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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...mnik-trump-investigation-2016-election-latest
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared polling data on the 2016 election with a Russian man linked to Moscow’s intelligence agencies, according to special counsel Robert Mueller.
If it looks like a duck........
tic toc tic..........
Fourth redaction on page 9
The first alleged misstatement identified in the Special Counsel’s submission(regarding a text exchange on May 26, 2018) related to a text message from a third-party asking permission to use Mr. Manafort’s name as an introduction in the event the third-party met the President. This does not constitute outreach by Mr. Manafort to the President. The second example identified by the Special Counsel is hearsay purportedly offered by an undisclosed third party and the defense has not been provided with the statement (or any witness statements that form the basis for alleging intentional falsehoods).
https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/man...heir-response-to-mueller-heres-what-they-say/
OK. This looks REALLY bad for Trump.
There is no good reason for Manafort to have been sharing polling data with foreign agents. If a foreign agent wants polling data they really need to go to the media and read it there just like everyone else.
:doh
Boy you really have to wonder if our human intelligence assets are as deep into Russia as their human intelligence assets are into us. Granted our electronic intelligence capabilities are better than theirs. But their human intelligence has about a 200 year advantage on ours and they are simply that much better than we are. Its not even close.
Natalia Veselnitskaya, Dana Rohrabacher, Paul Manafort.... Who and what is next?
I had always thought that Manafort was more afraid of the Russians than he was of anything else and it now appears that is the case. No wonder he was willing to lie and screw up his plea deal with Mueller as opposed to tempt the Russians who are likely still quite willing and capable of ending his life for him. In fact, I have mused in these pages that I doubt the Russians are that much less reluctant to bump off Manafort on US soil than they would be off bumping of people in England. It might actually be the thin difference between murdering in the UK and murdering a American citizen here that is keeping Manafort alive at this point.
This is about to get really ugly and I mean really ugly. Trump is probably desperate to pardon him but he really can't. Manafort probably does not want to be pardoned now. If anything he wants to go into deep protective custody with his wife who is likely scared out of her wits if she knows what is going on.
If it looks like a duck........
tic toc tic..........
Now see...this is why you should never consume the spinning nonsense from the media. You actually believe that Manafort shared something with a Russian. In fact, some unknown third party SAID that's what Manafort did...and Mueller, like a dumbass, ran with it in court.
Here is the actual section of the defense attorney's court filing:
There's no point in assassinating anyone. The mission is to embarrass the US.
Except that the whole idea of covert operations is that they remain covert. The last thing Russia wants is complete exposure of their covert op.
Yes, to protect that covert op, Manafort would undoubtedly be worth killing for the Russians.
I had always thought that Manafort was more afraid of the Russians than he was of anything else and it now appears that is the case. No wonder he was willing to lie and screw up his plea deal with Mueller as opposed to tempt the Russians who are likely still quite willing and capable of ending his life for him. In fact, I have mused in these pages that I doubt the Russians are that much less reluctant to bump off Manafort on US soil than they would be off bumping of people in England. It might actually be the thin difference between murdering in the UK and murdering a American citizen here that is keeping Manafort alive at this point.
Why? What does Russia lose in exposure? Does anyone put anything past Putin?
Russia has nothing to lose here. The more they got us, the more they win. Proof is merely a realization of their plan.
By the time we figure out what they did to us 2 years ago, they will be busy shafting us in many other clever new ways. By the time we figure it all out, it will just be ancient history.
Why? What does Russia lose in exposure? Does anyone put anything past Putin?
Russia has nothing to lose here. The more they got us, the more they win. Proof is merely a realization of their plan.
Now see...this is why you should never consume the spinning nonsense from the media. You actually believe that Manafort shared something with a Russian. In fact, some unknown third party SAID that's what Manafort did...and Mueller, like a dumbass, ran with it in court.
Here is the actual section of the defense attorney's court filing:
There is big different on the scale of state actors on the world stage if Putin's pants are down around his ankles on this. Suddenly Russian diplomates/intelligence officers will be getting tossed out of world capitals left and right and Putin will be suddenly unwelcome on the world stage.
"When you actually look at the substance of what this administration has done, not the rhetoric but the substance, this administration has been much tougher on Russia than any in the post-Cold War era," said Daniel Vajdich, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
You know Putin has murdered people in foreign countries, even the West, right?
Pulling some fast ones during a US election is hardly paradigm shifting.
Polls are only secret if the one who paid for the poll wants them to be secret......look for instance at how often we talk about polls.
This is nothing dressed up as something.
Really....any of them linked directly back to Russian Intelligence? And if you want to call this "a fast one during a US Election" I just don't know what to say to that either.
Here's a nice little story from NPR that shows how tough Trump has been on Russia: https://www.npr.org/2018/07/20/630659379/is-trump-the-toughest-ever-on-russia
I know. NPR. National Public Radio. Such a fascist outlet, right!?
To all the fair-minded people out there, if Trump was an investment of Russia, it's turning out to be a bad one, policy-wise.
You picked that piece to make your point. Not much of an effort.
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