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**Timeline** June 14, 2016: Washington Post [reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?utm_term=.fad10d6ef62a) that the Russia government hacked DNC computers June 15, 2016: Guccifer 2.0 [claims responsibility](https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/06/15/dnc/) for the hack as “a lone hacker” August 5, 2016: Stone’s article claiming Guccifer 2.0 and not Russia hacked DNC is [published](http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/05/dear-hillary-dnc-hack-solved-so-now-stop-blaming-russia/) in Breitbart August 8, 2016: In a [video](https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/09/roger-stone-confirms-hes-communication-julian-assange/212261): Stone says he has communicated with Assange: > QUESTIONER: With regard to the October surprise, what would be your forecast on that given what Julian Assange has intimated he’s going to do? ROGER STONE: Well, it could be any number of things. **I actually have communicated with Assange**. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation but there’s no telling what the October surprise may be. [Note: Stone would later [claim](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/roger-stone-they-have-no-proof-236526) he meant that he was communicating with Assange through “an intermediary.” A spokesperson for Assange has issued several [denials ](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/politics/kfile-wikileaks-roger-stone-denial/index.html)including, “Wikileaks has had no contact with Roger Stone.” and “No communications, no channel”] August 12, 2016: Guccifer 2.0 [releases ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/hacker-reveals-personal-information-for-almost-200-democrats-1471048195?tesla=y&mod=e2tw)Democrats’ records it says were taken from a breach of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) August 12, 2016: @GUCCIFER_2 [tweets ](https://twitter.com/GUCCIFER_2/status/764286231643553792)at Stone: “thanks that u believe in the real #Guccifer2″ August 13, 2016: Stone [tweets ](https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/764495709093502976)at @wikileaks @GUCCIFER_2 that it is “Outrageous” that Twitter has suspended Guccifer’s account. August 13, 2016: Stone [tweets](https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/843596492095062016) that Guccifer is a “HERO” August 14-September 9, 2016: Stone **communicates privately with Guccifer 2.0** using Twitter’s Direct Messages. (Only after a news outlet [revealed ](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/roger-stone-and-guccifer-913684)the existence of these communications in March 2017, Stone [publishes](https://stonecoldtruth.com/roger-stone-the-smoking-gun-aims-fires-misses/) the exchange. Stone says this is the entirety of his communication with Guccifer, but the exchange ends abruptly, and there is no way of telling if the two did not continue through other Twitter accounts [or other platforms](https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/842124207995658240).) [Note: Stone does not notify law enforcement authorities.] August 15, 2016: In one Direct Message exchange, Guccifer 2.0 asks Stone: “do you find anything interesting in the docs i posted?” August 17, 2016: Donald Trump is [briefed](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-was-told-russia-was-blame-hacks-long-debate-n663686) by US intelligence agencies that Russia is implicated in the DNC hack (h/t: [@RVAwonk](https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/843604129763287041)) August 17, 2016: In one Direct Message exchange, Guccifer 2.0 says to Stone. “**please tell me if i can help u anyhow**. it would be a great pleasure to me.” August 21, 2016: Stone [tweets](https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/767366825743097856): “Trust me, it **will soon the Podesta’s time in the barrel**. #CrookedHillary” [Note: In an [interview](http://www.breitbart.com/hillary-clinton/2016/10/19/stone-wikileaks-mike-morell-russia/) on October 19, Stone would later claim he had meant only that his tweet was not about Podesta’s emails but about business dealings, which he did not learn about from Wikileaks. Think Progress has a helpful analysis of why “[Stone’s alibi falls apart.”](https://thinkprogress.org/roger-stones-alibi-falls-apart-a1c3cc0aaf7a)] August 22, 2016: Guccifer 2.0 [**sends**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-alleged-russian-hacker-teamed-up-with-florida-gop-operative-1495724787)** to Florida GOP operative Aaron Nevins 2.5 gigabytes** of data from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Nevins posts some of that data on his anonymous Florida politics blog. Late August: **Guccifer 2.0 may have thought/been aware that the FBI was monitoring his Direct Messages**. That is revealed by a separate exchange with The Smoking Gun (TSG) news outlet, which would break the story, in March 2017, about the exchanges. In its March 2017 [piece](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/roger-stone-and-guccifer-913684), TSG writes: > In late-August, TSG asked “Guccifer 2.0” about contact with Stone. After wondering, “why r u asking?,” “Guccifer 2.0” then accused TSG of receiving reportorial guidance from federal investigators: **“the fbi’s tracing me, reading my dm [direct messages] and giving u hints. no?”