Roger Stone told the House Intelligence Committee radio personality and comedian Randy Credico was his conduit to Julian Assange. Now, Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly wants to interview Credico, who says he won't cooperate without a subpoena.
“The last thing that I would like to be known as is a rat,” Credico told The Daily Beast. “I didn’t talk to the House committee and I’m not going to talk to the Senate committee.”
Credico told The Daily Beast that Roger Stone has been accusing him of cooperating with Mueller, and shared emails where Stone suggests Credico has been wearing a wire for the special counsel. He said he refused to voluntarily interview with Mueller because he is tired of the accusations. “There was a reason why I didn’t submit to a voluntary interview, and that is because I had already been pummeled by Stone and his crew as being a rat,” Credico said.
“Stone denied the allegations. “I have only badgered him to tell the truth,” Stone said. “I have never urged him not to cooperate with any official inquiry—only to tell the truth.”
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Credico has denied facilitating any communication between Stone and Assange. But the the Wall Street Journal reported last month that Stone asked Credico to reach out to Assange on his behalf; Credico told the paper he didn’t assent to Stone’s request.
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Credico said the request from Mueller’s team came about three weeks ago, and that he and his lawyers declined.
CNN:
Credico said investigators from Mueller's team were professional and courteous. While he's hoping he doesn't hear from them again, he believes a subpoena could be coming.
"I don't have a subpoena. If I have a subpoena that means I've got to do it," Credico said. "I'm not going to go to jail for Roger Stone."
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"I really don't know what they're looking for, but they said I am not a target," Credico said on fellow comedian Jimmy Dore's podcast Saturday, where he first divulged the Mueller team's interview request.
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While Credico said he would comply with a subpoena from the special counsel, he has rebuffed other efforts to compel him to testify.
After receiving a subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee, Credico said he would assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and would only testify if the panel offered him immunity.
"I don't mind pissing off the House intel committee, the Senate intel committee because everything's political with them," Credico said. "The Mueller thing, nobody's running for re-election there. They're all professional people. I treat that far more seriously."
Robert Mueller Wants to Talk to Roger Stone’s Comedian Frenemy (The Daily Beast)
Stone's alleged Assange conduit expects to be subpoenaed (CNN)