• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn

C

cartoon_soldier

Member
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-op...kers-implied-a-connection-to-flynn-1498770851

Might be first actual report of possible collusion between Campaign (via Flynn) and Russia.

WASHINGTON—Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton's private server, likely by Russian hackers.

In conversations with members of his circle and with others he tried to recruit to help him, the GOP operative, Peter W. Smith, implied he was working with retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, at the time a senior adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump.
Click to expand...
 
S

ShadowSwordmaster

Banned
giphy.gif
 
F

Fracas

#fuckonami
Just like every other "megaton" that's come up so far.

Absolute snoozeville until Trump is behind bars.
 
S

skullmuffins

Banned
The operation Mr. Smith described is consistent with information that has been examined by U.S. investigators probing Russian interference in the elections.

Those investigators have examined reports from intelligence agencies that describe Russian hackers discussing how to obtain emails from Mrs. Clinton’s server and then transmit them to Mr. Flynn via an intermediary, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the intelligence.
Click to expand...

flynn is so dirty
 
B

BobTheFork

Member
...ok?

What am I not getting? \

"What role, if any, Mr. Flynn may have played in Mr. Smith's project is unclear. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Smith said he knew Mr. Flynn, but he never stated that Mr. Flynn was involved."
 
B

boiled goose

good with gravy
This is collusion.

Trump's offer was obvious. Pro Russia rhetoric, removal of penalties, and Exxon deal.

Now, this is what he got in exchange (in addition to all the loans, etc)
 
A

antonz

Member
This is a lot of nothing as far as a big boom. We have had people like Roger Stone openly admit months ago they were in direct contact with the Hackers.

This revelation maybe gets Flynn in more trouble but then again its a dead man claiming something and it again establishes a pretty clear Trump was not involved narrative
 
S

shem935

Banned
*Actual evidence of specific collusion* "Well we haven't shot trump into space yet so I'm kinda meh on this tbh"
 
O

Ovid

Member
BobTheFork said:
...ok?

What am I not getting?

"What role, if any, Mr. Flynn may have played in Mr. Smith’s project is unclear. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Smith said he knew Mr. Flynn, but he never stated that Mr. Flynn was involved."
Click to expand...
GOP operative sought to obtain hacked Clinton emails.

Operative apparently was working with or was contacted by Flynn regarding the emails.
 
C

Chmpocalypse

Blizzard
antonz said:
This is a lot of nothing as far as a big boom. We have had people like Roger Stone openly admit months ago they were in direct contact with the Hackers.

This revelation maybe gets Flynn in more trouble but then again its a dead man claiming something and it again establishes a pretty clear Trump was not involved narrative
Click to expand...

Lol

Nice try
 
D

Dash_Riprock

Member
I'm so fucking glad the internet was not around (publicly) during Watergate.

Probably would've gotten a ton of "nothing's gonna happen!" losers back then too.
 
R

ratcliffja

Member
antonz said:
This is a lot of nothing as far as a big boom. We have had people like Roger Stone openly admit months ago they were in direct contact with the Hackers.

This revelation maybe gets Flynn in more trouble but then again its a dead man claiming something and it again establishes a pretty clear Trump was not involved narrative
Click to expand...

The most important thing right now is bringing down Flynn. That forces Trump to pardon a proven traitor or it opens the door for Flynn to flip on Trump.
 
F

FyreWulff

Member
I mean this was a bit of an obvious when nothing GOP got leaked. They weren't even willing to smokescreen it by leaking their own data

probably also why nobody is giving Flynn immunity, they have him pretty walled in
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Hill Russia investigators probe GOP operative who sought Clinton emails
0
875
Shard replied
WSJ: Special Counsel Examines Possible Role Flynn Played in Seeking Clinton Emails
12
3K
Netherscourge replied
WSJ: GOP Activist Who Sought Clinton Emails Cited Trump Campaign Officials
2 3 4
178
32K
Greigor The Fellhand replied
Mike Flynn’s Son Is Subject of Federal Russia Probe
16
3K
Random Human replied
Peter W. Smith, GOP Operative who sought Clinton emails, commits suicide
2
84
13K
Saganator replied
Top Bottom