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Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Info on Clinton

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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Zeke Miller‏ @ZekeJMiller

When did @POTUS learn about DJT Jr, Manafort, Kushner meeting with Russia lawyer: @SHSanders45 “I believe in the last couple of days”
 
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andymcc

Banned
Sho_Nuff82 said:
Most of it's in the OP and the NY Times article, but

- Saturday, NY Times released a story about a previously undisclosed meeting between DT Jr, Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower, which was allegedly put together to gather incriminating information about Hillary weeks after Donald won the RNC nomination in June 2016
- The meeting (but not its content) was only recently, retroactively revealed by Kushner and Manafort after their respective meetings with Congress
- Trump Jr released a statement Saturday saying the meeting happened, but it was about adopting Russian babies
- WH lawyers and chief of staff claim the meeting was organized by Steele's legal group as a false flag against the Trump admin
- Sunday, NYT releases a followup article with more details about who attended and what was discussed.
- Trump Jr releases an amended statement about what was discussed, now including the detail that he originally arranged the meeting under the pretext of getting information about Clinton, and that the lawyer then switched the subject to the US removing 2012 congressional sanctions placed on Russia for murdering a lawyer (which Putin responded to by banning the adoption of Russian babies to US citizens). He has subsequently tweeted that getting opposition research is no big deal, so he doesn't see why there's a fuss.
- Trump admin maintains he never knew about the meeting
- Trump Jr maintains that he did not tell Manafort and Kushner why the meeting was being arranged
- Russian government claims they have no idea who lawyer is (despite the fact that she represents numerous government officials)
- Between Sunday and today it was revealed the meeting was arranged by (and attended by) a close Trump family friend (who was staying in Trump tower at the time according to his own social media, which he's tried to wipe in the interim), at the behest of a Russian business man/musician who is also a close personal friend of Trump (he was in the guy's music video after meeting him at the 2013 Miss Universe pageant).
- The Trump family friend has since released an official statement saying he did arrange the meeting, and for whom.
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in regards to the bolded, is DJT wiping it off of his twitter or is it the russian dude?
 
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jstripes

Banned
Sho_Nuff82 said:
Most of it's in the OP and the NY Times article, but

- Saturday, NY Times released a story about a previously undisclosed meeting between DT Jr, Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower, which was allegedly put together to gather incriminating information about Hillary weeks after Donald won the RNC nomination in June 2016
- The meeting (but not its content) was only recently, retroactively revealed by Kushner and Manafort after their respective meetings with Congress
- Trump Jr released a statement Saturday saying the meeting happened, but it was about adopting Russian babies
- WH lawyers and chief of staff claim the meeting was organized by Steele's legal group as a false flag against the Trump admin
- Sunday, NYT releases a followup article with more details about who attended and what was discussed.
- Trump Jr releases an amended statement about what was discussed, now including the detail that he originally arranged the meeting under the pretext of getting information about Clinton, and that the lawyer then switched the subject to the US removing 2012 congressional sanctions placed on Russia for murdering a lawyer (which Putin responded to by banning the adoption of Russian babies to US citizens). He has subsequently tweeted that getting opposition research is no big deal, so he doesn't see why there's a fuss.
- Trump admin maintains he never knew about the meeting
- Trump Jr maintains that he did not tell Manafort and Kushner why the meeting was being arranged
- Russian government claims they have no idea who lawyer is (despite the fact that she represents numerous government officials)
- Between Sunday and today it was revealed the meeting was arranged by (and attended by) a close Trump family friend (who was staying in Trump tower at the time according to his own social media, which he's tried to wipe in the interim), at the behest of a Russian business man/musician who is also a close personal friend of Trump (he was in the guy's music video after meeting him at the 2013 Miss Universe pageant).
- The Trump family friend has since released an official statement saying he did arrange the meeting, and for whom.
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So, the usual:

- "It didn't happen."
- "Ok, it happened, but it wasn't what you think."
- "Ok, it was what you think, but it's not a big deal."
- "Ok, it's a big deal, but HILLARY AND OBAMA."
 
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Akuun

Looking for meaning in GAF
jstripes said:
So, the usual:

- "It didn't happen."
- "Ok, it happened, but it wasn't what you think."
- "Ok, it was what you think, but it's not a big deal."
- "Ok, it's a big deal, but HILLARY AND OBAMA."
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Just waiting for the inevitable "I SHIT MYSELF ON PURPOSE" finale.
 
