Roger Stone, who has known Paul Manafort for almost 40 years, says Special Counsel Robert Mueller should not expect him to cooperate in a case against President Trump.
In a wide-ranging interview with CBS Miami, Stone called Manafort "feisty and combative" adding that he's "not going to roll over on this president."
"Why they keep loading up charges against him to pressure him makes no sense to me because there's nothing that he can tell them that will make Donald Trump vulnerable. There is no Russian collusion," said Stone.
In that same interview, Stone reiterated his belief that Trump sitting down for an interview with Mueller would be a bad idea.
"At this point I don't think there's any evidence of Russian collusion or conspiracy or coordination. But I do think he could conceivably be vulnerable to some process crime, perjury, lying to an FBI agent, so on," Stone said.
Stone had no definitive answer as to whether he would be inclined to meet with special counsel investigators.
...[T]he political consultant said he would be "willing to cooperate with an inquiry" generally speaking but said he is taking it as it comes.
Stone has since agreed to provide documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee originally requested by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, as part of the panel's own Russia probe. Feinstein requested a long list of documents, including any communications with WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, Russian officials, and all Trump campaign officials.
Roger Stone says Paul Manafort will never "roll over" on Trump (CBS News)