Stone tweets "Podesta's time in the barrel" 47 days before WikiLeaks

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Roger Stone tweeted “Trust me, it will soon be the Podesta’s time in the barrel” on August 21, 2016 - 47 days before WikiLeaks released Podesta emails on October 7. Even Podesta himself didn’t know about the hack until WikiLeaks began leaking. Stone claimed he meant Podesta’s business dealings, not emails, despite telling Florida GOP group on August 10 he had “communicated with Julian Assange.”

Sources & Citations

[1] What you need to know about the indictment against Roger Stone · Jan 25, 2019 Tier 1

[2] August 21, 2016: Stone Foreshadows Podesta Email Dump · Aug 21, 2016 Tier 2

[3] The confusing timeline on Roger Stone's communications with WikiLeaks · Mar 13, 2018 Tier 1

[4] Misrepresenting Stone's Prescience · Mar 10, 2017 Tier 1

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The Cascade Ledger. “Stone tweets "Podesta's time in the barrel" 47 days before WikiLeaks.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, August 21, 2016. https://capturecascade.org/event/2016-08-21--stone-podesta-tweet/