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Sho_Nuff82

Member
andymcc said:
in regards to the bolded, is DJT wiping it off of his twitter or is it the russian dude?
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Rob Goldstone is the Trump family friend, he as changed his Instagram to private since the story broke, but people found him checking into Trump tower on the day of the meeting on his Facebook. He organized the meeting at the request of Emin Agalarov, pop singer and son of a Russian billionaire, who's music video Trump appeared in back in 2013:

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Goldstone's "official" statement was posted on a screenshot on the previous page.
 
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andymcc

Banned
Sho_Nuff82 said:
Rob Goldstone is the Trump family friend, he as changed his Instagram to private since the story broke, but people found him checking into Trump tower on the day of the meeting on his Facebook. He organized the meeting at the request of Emin Agalarov, pop singer and son of a Russian billionaire, who's music video Trump appeared in back in 2013:

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Goldstone's "official" statement was posted on a screenshot on the previous page.
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ok gotcha. thanks for the clarification.

dude is not wanting to testify or be questioned by a committee i'd guess.
 
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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Zeke Miller‏ @ZekeJMiller 1

@SHSanders45: “Don Jr did not collude with anybody to influence the election”
 
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BrutishMrFish

Member
Bam Bam Baklava said:
More scandalous than working with a foreign adversary to subvert your own nation's democracy?
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In a sane world where more people actually care about policies it wouldn't be, but in this one? Yes.

Whenever there's some huge leak of information from things like the DNC email hacks or the Sony hacks, the media focuses on the gossipy bullshit and people love it.
 
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plagiarize

Banned
GK86 said:
Zeke Miller‏ @ZekeJMiller 1

@SHSanders45: “Don Jr did not collude with anybody to influence the election”
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I mean, it's technically true if the Lawyer really did instantly pivot to the adoption stuff.

Like it does take two to collude.

But he has now admitted to *trying* to collude. So... you know...
 
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Vilix

Unconfirmed Member
Abstrusity said:
Treason and sedition are so abstract. The average American can't even decide what they want to eat for dinner, do you think they can possibly understand treason and sedition? But you know what they can understand? Piss. Everyone pees. Mostly only the very young, the alcoholics, and the very old piss in beds. Mostly the depraved pay for people to piss in a bed for them..
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Best part of this thread. Well done.
 
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antonz

Member
How About No said:
I thought all the lawyers even had lawyers now
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In the white house for sure. Don Jr was supposedly the one staying out of politics.


Don Jr. Delivered the message he needed too at the meeting and he says so even if not meaning too.

Russians bring up sanctions. Oh My Dad is just an unelected citizen who cannot do anything if he gets elected that would be the time to talk sanctions
 
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cameron

Member
BoogieWoogie said:
DON JR HIRES A LAWYER!
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Article is a little thin at the moment, more details likely to follow. Reuters: Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. hires N.Y. lawyer for Russia probes
Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, has hired New York lawyer Alan Futerfas to represent him in connection with Russia-related investigations, the lawyer and Trump Jr.'s office said on Monday.

Futerfas, a sole practitioner who specializes in criminal defense, would not say when he was retained or whether he had any input into the statements Trump Jr. made over the weekend about a meeting with a Russian lawyer.
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GrizzleBoy

Banned
To be fair, there were probably people who thought they had gotten away with certain things, or that they were not or no longer under scrutiny.

It would just cause unnecessary suspicion if someone's name who'd never yet been mentioned in the probe all of a sudden hired a top drawer lawyer.

You alreadt did whatevwr it was you did, so the smarter play is to just sit quietly in a corner, watch, and react if needed.
 
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kevin1025

Banned
SlickShoesRUCrazy said:
Bring down the entire family.

Leave them in rags.

Take EVERYTHING from them.
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They can keep Trump Tower, but all family members must live there, and they can't leave, and they can have a Keeping Up With The Kardashians type show that takes place only in the tower.

...and then it becomes the movie High Rise.
 
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BlastProcessing

Member
cameron said:
Lol, Agalarov knows the details.
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Yeah, it's become clear why Jr. would risk such a meeting during the election. Agalarov know where the bodies are buried. You want to keep him happy. Hell, I even believe that Jr. didn't know who he was meeting with. Agalarov has enough pull to force a meeting no questions asked.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
plagiarize said:
I mean, it's technically true if the Lawyer really did instantly pivot to the adoption stuff.

Like it does take two to collude.

But he has now admitted to *trying* to collude. So... you know...
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But the adoption stuff is actually much more directly linked to sanctions than the Hillary oppo and is in a way much more troubling. Classic trump move. Make things worse by lying and forgetting what you're lying about in the first place.

Username1198 said:
Yea CNN just did a story on it.

Unreal how everything's being connected but it's not collusion LMAO
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It's all just the largest series of coincidences in history.
 
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