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| George Papadopoulos has one degree of separation from Jeff Seasons and three from Trump. |
Drilling down on Papadopoulos’s plea, we see a Trump campaign operative engaged in a prolonged effort to obtain Clinton dirt from the Russians. Moreover, we know he kept a “senior policy advisor,” a “supervisory campaign official” and a “high-ranking official of the campaign” in the loop. That’s no less than three other Trump associates who were aware of and/or countenancing the effort to work with Russian officials to find “dirt” on Clinton.
The Lawfare Blog notes that Papadopoulos directly interacted with Trump about Russian contacts:
"The stipulation also contains some rather damaging information about President Trump himself. Papadopoulos says he attended a “national security” meeting on March 31, 2016, at which Trump himself was present, along with his other foreign policy advisers. In that meeting, Papadopoulos told the group that he had connections to arrange a meeting between Trump and Russian President Putin. This means that Trump either knew or should have known about his campaign’s effort to interface with Russia, even as news of various criminal hacking and attempts to interfere with the U.S. election were becoming public."
It’s not clear yet whether Trump also knew that Papadopoulos was on the hunt for information from the Russians about Clinton. However, Trump, if he was paying attention, knew there were contacts with the Russians, something he continually denied publicly. Did Trump forget he heard about contacts between his campaign and the Russians? He says he has an excellent memory, so that’s a problematic defense.
Papadopoulos also has stipulated that “other foreign policy” types were at the March 31 meeting. In the photo from the Trump campaign Web Site we see one of those who was in attendance was now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was named on March 3 chairman of Trump’s National Security Advisory Committee. You will recall he testified under oath he knew of no such contacts between the campaign and Russian officials. That will require explanation.
Yesterday White House spokesliar Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that Papadopoulos was a nobody and the only meeting he attended was the one of which there is photograph evidence. (Funny how that works out.)
She also claimed to have no idea what the names of the other folks mentioned in the Papadopoulos plea were.
And yet we know this.Sarah Sanders: “I’m not aware of the specific individuals” mentioned in the Papadopoulos plea https://t.co/t9AxPlXpRN— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 31, 2017
Okay so that is at the very least all of those people in that meeting (Including Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump.) who should have known that the Russians were shopping around "dirt" on Hillary Clinton, Michael Flynn who was also having multiple contacts with the Russians, Paul Manafort who Papadopoulos emailed directly, Carter Page who the campaign apparently sent to Moscow to see this so called dirt, and Corey Lewandowski who okayed the trip.Manafort in May: Campaign needs someone low-level to travel to Moscow so as not to send a signal.— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 31, 2017
Carter Page traveled there in early July. pic.twitter.com/jmCCvjR4c0
And this goes as far back as March of last year when Papadopoulos was trying to arrange a meeting with members of the campaign staff and Russian operatives.
Which was at least two months before Trump Jr. had his infamous meeting in Trump Tower with the Kremlin connected lawyer on June 3rd.
So how long has Trump known that the Russians were shopping around "dirt" on Hilary Clinton?
A better question is "When did he NOT know?"
He knew. They all knew. They are all liars and traitors to this country.
ReplyDeleteThe timing of meetings and Trump praising Putin, promising a big announcement about Hillary Clinton which was made when Kushner and Don Jr. we’re meeting at Trump Tower are beyond reasonable doubt he did not know. There is more that is beyond coincidence also. Then the lies to deny any business dealings in Russia and that they kept changing their stories, “forgot” to report meetings on security clearance forms.
DeleteCharged with Us Code:18 U.S. Code § 2381 - TREASON>
Delete"WHOever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States."
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
Sarah's daddy (Mike Huckabee, Southern Baptist preacher) needs to give Sarah a Ten Commandments refresher course
ReplyDeleteSarah is just as creepy as her Daddy! Both supposed religious folks! My ass!
ReplyDeleteThere appears to be substantial information, as much as the public knows, of collusion by the campaign and obstruction by Trump. Mueller and his team of attorneys gather evidence most that has not been revealed publicly and there is video and tweets by Trump. Trump accusing Papadopoulos of being a “liar” may delight his base but for the prosecution the tweets compound the coverup.
ReplyDeleteIt is logical that Papadopoulos wore a wire especially since Trump is known to be a habitual liar most assess as a pathological liar. The evidence known publicly and the indictments demonstrate Mueller’s legal team has collected extensive evidence.
As far as Mike Huckabee goes, he needs a refresher course as well. She learned well from day. The Ten Commandments is not a list of things for them not to do as much as it is a bucket list of things for them to do: bear false witness, commit adultery, covet, etc. When they get caught, they get to play the "get out of jail Jesus" card and walk away free.
