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usnewsper-politics · 11 months ago
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Judge Reinstates Gag Order on Trump Adviser Stone in Russia Case #AmyBermanJackson #donaldtrump #GagOrder #RogerStone #Russiainvestigation
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globalbuzz · 2 years ago
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Special Counsel Durham's Testimony Raises Concerns of Misleading Congress
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John Durham, the special counsel appointed by former Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI's handling of the Trump-Russia scandal, recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee. However, his testimony has raised questions about potential false statements and misrepresentations. Let's examine some key aspects of his testimony. Durham's primary task was to uncover evidence supporting former President Donald Trump's claims that the Russia investigation was a politically motivated conspiracy orchestrated by his opponents within the Deep State. However, after a four-year investigation, Durham failed to produce significant evidence to support these claims. He secured guilty pleas from some individuals, such as an FBI lawyer who tampered with an email for a surveillance warrant, but he did not prosecute any high-ranking FBI or Obama administration officials as Trump and his allies had hoped.
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Special counsel John Durham is sworn in during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation. During the committee hearing, House Republicans hailed Durham as a hero, despite significant criticism of his final report. However, both Democratic and Republican committee members questioned Durham's statements, suggesting that he either lacked familiarity with essential facts or intentionally attempted to mislead Congress and the public. One notable exchange occurred when Representative Adam Schiff asked Durham about the infamous Trump Tower meeting on June 9, 2016. The meeting involved Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and a Russian lawyer who claimed to have damaging information on Hillary Clinton. Durham dismissed the significance of the meeting, suggesting that people receive similar information all the time. However, this characterization contradicted the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, which documented the discussion of Clinton-related matters during the meeting. In another exchange with Representative Tom McClintock, Durham denied the existence of evidence supporting the central charge of the Trump-Russia collusion allegations, namely, that Trump campaign operatives had contacts with Russian intelligence sources. However, substantial evidence, including contacts between Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, a former Manafort employee identified as a Russian agent by US government officials, contradicts Durham's claim. Durham's misleading statements raise concerns about the true purpose of his investigation. Did he conduct an unbiased inquiry, or did he employ the government's resources to bolster Trump's baseless claims about the Russia scandal? His false statements to Congress regarding crucial facts further undermine his credibility and warrant scrutiny, potentially necessitating a separate investigation into his conduct. Overall, the testimony of John Durham before the House Judiciary Committee has left many questioning the integrity and impartiality of his investigation. The inconsistencies and misrepresentations in his statements cast doubt on the validity of his findings and his commitment to the truth. Read the full article
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notmypresidenttrump · 5 years ago
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Damn you really hate to see it, a longtime advisor and confidant of Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts in a federal trial of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and some other crimes. —————————————————- Stone was found guilty of lying to Congress in his September 2017 testimony, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and other charges relating to the Mueller probe. He is the sixth Trump aide convicted of charges as part of the probe. ——————————————————- Prosecutors painted him as a serial liar who tried to bully witnesses into not cooperating with authorities. He could face up to 20 years in prison. —————————————————— #rogerstone #russiainvestigation #trumpadministration #russiaprobe #mueller #politicalnews | #Repost @theexecutivetea ・・・ https://www.instagram.com/p/B45n-uSgjuX/?igshid=1ghxcdlum95ho
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moonwalkertrance · 6 years ago
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Paul Manafort was working for a man who was just convicted of serving Russian interests even while serving as the President of his own country
Paul Manafort's longtime client, the former Ukrainian president Viktor F. Yanukovych, was found guilty of treason for serving Russian interests while in office
KIEV, Ukraine — Former President Viktor F. Yanukovych committed treason by inviting Russia to invade Ukraine and reverse a pro-Western revolution that ousted him from power, a court in Kiev ruled on Thursday, sentencing Mr. Yanukovych to 13 years in prison.
The former president is a widely reviled figure in Ukraine for his over-the-top corruption — he lived in a palace with a private zoo — and because the police shot dozens of antigovernment demonstrators during an uprising in 2014. He has also been widely characterized in Ukraine and the West as pro-Russia — and even as a puppet of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin.
