Roger Stone Roger Jason StoneOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Justice IG investigating Stone sentencing: report Romney says Trump's protest tweets 'clearly intended to further inflame racial tensions' MORE on Tuesday pushed back at the notion that it would be treasonous if President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE's campaign coordinated with WikiLeaks to release emails from rival Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE’s campaign.

“I’ve been accused of being a dirty trickster. There’s one trick that’s not in my bag: That’s treason,” Stone, a longtime GOP operative and informal adviser to Trump, said on MSNBC's “Meet The Press Daily.”

“For it to be a treasonous act, [Julian] Assange would have to provably be a Russian asset, and WikiLeaks would have to be a Russian front. And I don’t think that’s the case,” he continued, referring to the founder of the anti-secrecy group.

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Asked by host Chuck Todd if he thinks it’s possible WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign coordinated the release of the Clinton campaign’s emails, Stone said he has “no knowledge that happened.”

“It certainly did not happen in my case. That is not something I was involved in,” Stone said.

Stone has faced questions about his communications with WikiLeaks from the House Intelligence Committee, but has maintained he spoke to its founder, Assange, through an intermediary.

On Tuesday, Stone said he never discussed WikiLeaks or the hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign with Trump.

On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump had declared “I love WikiLeaks” after the organization published the emails.

“I can honestly say that candidate Trump, Donald Trump, President Trump and I have never discussed the WikiLeaks disclosures before, during or after the election. Not a single one,” Stone asserted.

He also said that he has not spoken with the president in several months.

Stone’s appearance came one day after former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg gave a series of bizarre interviews on cable saying he would not comply with a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE, whose team is leading the probe into Trump campaign associates' ties to Russia.

In explaining his decision to defy the subpoena, Nunberg often invoked Stone’s name, saying it would take “80 hours” to go through all the emails he exchanged with Stone and Steve Bannon Stephen (Steve) Kevin BannonJuan Williams: Swamp creature at the White House Engineers say privately funded border wall is poorly constructed and set to fail: report Bannon and Maxwell cases display DOJ press strategy chutzpah MORE, the Trump campaign's executive. He also described Stone as a mentor.

Stone said Tuesday that he did not advise Nunberg and was pleased that he has ultimately decided to comply with the subpoena from Mueller's team.

"I didn’t ask Sam Nunberg to protect me. I don’t think I require any protection," Stone said.

He added that he has not received a subpoena to turn over documents or appear for an interview with Mueller.