Trump adviser says he had contact with Russian 'agent'
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ROGER Stone Jr, an off-and-on adviser to President Donald Trump for decades, has acknowledged that he had contact on Twitter with Guccifer 2.0, the mysterious online figure that is believed to be a front for Russian intelligence officials.
It is the first time that someone associated with Mr Trump has confirmed any type of contact with Guccifer 2.0, who claimed to be a Romanian hacker and took credit for the hacking of the Democratic National Committee.
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