Longtime Trump associate Roger Stone says the President's lawyers 'are giving him bad advice'

Longtime Trump associate Roger Stone says the President's lawyers 'are giving him bad advice'

Roger Stone said "I don't think the President is getting good legal advice."

Roger Stone, a political operative and longtime confidant of President Trump, said Monday night that the President's lawyers "are not serving him well."

"I don't think the President is getting good legal advice," Stone told the Daily News in reference to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

The flamboyant Beltway insider pointed to a tweet from Trump's account Saturday about disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn — who on Friday copped to lying about his talks with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.

"I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!" the @realDonaldTrump tweet said.

That tweet appeared to suggest Trump was aware when the White House dismissed Flynn on Feb. 13 that the national security adviser had lied to the FBI. FBI Director James Comey was fired in May, and testified to Congress that Trump asked him to go easy on Flynn.

On Sunday, Trump lawyer John Dowd told ABC News that he was actually responsible for the "sloppy" post.

Trump's lawyer John Dowd said he was behind a tweet that seemed to suggest the President knew his disgraced national security adviser lied to the FBI when he dismissed him in February.

"That tweet was an error, in my opinion," Stone said during a phone call. "I now see that Mr. Dowd said the tweet came from him. That seems odd.

"His lawyers are giving him bad advice," he added.

Dowd and Trump’s other lawyers, Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow could not immediately be reached for comment on Stone's claims. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mueller's spokesman declined to comment.

Trump is also under the erroneous impression that he can get out of trouble and doesn't understand the "threat" Mueller poses, Stone claimed.

"I think he needs more aggressive legal advisers — and I think he needs to realize the deep-seated enmity for him from the political establishment," Stone said. "It doesn't matter how well the stock market is doing. It doesn't matter how low the unemployment numbers are."

If Trump's political opponents can't get him out of office with the Mueller probe, Stone claimed, they will try with the 25th Amendment — which enables the President's removal in the event of incapacitation.

Dowd called the post "sloppy."

Stone, who is now on trial for allegedly defaming a former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate, also slammed the suit as "frivolous harassment."

While Stone was not present in court on Monday, he could testify in Manhattan Supreme Court later this week.

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