Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone has settled a defamation lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages filed by a Chinese businessman who Stone claimed had violated U.S. election law by donating to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. In a document filed in Florida federal court Monday, Stone said he "retracts, and apologizes for statements" he made about Guo Wengui on the conspiracist website InfoWars earlier this year. Stone described Guo, who also goes by the name Miles Kwok, as a "turncoat criminal who is convicted of crimes here and in China." He is also required to run ads carrying the statement in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Stone repeatedly has claimed he had no inside knowledge about the content, source or timing of WikiLeaks' disclosure.

Source: Fox News December 18, 2018 02:48 UTC