By Ali Dukakis and Lee Ferran at ABC News –
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s recent indictment against President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and veteran political operative Roger Stone laid out a series of assertions against him but never alleged contact with Russians — the heart of the Mueller probe.
But hints of those ties may have been hidden in plain sight – in the form of a little-noticed marking on the indictment itself that legal experts believe may suggest more about Stone’s role in the probe than the actual charges against him.