** When further pressed, “Guccifer 2.0” said, “i won’t comment on my conversations with other ppl.” The self-professed “freedom fighter” added, “why r u so interested in stone? he’s just a person who wrote a story about me. or i don’t know some important stuff?”] September 9, 2016: After asking Stone what Guccifer 2.0 can do to help, **Guccifer 2.0 sends Stone a link to Nevins’ page containing DCCC’s turnout data** and asks what Stone thinks. Stone replies, “Pretty Standard.” [Note: If that type of information being disclosed is not pretty standard, then Stone’s reply is incriminating. [Analysis](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-we-missing-a-big-part-of-the-facebook-story) by Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo suggests it was not pretty standard. The Direct Message exchange between Stone and Guccifer then ends abruptly.] October 2, 2016 (Sunday): Stone says on [Alex Jones’](https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2016/10/03/trump-adviser-roger-stone-says-he-s-been-assured-through-assange-intermediary-mother-lode-coming/213488) show: “An intermediary met with him [Assange] in London recently who is a friend of mine and a friend of his, a believer in freedom. **I am assured** that the **mother lode is coming Wednesday**. It wouldn’t be an October surprise if I told you what it was but I have reason to believe that it is devastating because people with political judgment who are aware of the subject matter tell me this.” October 2, 2016 (Sunday): Stone [tweets](https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/782443074874138624): “**Wednesday **@HillaryClinton is done. [#Wikileaks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wikileaks?src=hash).” October 3, 2016: Stone [tweets](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7UZX7oUwAIBjvF.jpg): “I have **total confidence** that @wikileaks and my hero Julian Assange will educate the American people soon. #LockHerUp” October 5, 2016 (Wednesday): Stone [tweets](https://twitter.com/rogerjstonejr/status/783532251690704896?lang=en): “Libs thinking Assange will stand down are wishful thinking. Payload coming #Lockthemup” October 7, 2016: WikiLeaks’ publication of Podesta’s emails began two hours after the “Access Hollywood” story is published by the Washington Post. [Note: The Washington Post may have given the Trump team some advance warning by seeking comment before publishing. The Post’s story states that the paper sought comment from NBC beforehand.] October 12, 2016: The Daily caller [reports](http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/12/exclusive-roger-stone-responds-to-podestas-vile-smear-that-he-is-in-cahoots-with-wikileaks/), “Stone told TheDC that the release was actually delayed by Assange. ‘I was led to believe that there would be a major release on a previous Wednesday,’ Stone said.” [Note-1: Examining this part of the Daily Caller’s interview with Stone, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti [explains](https://www.justsecurity.org/45404/method-madness-dissecting-roger-stones-statement-congress/), “Stone has effectively admitted in an interview that his statements in October saying something significant was about to drop were, indeed, references to the Podesta emails.”] [Note-2: As Mariotti also mentions, Stone has repeatedly said that he had “**no advance notice about the hacking** of Mr. Podesta.” Stone uses essentially that exact same phrase each time (Stone’s [blog](https://stonecoldtruth.com/russian-mafia-money-laundering-the-clinton-foundation-and-john-podesta/), [Breitbart](http://www.breitbart.com/hillary-clinton/2016/10/19/stone-wikileaks-mike-morell-russia/) interview, [Reddit Ask Me Anything](/5rvt51/im_roger_stone_political_insider_and_longtime/ddajaw6/), [local Florida television](https://www.NOTfacebook.com/StoneColdTruth/videos/693016267520421/)). What Stone does not say is whether he had no advance notice **about the release** of Podesta’s hacked emails.]