The indictment also cites emails and texts exchanged among Stone, a campaign official and others during the 2016 campaign that show he had detailed knowledge of the WikiLeaks material damaging to Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, and was communicating that to senior Trump campaign officials.

According to the indictment, by June or July 2016, Stone told “senior Trump campaign officials’’ that he knew that WikiLeaks had damaging information about the Clinton campaign. He was contacted by senior Trump Campaign officials inquiring about future releases.

After the release by WikiLeaks on July 22, 2016, of emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee, a senior Trump campaign official “was directed” to contact Stone about other damaging material, and he later told the Trump campaign about potential future releases, according to the indictment.

‘Every Week’

At the time of his false testimony to Congress, Stone was still in possession of many of the emails and text messages, including some from the October exchange, according to Friday’s filing. Stone and a high-ranking member of the Trump campaign traded communications, and Stone said the group that had access to the stolen emails would release “a load every week going forward.”

He was also urging other witnesses to falsely testify, or to avoid it altogether, the indictment says. He told a person who was requested to voluntarily testify before a congressional committee to pretend that he doesn’t know critical information that he in fact did know.

“If you testify, you’re a fool,” Stone texted the potential witness on Dec. 1, 2017, according to the filing. “Because of tromp [sic] I could never get away with a certain [sic] my Fifth Amendment rights but you can. I guarantee you you are the one who gets indicted for perjury if you’re stupid enough to testify.”

The indictment refers to that individual as Person 2, a radio host who has known Stone for more than a decade. The description matches that of Randy Credico, a progressive New York political activist and radio host. Prosecutors charged that Stone had repeatedly urged Person 2 to not testify to the House Intelligence Committee.

‘Stonewall It’

In November 2017, Stone urged Person 2 to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than testify to the House Intelligence Committee. When Person 2 told Stone that his lawyer wanted to talk to him, Stone responded: “‘Stonewall it. Plead the fifth. Anything to save the plan’ . . . Richard Nixon.”