Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone Roger Jason StoneJustice IG investigating Stone sentencing: report Romney says Trump's protest tweets 'clearly intended to further inflame racial tensions' Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam MORE says that he spoke with President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE “very recently,” disputing Trump's own claim that he hasn't spoken with Stone "in a long time."

“I’m not going to contradict the president and I’m not going to say when I spoke to him — but I would say this, I have spoken to him very recently,” Stone, a potential subject for ongoing investigations into ties between Russia and Trump's campaign, said Friday on ABC’s “The View.”

“I’ve always taken the position that private conversations between myself and the president, which are occasional — that they have to remain confidential. He has to be able to ask for advice or discuss politics and not find it on the front page.”

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Stone dded that Trump, who fired FBI director James Comey James Brien ComeyBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Michael Cohen book debuts at top of bestseller list Trump offered Kelly FBI director's job, demanded loyalty: report MORE Tuesday, “knows” his opinion of Comey.

“I would have fired him five seconds after I took my hand off the Bible,” Stone said, referring to Trump's January inauguration.

Trump wrote on Twitter Wednesday that a CNN report that Stone recommended firing Comey is “fake news.”

“The Roger Stone report @CNN is false – Fake News,” he tweeted. “Have not spoken to Roger in a long time – had nothing to do with my decision.”

Stone, who has admitted contact with suspected Russian hacker front "Guccifer 2.0," is among several Trump associates under FBI scrutiny as part of its probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.