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'Prepare to die': Trump ally's emails

Donald Trump ally Roger Stone allegedly called an associate a "rat" and threatened his dog in a bid to stop him from testifying in the Russia meddling probe.

ROGER STONE'S THREATS TO STOP AN ASSOCIATE FROM TESTIFYING, ACCORDING TO A 24-PAGE INDICTMENT:

* "You are a rat. A stoolie. You backstab your friends-run your mouth my lawyers are dying Rip you to shreds," Stone told the person in an April 9 email. He also threatened to "take that dog away from you", and said, "I am so ready. Let's get it on. Prepare to die."

* "If you testify you're a fool. Because of tromp I could never get away with a certain 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," Stone told the person in a December 1, 2017, text message.

* "You are so full of. You got nothing. Keep running your mouth and I'll file a bar complaint against your friend," Stone wrote in a May 21 email.

* Another December 1 2017 message referred to a character in the mob movie The Godfather: Part II who declines to testify to Congress after mobsters bring his brother from Italy to the hearing in an apparent threat to the man's safety. Court papers said that Stone told the person to "do a 'Frank Pentangeli'."


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