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@LPDonovan

My favorite part is that this ultimately all goes back to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. You can't make it up.

 

[Surfinn]

Jr's statement:


yesterday's statement:

What the hell.. This is so clumsy

 

[Kremzeek]

Isn't this going to be the same what's "ethical" vs. what's "illegal", resulting in nothing?

 

[Loxley]

What the hell? Is this some kind of palace coup? Why else would White House advisors reveal stuff like this?

I think literally every single report we've gotten on what it's like inside Trump's White House has said that everyone hates the guy.

 

[Skinny Pete]

Lock them all up!

 

[KernelPanic]

This seems like fucking huge news. This is the first time we've heard of anyone in Trump's admin actually trying to get damaging info about Hillary from Russians.

If Trump's son tried this with some random Russian lawyer, how many OTHER times did Trump/co attempt it?

There was Peter Smith looking to recruit Matt Tait to verify HRC emails:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.the...ked-emails-russia-trump-peter-smith-matt-tait

I wonder who's the source? Seems Manafort is spilling the beans? Can't imagine the others present would be.

Only a few people would have known about this meeting.

 

[Zolo]

So let's say all this stuff isn't prosecuted this term? What's their plan for when a Democrat begins office again and they're all taken to court without Trump as president anymore?

 

[UberTag]

Isn't this going to be the same what's "ethical" vs. what's "illegal", resulting in nothing?

Eventually. They have to get through another 5 or 6 rotations of lies that get refuted and proven groundless first.
THEN after being caught lying about it repeatedly will they make the argument that what they did wasn't illegal and only not ethical.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Collusion confirmed it seems:

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html?mwrsm=Twitter

 

[BronsonLee]

Someone's talking

 

[mjp2417]

Jr's statement:


yesterday's statement:

 

[Big Baybee]

Someone's talking

Yeeeeep

 

[Random Human]

Manaforte or Page or both flipped.

 

[Boylamite]

There hasn’t been a lack of unnamed sources

Oh here we go. The issue is with the leakers, right?
I know you've said you didn't vote for Trump... But that must be because you're either lazy or a convicted felon.

 

[skullmuffins]

Is there anything about the timeline here or the people involved that would make it difficult for this to be a successful effort at collusion? At least an offer from the Russians, like "yo, we have the DNC emails & we'd like some sanctions removed. Think about it and get back to us with your answer". Because Don Jr admitting on the record that he tried to get damaging info from the Russians and was disappointed that he failed... is a very strange turn of events and there's zero chance we're getting the full story.

 

[RinsFury]

Just relocate the entire family to gitmo, they seem to love it, and they're more dangerous to the country than anyone there.

I'd trade every prisoner in gitmo for the Trumps.

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Damn!

 

[Master Yoshi]

Collusion confirmed it seems:



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html?mwrsm=Twitter

It's treason, then...

 

[Zolo]

There hasn’t been a lack of unnamed sources

Because these tend to be people that don't want to be caught in crossfire yet.

I imagine we'll see more people come out in the open if Mueller's case is finished and allowed to be tried.

 

[kingocfs]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

 

[shem935]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

Because they didn't want to be scooped.

 

[Surfinn]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

Maybe this is only a prelude

Because they didn't want to be scooped.

Or that

 

[Turbo Killer]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

So it's first thing on the news tomorrow.

 

[kingocfs]

Because they didn't want to be scooped.

I guess, but at least publish it early enough for the morning shows.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

Because Trump met with Putin on Friday, sucked his dick at G20, and the IC are moving at rapid speed to start attacking his traitorous ass.

Trump's dumb ass saying "Let's start a cyber department with Russia!" probably has everyone now working overtime on this shit, if they weren't already.

 

[Random Human]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

They'll probably run a big story on Monday.

 

[RoKKeR]

Why release this story on a Sunday afternoon?

I am pumped for Morning Joe tomorrow I can tell you that much.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

 

[shira]

Mueller hypue

 

[Surfinn]

Lol

 

[Snaku]

Collusion confirmed it seems:



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html?mwrsm=Twitter

 

[jack_package_200]

I have never seen that gif before.

Thats fantastic

 

[Dan]

There's still the follow-up regarding the identity of this "acquaintance" to come. This story will keep going.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

So again, you had assholes like Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, all knowing this shit maybe months ago since they're on the Intel Committees and were STILL fucking asking about Hillary's emails.

 

[rambis]

Holy shit. That NYT is basically a megaton if they are able to confirm it. I wonder why leak it?

Edit: Trump/Putin tweets. Yeah he's the biggest idiot.

 

[BrutishMrFish]

Her statements were vague, ambiguous, and made no sense.

"So that's what that's like."

 

[RoKKeR]

Holy shit. That NYT is basically a megaton if they are able to confirm it. I wonder why leak it?

Leak? It's a sourced news story.

 

[TheSpoiler]

Okay. He did it.

What's the consequences? And I don't mean like a smarky stream of tweets. Like real consequences.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

NYT probably withheld this info yesterday to wait for a White House response. Now that we have that, NYT was like, "Yeah, about that..."

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Holy shit. That NYT is basically a megaton if they are able to confirm it. I wonder why leak it?

Edit: Trump/Putin tweets. Yeah he's the biggest idiot.

It's confirmed by way of Trump Jr's statement already. He says he was there under the promise of getting dirt on Clinton but they never materialized.

 

[Zolo]

Five stages of Trumpism:

1. "It's a total lie, never happened, fake news."

2. "It happened, but it's not a big deal."

3. "OK it might be a big deal, but it isn't illegal."

4. "OK it's illegal, but Hillary and Obama something something, so it's OK."

5. "Get over it, libturd, you're just a sore loser."

I guess we're on #4 at the moment, though I find #5 is a constant.

NYT probably withheld this info yesterday to wait for a White House response. Now that we have that, NYT was like, "Yeah, about that..."

Not the first time they've done that.

 

[paperboywriter]

So, early analysis: is this gonna be something substantial?

 

[Kusagari]

Trump Jr.: It's okay that I tried to commit treason because I got no actual information.

 

[Protein]

Benedict Donald.

 

[rambis]

Leak? It's a sourced news story.

Im guessing this is all highly classified material pertinent to the ongoing investigation and only a select few would have been privy to it. My question is why did that person want this published?

 

[Random Human]

Okay. He did it.

What's the consequences? And I don't mean like a smarky stream of tweets. Like real consequences.

Long term? We have no way to know.

Short term? Mueller adds Don Jr.'s photo to the board and gets out some string.

 

[Zolo]

So, early analysis: is this gonna be something substantial?

In all honesty, I wouldn't expect anything substantial to happen to Trump until Mueller's investigation finishes which should be when witnesses should have testimonies, evidence connected, etc.

 

[DiamondDog74]

So does this drag the investigation out longer or make the dot connecting easier?

 

[ivajz]

I wonder what the stories for the rest of the week will look like, but this one is huge.

 

[Ponn]

Trump Jr.: It's okay that I tried to commit treason because I got no actual information.

He's new at this.