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An old friend — a former procuress from New York whom Mr. Stone has employed as an administrative worker — testified about him to the federal grand jury hearing evidence in the inquiry. Another old friend, a New York City radio host, has been subpoenaed to appear before the same grand jury. For months now, Mr. Stone, 65, has been a key focus of the inquiry by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into whether any Trump associates worked with Russian operatives who were secretly trying to tip the election in Mr. Trump’s favor. And on Twitter, he seemed to correctly predict the release of emails — stolen by Russian hackers — sent and received by John D. Podesta, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman. Image At least two campaign officials — Mr. Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and a foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos — were aware of the Russian government’s interest in assisting the Trump campaign and were eager to receive the help. Mr. Trump said nothing ever came of those efforts. Last year, Mr. Credico was identified as the intermediary between Mr. Stone and Mr. Assange of WikiLeaks. On Friday, Mr. Credico’s lawyer, Martin Stolar, said his client was scheduled to appear before the Russia grand jury on Sept. 7. In response, Mr. Stone said that Mr. Credico had never told him “what the source, content or scope of the WikiLeaks disclosures would be.” He also said that he “would urge Mr. Credico to simply tell the truth,” if he is compelled to testify. Mr. Stone’s aide, Andrew Miller, received his own subpoena to appear before the Russia grand jury this year, and his lawyers have been trying to quash it ever since.