ReplyDeleteWhen did he know it? A well documented drumpf trial awaits going back to his lousy unreal swamp show and beyond. Obamas birth cert. To the elevator ride down to hell with a liddle help from family and friends. A desperate attempt to wipe away debt and flaunt the dark side of a sour life. Loyalty to America or Americans does not exist with mr drumpf or his enablers. Fox no news continues to brainwash the loyal viewers. It is a dangerous game these humans are playing.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe how heartless all you folk are.
ReplyDeleteAll of these meetings were about poor Russian orphans. They were just setting up deals to increase adoptions by doing "two-for-one-sales". Other ideas discussed were door to door sales like Girl Scout cookies and vacuum cleaners.
Before you criticize President Trump, stop and think of the sad hungry look in the eyes of these kids.
ps: I heard John Kelly bought three of these orphans to work on his farm as slaves.
They cut um up for 'body part$.
DeleteOK medicine time folks. Gees. Louise.
DeleteAnd so drumpf jr. tard has a bright smart ass idea. Teach his kid about socialism by taking half of the childs free Halloween candy given to her and he claims to give it to a child homebound for whatever reason. Brilliant. But in the twisted and hateful mind of jr. he fed candy to the deplorable basket of the deranged souls that continue to enable treason and espionage against america. So again the selfish hateful family given and stolen opportunity to express humanity or empathy fails again.
ReplyDeleteHe also made her wear a police uniform for Halloween when she probably wanted to be Wonder Woman.
DeleteSo sad
ReplyDeleteYou can tell Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a big liar.
ReplyDeleteJust like Sarah Palin, Sarah Huckabee can't look you straight in your eyes when she talks to you.
OT" “hysteric spasmodic symptoms”. untOO
ReplyDelete"KCNA news agency lashed out at “bellicose and irresponsible rhetoric” by the “master of invective”.
“He absolutely needs medicine for curing his psychical disorder,”
"Pyongyang says it needs nuclear weapons to defend itself against possible invasion by the US."
rump’s itinerary includes Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, with all eyes on his message to the North"
“The president is not going to visit the DMZ, there is not enough time in the schedule.” The official added: “It’s becoming a little bit of a cliché, frankly.”
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Pap>"when he attended a March 31, 2016 campaign national security meeting he told the small group, which included President tRUMP, that he had ongoing communications with Russians that would allow him to facilitate a meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin"
ReplyDelete"9. On or about March 31, 2016, defendant PAPADOPOULOS attended a “national security meeting” in Washington, D.C., with then-candidate Trump and other foreign policy advisors for the Campaign. When defendant PAPADOPOULOS introduced himself to the group, he stated, in sum and substance, that he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then-candidate tRUMP and President Putin."
"Significantly, it suggests that tRUMP is not being honest about what he knew about his campaign’s engagement with Russia. This is a string that Mueller will likely continue to pull. It could mean that, as the investigation develops, tRUMP himself may become a more central figure."
https://thinkprogress.org/the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-papadopoulos-plea-8b59601200ac/
AFRICOM Title 10: 3500 missions:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/investigative-reporter-author-nick-turse/
I wonder if Mueller will keep Session's beat down until the end?? He's obviously in it up to his eyeballs but it would complicate things terribly to go after him now, right? OR maybe he's cooperating already? He might look and act dumb but I think he's pretty cunning.
ReplyDelete"So how long has Trump known that the Russians were shopping around "dirt" on Hilary Clinton?"
ReplyDeleteAnother question to ask, is how long did Hillary know that her campaign and the DNC were paying in the millions of dollars to Russians for dirt on Trump. This does go both ways and I'm neither a Trump or Hillary supporter, but it is quite true.
This is why DC is called the swamp.
Can you read 9:38?
DeleteI’m also remembering that favorite daughter, Ivana, also took some shady sounding trips with Putin’s reported girlfriend around this time. Perhaps Ivana was also a go between. We know her husband is a sleezy traitorous shitbag. This entire family is crooked.
ReplyDeleteSorry, got the names Ivana and Ivanka confused.
DeleteI know. Those Trumps are up to their necks in Russians.
DeleteActually, I think Ivanka’s given name is also Ivana. She’s called Ivanka as an endearment and to differentiate her from her Mother.
DeleteAbsolutely. Also, It’s pretty transparent you are a Trump supporter.
ReplyDeleteI find it odd that a high-level campaign meeting such as this one, which is memorialized with this photograph, was not audio recorded--for posterity, for publicity, for the generally accepted notion that records must be maintained and preserved?
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