Cybersecurity

The Civil Rights Warrior Who May Have Linked Roger Stone to WikiLeaks

  • Margaret Ratner Kunstler’s legal work spans Attica to Assange
  • U.S. alleges lawyer was forwarded email seeking Clinton dirt
Margaret Ratner KunstlerPhotographer: Michael Stewart/WireImage
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Tucked into last week’s indictment of Roger Stone, the brash longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, was a fleeting reference to an attorney who had the ability to contact WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Prosecutors wrote that an email from Stone, seeking dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, was forwarded to the attorney, who wasn’t identified -- adding an intriguing character to the mystery over possible links between Trump’s presidential campaign and WikiLeaks.