#trumprussiaconspiracy

[waltb31]

Happy Fourth of July! 2018. If we are not vigilant, active, and resisting, this may be our last free one. Democracy is fragile and must be fought for and protected. #July4th #Democracy. #TrumpRussiaConspiracy #Repost @petesouza ・・・ Happy Fourth of July. Back when...well, you know what I mean.

[aulunthe]

They way Senator Lindsey Graham blew up at the last Senate Judicial Committee meeting you would think that someone had just stolen his get out of jail free card too.

[wewantlocal-blog]

MUELLER INVESTIGATION TO BE RELEASED! | We Want Local News

America may get its most intimate look yet inside Robert Mueller’s secretive Russia investigation in the next four days, with a series of disclosures that have the potential to be greatly damaging for President Donald Trump.

Court filings focusing on Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on Tuesday and his ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday could offer tantalizing new details of Mueller’s deep dive into the 2016 campaign.

If the special counsel lives up to his reputation, his filings will feature surprising revelations and rich texture to color the picture he has already painted in indictments and witness testimony of a culture of endemic dishonesty in Trump’s orbit about multiple, so far unexplainable, ties with Russians.

Mueller’s team will explain in district court in Washington why they accused Trump’s jailed ex-campaign chairman of lying to them, potentially jeopardizing his cooperation deal with the special counsel.

All eyes will be on the court docket to see if Manafort lied about Russia or the Trump campaign — which could be explosive — or something with less collateral damage, like his lobbying work in Ukraine, which led to a conviction in Virginia for fraud and tax evasion.

The spokesperson for the special counsel’s office has said that at least part of the Manafort memo will be public. Some of it could be sealed.

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[vt31008]

A first. https://buff.ly/2TKbdpp #Obama #TrumpRussiaConspiracy https://www.instagram.com/p/BqtRAnBB0uZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18vzvewqj8fo6

[tmmsradio-blog]

Trump, YELLS TO BE IMPEACHED, Tells Sessions to ‘Stop This Rigged Witch Hunt Right Now’

The order to the attorney general on Twitter immediately raised questions from some lawyers about whether it was an attempt to obstruct justice in the special counsel’s Russia inquiry. WASHINGTON — President Trump called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to end the special counsel investigation, an extraordinary appeal to the nation’s top law enforcement official to end an inquiry directly into the president. The order immediately raised questions from some lawyers about whether it was an attempt to obstruct justice. The special counsel, appointed last year to oversee the government’s Russia investigation, is already looking into some of the president’s previous Twitter posts and public statements to determine whether they were intended to obstruct the inquiry into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and any ties to the Trump campaign. Mr. Trump’s lawyers quickly moved to contain the fallout, saying it was not an order to a member of his cabinet, but merely an opinion. An hour and a half after the tweet was posted, Mr. Trump’s lawyers contacted a reporter for The New York Times. In a subsequent telephone conversation, one of his lawyers, Rudolph W. Giuliani, dismissed the obstruction of justice concerns, calling it a “bizarre and novel theory of obstruction by tweet,” adding that it was “idiotic.” Presidents typically do not weigh in on active Justice Department investigations, but Mr. Trump has been outspoken about his anger and frustration with the Russia inquiry. Mr. Trump has also said that he never would have made Mr. Sessions his attorney general if he had known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from the inquiry. The Justice Department declined to comment. Mr. Sessions recused himself in early 2017 in part to avoid the kind of conflicts Mr. Trump proposed. Later, the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was appointed to carry out the inquiry. The president’s lawyers, Jay A. Sekulow and Mr. Giuliani, said in a telephone interview that Mr. Trump was not ordering the inquiry closed but simply expressing his opinion. “It’s not a call to action,” Mr. Giuliani said, adding that it was a sentiment that Mr. Trump and his lawyers had previously expressed publicly and that it was a statement protected by the president’s constitutional right to free speech. “He doesn’t feel that he has to intervene in the process, nor is he intervening,” Mr. Sekulow said. The president wanted the legal process to play out, his lawyers said. “He’s expressing his opinion, but he’s not talking of his special powers he has” as president, Mr. Giuliani said. Source: Trump Tells Sessions to ‘Stop This Rigged Witch Hunt Right Now’

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[aulunthe]

All roads lead to Moscow. Follow The Money.

[awakeposttruth-blog]

Trump-diction. Donald Trump contradiction. The FBI . In 2017 - Americas police will have a true friend. In 2017 - The FBI, its reputation is in tatters. https://awakeposttruth.com/trump-dictions-donald-trump-contradictions-the-fbi/ #DonaldTrump #Trump #TrumpRussia #TrumpRussiaConspiracy #NunesMemo #TrumpCrash

[immigrationnewsdigest]

Faster than a thieving con man #morintoon #Trump30Hours #TrumpIran #TrumpIsARapist #TrumpResign #TrumpRussiaConspiracy #TrumpCollusion #TrumObstruction pic.twitter.com/Xm1DUVh7Jd

— Jim Morin (@MorinToon) June 22, 2019

[dragoni]

Vox: A Russian newspaper editor explains how Putin made Trump his puppet

Sean Illing

Has Putin made a puppet of Trump?

