Roger Stone’s lawyers told his jury Wednesday that they want them to think about his state of mind when he allegedly made false statements to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee about his attempts to contact WikiLeaks.

That was the defense offered by Stone’s trial team against charges that Stone lied to Congress and impeded a congressional investigation. Fort Lauderdale defense attorney Bruce Rogow argued that, because Stone was appearing before the committee as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, he was answering questions with only Russia, and not WikiLeaks, in mind.

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