we have been reporting on this from the start from san antonio claiming his allies were intermediaries for wikileaks we got his denial on the record. >> i have never been to russia, i have to contacts in russia, i have no contact with any representatives of the russian state or russian investigation i had no kcontacts with people who may have been a go between without any knowledge. >> that is your denial on the record. >> flat only did -- denial >> his friends say that he was bragging about access to julian assange. even a good defense for stone was looking like it would require admitting that at least he lied in the past. >> maybe the only question left for roger stone if he does ever face investigators, at this