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all right. welcome back. roger stone, long-time friend and advisor of president trump, just arrived at d.c. court for a hearing at the top of the hour. stone was indicted and dramatically arrested last week for allegedly lying to congress about communications with julian assange and wikileaks. as the special counsel prepares their case against stone, the president has brushed stone off, tweeting roger stone didn't even work for me anywhere near the election. "the new york times" reporter maggie haberman asked trump about contact with wikileaks yesterday. >> did you ever talk to him about wikileaks? because -- >> no. >> you never had that conversation in >> no, i didn't. i never did. >> did you ever till him to or other people to get in touch with them? >> never did. >> all right. joining me outside the court, nbc news investigative reporter ken dilanian. ken, give us a preview of what's happening today. >> this is a fairly routine hearing, ali, in a case that's nothing but routine, of course. the main question in court is the speedy trial rule.

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