The court’s ruling was the first to formally determine that Mr. Yanukovych was serving Russian interests while president of Ukraine.
Before his work on the 2016 Trump campaign, Paul J. Manafort was a political consultant for Mr. Yanukovych; he has been convicted of multiple criminal charges stemming from the investigation into Russian manipulation of the United States election.
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Soldiers in uniforms without identifying insignia turned up on the Crimea Peninsula in 2014.
Mr. Yanukovych fled to Russia after being ousted in February 2014 and was tried in absentia. The treason case focused narrowly on one episode of his downfall: a last-ditch effort to hold onto power after he had already fled the capital by appealing to Mr. Putin to intervene militarily on his behalf.
Prosecutors pointed to a letter Mr. Yanukovych sent to Mr. Putin as an indication of treason. Though Russian forces did invade Ukraine within days of Mr. Yanukovych’s fall, the Kremlin never in fact accepted his plea for help as a legal pretext for doing so.
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations at the time, Vitaly I. Churkin, read Mr. Yanukovych’s appeal at a Security Council meeting in March 2014. The Russian Senate also authorized military action abroad.
But rather than rely on Mr. Yanukovych’s invitation, Russia intervened using a ruse: Soldiers wearing uniforms without identifying insignia turned up on the Crimean Peninsula and in two provinces in eastern Ukraine. Russian officials said they were local militia or members of a motorcycle gang.
Mr. Putin later conceded those in Crimea included Russian soldiers with the military intelligence agency known as the G.R.U.
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Ukrainians seized Mr. Yanukovych’s residential compound in 2014. He had fled to Russia.
More than 10,000 people have died in the ensuing war, according to the United Nations, the worst bloodshed in Europe since the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.
In his letter, Mr. Yanukovych asserted that Western countries were backing an illegal coup and that Russia should intervene to restore his authority.
“An illegal seizure of power has led Ukraine to the cusp of civil war,” Mr. Yanukovych wrote, according to Vladislav Devyatko, the judge who read the verdict aloud on Thursday. “Chaos and anarchy rule the country. The lives and rights of people are threatened, particularly in the southeast and in Crimea.”
The letter went on to say that “I appeal to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, with a request to use the armed forces of Russia to restore legal authority, peace, order and stability.”
A panel of three judges found Mr. Yanukovych guilty and imposed the prison sentence on Thursday, but he is unlikely to spend a day behind bars, as he now lives in Russia.
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Paul Manafort, center, was convicted last summer of fraud and money laundering related to his work in Ukraine.
Mr. Yanukovych’s lawyers told the court that their client could not testify by video conference because he had injured his knee and back while playing tennis outside Moscow. They called the process political and rigged.
Mr. Yanukovych is also under investigation in Ukraine over corruption allegations and the deaths of more than 100 demonstrators killed in Independence Square in Kiev during the final three days of the uprising in February 2014.
Mr. Yanukovych and his political party, the Party of Regions, were the primary clients of Mr. Manafort’s political consulting business for a decade before Mr. Manafort became chairman of the Trump campaign.
Mr. Manafort continued working for wealthy Ukrainians affiliated with the Party of Regions after Mr. Yanukovych’s downfall and last visited Kiev in 2015.
Last August, Mr. Manafort was convicted in Virginia of fraud and money laundering related to his work in Ukraine, in a case brought by the special prosecutor investigating Russian interference in the American election and possible collusion by members of the Trump team. Prosecutors have accused Mr. Manafort of lying about his interactions during the campaign with his former office manager in Kiev, a Russian citizen they say worked for Russian intelligence.
The American prosecutors asserted that Mr. Manafort had lied about passing polling data from the Trump campaign to the Russian, Konstantin V. Kilimnik, according to a court filing. Mr. Manafort’s lawyers argued in a filing this week that prosecutors misinterpreted an honest memory lapse for lying.
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nbcnews · 7 years ago
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Russian intel charged with hacking Dems, Clinton to disrupt election
Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been indicted in connection with hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign and the release of stolen emails through Guccifer 2.0 and DC Leaks to "interfere in the 2016 election," officials announced Friday.
