Could go either way. It's definitely not gonna be The Big Orange himself, but I'd love to see it be someone like Reince Priebus.
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NBC News: Former Russian counter-intelligence officer was in Don Jr. meeting
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Could go either way. It's definitely not gonna be The Big Orange himself, but I'd love to see it be someone like Reince Priebus.
If you're talking about what lewandowski mentioned, that was debunked. He was at Trump Tower most of the day and a local fund raising event.
After only checking last when it was 3 people it now feels like the meeting will end like this.
Funny enough, those are Russians.
I think I know who the two unknown people in the meeting were...
This seems spot on. Also I think they made the traitors way too smart in The Americans.
lol I like this guy.
Seems like it could be a sound strategy if you aren't in the midst of a cover up scandal.
Jfc, at this point that meeting had more people than Trump's inauguration.
My mistake. I remember looking up rallies held by trump on that day and thinking it was at the same time.
That is actually a good point. What exactly was Manafort supposedly doing on his phone that whole time in the middle of a meeting?
I wonder if that is enough detail for them to subpoena his phone/text messages or something from that day or if eventually that will play a role in this unfolding story.
Are you still at the meeting if you're on a phone call listening?
Priebus is a career politician, so even if he were in the building he'd be smart enough to keep an air gap between himself and the actual meeting.
NullPointer
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The guy who announced the next day that he was going to have a press conference to go over Hillary dirt? (which never materialized)
The guy who looked into the camera and appealed to the Russians on national TV to provide Hillary's deleted emails?
The guy who said just the other day "most people would have attended that meeting"?
Why in the world anybody gives Trump the benefit of the doubt with these stories mystifies me. Everything in his character and public statements shows that he's not the kind of person who would have a problem with colluding with Russians to get dirt on Hillary.
And that also assumes that his advisors aren't incompetents, which they clearly are, and on a staggering level. Even if they had the foresight to try and keep Trump out of the loop, I don't think they nor Trump could actually pull that off.
Vyse The Legend
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Trump wasn't physically there, but the odds of him not knowing about it are infinitesimally small.
NullPointer
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Yeah, it doesn't make sense considering his statements at the time.
It'd be one hell of a coincidence if Trump was referring to some other Hillary dirt that didn't materialize.
It wasn't the next day. It was literally an hour and a half after this meeting started.
NullPointer
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Well hell.
skullmuffins
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The translator's identity has been released, Anatoli Samochornov. He's a Russian-born American, registered democrat. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...russia-meeting_us_5966ac00e4b0a8d46d11f69f?pv
innervision961
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He's a registered democrat huh? Well shit, pack it up fellas, there's your story!
I'm sure we'll see a Breitbart article saying as much within the hour.
Orbis Tabula
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Donald Junior, not to be outdone,
had some Russians come join in the fun.
It's a good thing they talked
about how to adopt,
because Trump surely wants a new son.
had some Russians come join in the fun.
It's a good thing they talked
about how to adopt,
because Trump surely wants a new son.
Well shit, it was all a setup by the Dems. Set em up and then waited... until now. Because reasons.
BronsonLee
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That...might be Steele's source
Meanwhile in the alternate universe of Fox News: Maybe the Russians were colluding with Hillary Clinton to get information on Donald Trump.
Master Yoshi
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In relation to Steele:
From the Dossier, page 33:
Granted, the October 2016 reporting of August is after the events in the summer. Similar MO though, in this case you have Anti-Magnitsky Act institutes distributing documents.
Didn't they also think Hilary was gonna start WW3 with Russia though? So they were going to help get her elected and then waste billions of dollars to go to war with her?
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I swear lizard people conspiracies make more fucking sense than some of the bullshit the right has been pulling out of their asses lately.
Electric Eye
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These are Russians used to making up narratives that get repeated by state news and in turn get turned in nothing burgers with no legal ramifications. They forgot this isn't Russia and though we have right wing news playing defense for Trump they may sway opinion among the morons that watch them but they have no say so in the law.
BoogieWoogie
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Because the Russians are not the GOP's friends, something they can't seem to wrap their heads around.
mysocksarepink
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Yes, but I more meant was he instructed to do this? Why at this time? Is this a punishment for not lifting sanctions? Or is this something else?
NullPointer
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She's always been described as not knowing a lick of English. She's always spoken through translators.
Skinny Pete
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The translator was there to draw pictures so Don Jr could understand what was going on, and then pass on to his dad. He loves pictures and diagrams.
jellies_two
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That's isn't correct - it was claimed the Russian lawyer lady hired fusion gps at some point to lobby for her magintsky act repeal efforts. This isn't particularly surprising her main purpose appears to be trying to get it over-turned.
To those always saying how these things take years and pointing to watergate - I get where you're coming from, but this seems very different. Watergate dealt with a president cheating to get elected, which is bad, but this is on a whole other level. This is a legitimate national security concern where the more time he is in office, the more damage he can do. The more sensitive intel he or his staff could be leaking. The more international good will he can flush down the toilet.
We do not fully understand Trump or his staff's motives. The only thing we do know is that Russia wanted him there and wanted to hurt America and the trust its citizens have in its government.
This shit is urgent. Do it right, but do it fast. Frankly, the speed of information makes me think that's what's happening. But just wanted to comment on the "this takes years" posters. It can't take years.
We do not fully understand Trump or his staff's motives. The only thing we do know is that Russia wanted him there and wanted to hurt America and the trust its citizens have in its government.
This shit is urgent. Do it right, but do it fast. Frankly, the speed of information makes me think that's what's happening. But just wanted to comment on the "this takes years" posters. It can't take years.
skullmuffins
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Interesting...
