By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone said the president’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort will not plead guilty or “roll over” on Trump.
Stone told CBS4 that Manafort, who has been charged on numerous counts, including conspiracy and bank fraud, told him he has no plans to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign to undermine the 2016 presidential election.
“He’s feisty and combative and he’s not going to plead guilty,” Stone said. “And he’s not going to roll over on this president.”
Manafort’s longtime business associate, Rick Gates, has agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s team and pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy against the U.S. and making false statements to the FBI.
Manafort is expected to face a trial as early as September on one set of charges.
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