The defendants — two of whom were also charged with orchestrating attacks on state election systems — used spearphishing techniques to steal user names, passwords and emails and paid for the operation with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the indictment alleges.
The charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller and announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein come at a diplomatically sensitive time — just days before President Donald Trump has his first formal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
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backroombuzz · 6 years ago
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Democrat 2020 Candidate: Stacey Abrams Would Be Georgia Governor If America Wasn't So Racist
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What's going to make the delusional 2020 Democrats so much fun is watching as they try to one-up each other on who could spew the most outrageous Hate-America idiocy.
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stillwithhernothim · 6 years ago
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#Repost @cnnpolitics ・・・ BREAKING: Special counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election, the Justice Department announced Friday. #RobertMueller #specialcounsel #Mueller #RussiaInvestigation #2016election #2016 #news #cnn #politics https://www.instagram.com/p/BvU2uHoH0P1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k7m78z1uotk3
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nbcnightlynews · 7 years ago
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Special counsel and Congress "have come to no conclusions," Rep. Schiff says in response to Pres. Trump: "We will let you know when we do."
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franklong12 · 4 years ago
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Paul Manafort Lied To Investigators About Feeding U.S. Polling Data To Russian Spy: Files Previous Donald Trump project supervisor... Read the rest on our site with the url below https://worldwidetweets.com/paul-manafort-lied-to-investigators-about-feeding-u-s-polling-data-to-russian-spy-files/?feed_id=19160&_unique_id=60acffb785170 #KonstantinKilimnik #PaulJ.Manafort #politics #Russiainvestigation #trump2016campaign #UnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheDistrictofColumbia
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wwtweets · 4 years ago
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Paul Manafort Lied To Investigators About Feeding U.S. Polling Data To Russian Spy: Files Previous Donald Trump project supervisor... Read the rest on our site with the url below https://worldwidetweets.com/paul-manafort-lied-to-investigators-about-feeding-u-s-polling-data-to-russian-spy-files/?feed_id=19161&_unique_id=60acffb846fa7 #KonstantinKilimnik #PaulJ.Manafort #politics #Russiainvestigation #trump2016campaign #UnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheDistrictofColumbia
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usnewsper-politics · 11 months ago
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The Russia Investigation: The Latest Development #donaldtrump #JeffSessions #paulmanafort #robertmueller #Russiainvestigation
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furryalligator · 7 years ago
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#Repost @slyngstad_cartoons: Trump has chosen to expel 60 Russian officials from the United States. However, this response to the Russian poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England is a day late and a dollar short. This delayed and weak retaliation to Putin seems to be the signature of a feckless Trump administration. • #russia #putin #vladimirputin #putinspuppet #trumprussia #russianofficials #russiacollusion #russiainvestigation #specialcounsel #robertmueller #breakingnews #mueller #muellertime #obstructionofjustice #itsmuellertime #russiannestingdoll #sergeiskripal #salisbury
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notmypresidenttrump · 6 years ago
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#fucktrump #fucktrumpsupporters #muller #robertmueller #trumprussia #impeachtrum #impeach45 #theresistance #immigration #bluewave #russiainvestigation #Resist #TrumpInvestigation | #Repost @liberalresistance ・・・ https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGvSt6hrQX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9xvaegjr5cet
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moonwalkertrance · 6 years ago
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Trump Adviser Stone Charged as Part of Mueller Investigation
Roger Stone was arrested in Florida on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing an official proceeding and trying to persuade a witness to lie
A longtime political adviser to President Trump, Roger Stone, was arrested in Florida early Friday on charges of lying to Congress about his contacts with the website Wikileaks during the 2016 campaign, in the latest indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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nbcnews · 7 years ago
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1 year ago today: 
Special Counsel Mueller was appointed in the Russia election interference investigation. 
This was Deputy AG Rosenstein's document and press release authorizing and explaining the special counsel's role.
LATEST: https://nbcnews.to/2IrjnkA
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siennastewart2020 · 5 years ago
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U.S President Donald Trump called his impeachment and the Russia investigation “evil and corrupt”. He delivered his words during a televised White House speech to supporters and the nation.
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