberg said. During a press conference Friday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein detailed the extent of the alleged Russian hacking, but said there is not yet any evidence that an American citizen was aware of the efforts. “There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in the alleged unlawful activity or knew they were communicating with Russian intelligence officers,” Rosenstein said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338826/roger-stone-russia-indictment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338826/roger-stone-russia-indictment/"},"headline":"Trump Confidante Roger Stone Says He Is 'Probably' the Person Mentioned in New Russia Indictments","datePublished":"2018-07-14T16:45:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:51:01.000Z","description":"He initially denied it","url":"https://time.com/5338826/roger-stone-russia-indictment/","keywords":["justice","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791c4438a7bc1d7e/6989355e0a4a2209079d3303/roger-stone.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791c4438a7bc1d7e/6989355e0a4a2209079d3303/roger-stone.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Confidant Roger Stone Testifies Before House Intelligence Committee","caption":"Trump Confidant Roger Stone Testifies Before House Intelligence Committee","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5338826/roger-stone-russia-indictment/","name":"Trump Confidante Roger Stone Says He Is 'Probably' the Person Mentioned in New Russia Indictments"}}]}] ```