USA Today reports Roger Stone has emailed supporters with a request for immediate donations to help clear his name in the Russia investigation. Stone, who has not been charged yet with any wrongdoing, claims his legal defense will cost him $500,000:
"Friend, I'm facing a $500K price tag to clear my name of the Deep State's baseless charges!" the flamboyant Republican consultant wrote in his fundraising appeal, which asked supporters to contribute from $25 to "even $100 or more immediately."
Stone wrote that the "legal assault" against him has already cost him more than $100,000 in legal fees.
Stone testified in private before the House Intelligence Committee on September 26, 2017 and faced a subpoena for not revealing who allegedly connected him with Wikileaks' Julian Assange:
House investigators quizzed Stone about his advance knowledge of WikiLeaks' release of a slew of embarrassing emails from the account of Hillary Clinton campaign chief John Podesta in the midst of the presidential race.
Stone made cryptic references via Twitter about the expected publication of damaging information related to Podesta just two months before the emails were released. Stone said he wouldn't tell committee members who served as his intermediary with Assange because it was a journalist and their conversation was off the record.
On October 13, 2017, Stone's attorney issued a short statement claiming Stone had complied with the committee's requests.
Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone seeks donations to help pay for his defense in Russia probe (USA Today)