Mikhail Fishman

Of course. This is certainly what the Kremlin believes, and they’re acting accordingly. They're quite obviously playing Trump. They consider him a stupid, unstrategic politician. Putin is confident that he can manipulate Trump to his advantage, and he should be.

#TrumpRussiaConspiracy #MuellerKnows

Sean Illing

Why was he so afraid of a Clinton victory?

Mikhail Fishman

Because he knew that would mean an extension of Obama's harsh orientation to Russia, perhaps even more aggressive than Obama. Putin has experienced some difficult years since his 2014 invasion of Crimea, but he didn't expect this level of isolation. He saw — and sees — Trump as an opportunity to change the dynamic.

Helsinki 2018: Trump and Putin #TreasonSummit

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[jgsaxon-blog]

Tweeted

After admitting she lied for the President and refusing to answer questions from Congress, Hope Hicks is resigning from the White House to “pursue other opportunities” like not going to jail! #TrumpRussiaConspiracy

— Ryan Knight 🇺🇸 #BoycottNRA🚫 (@ProudResister) February 28, 2018

[theodoricofyork]

RT @MagicMark9: @realDonaldTrump #TrumpShutdown #OpenTheGovernmentNow #WorstPresidentEver Not everyone can rely on their Daddy to bail them out like you did #ImpeachTrumpPenceNow #TrumpRussiaConspiracy #SteeleDossier #MoneyLaundering #VoteBlueNoMatterWho #BlueWave2020 #Deplorable #LiarInChief https://t.co/xhdkNoXKBA

@realDonaldTrump #TrumpShutdown #OpenTheGovernmentNow #WorstPresidentEver Not everyone can rely on their Daddy to bail them out like you did #ImpeachTrumpPenceNow #TrumpRussiaConspiracy #SteeleDossier #MoneyLaundering #VoteBlueNoMatterWho #BlueWave2020 #Deplorable #LiarInChief pic.twitter.com/xhdkNoXKBA

— MagicMark (@MagicMark9) January 23, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/theodoricofyork February 05, 2019 at 04:12PM

[wewantlocal-blog]

COHEN PLEADS GUILTY! | We Want Local News

A banner week for Robert Mueller’s investigation got even bigger on Thursday morning, when Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for President Trump, entered a plea deal and cooperation agreement with the special counsel. The deal may be among the biggest news in the nearly 18-month investigation: Not only does it open the door to more bombshells in the coming weeks, but it also ratchets up the pressure on Congress to protect Mr. Mueller.

The disclosures in Mr. Cohen’s criminal information filing provide valuable detail on one piece of Mr. Mueller’s puzzle: They reveal that Mr. Cohen, the Trump Organization and Mr. Trump himself continued to pursue a Russia-related development deal into the summer of 2016 — long after Mr. Trump had essentially clinched the Republican nomination. Not only does that contradict what Mr. Cohen said in congressional testimony, but it also puts the lie to the president’s claims that he had no dealings with Russia during his candidacy.

Unfortunately for the president, news of Mr. Cohen’s additional cooperation came after the president and his legal team reportedly had submitted written answers to questions posed by Mr. Mueller’s team. So did the news, earlier this week, that Mr. Mueller had caught Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in a series of lies, in breach of his cooperation agreement.

Cohen’s false statements are related to his correspondence with the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, which were investigating Russian interference in the U.S. election. In August, just before he was to be interviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Cohen released a letter describing the project, which, he said, was similar to other projects undertaken by the Trump Organization.

Under the deal, the Trump Organization would license the Trump brand name to a Moscow-based real estate development company that would be responsible for all development and financing costs. Cohen said in his letter he “determined the proposal was not feasible” by the end of January 2016.

As the president left the White House for his trip to a summit of world leaders in Argentina, he fielded questions from reporters about Cohen’s latest plea deal. Mr. Trump called his former longtime personal lawyer “weak” and “not a very smart person,” and he accused him of “lying” and said “he’s trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me.”

Cohen is expected to be sentenced Dec. 12, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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#TrumpRussiaConspiracy...

[bountyofbeads]

Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy, sources say

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Post_to_Tumblr

It's important to revisit the Manafort/Stone/Trump /WikiLeaks connection in light of the arrest of #RogerStone.

I posted a long post previously from @SethAbramson regarding this issue. This article is the one he mentioned in the thread.

Luke Harding has done extensive in depth reporting on the #TrumpRussiaConspiracy.

Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy, sources say

Trump ally met WikiLeaks founder months before emails hacked by Russia were published

Live: follow the latest US politics news

Luke Harding and Dan Collyns in Quito |

Published:09:23 Tue November 27, 2018|

The Guardian | Posted January 28, 2019 |

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and visited around the time he joined Trump’s campaign, the Guardian has been told.

Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump’s push for the White House 8.

In a statement, Manafort denied meeting Assange. He said: “I have never met Julian Assange or anyone connected to him. I have never been contacted by anyone connected to WikiLeaks, either directly or indirectly. I have never reached out to Assange or WikiLeaks on any matter.”

It is unclear why Manafort would have wanted to see Assange and what was discussed. But the last apparent meeting is likely to come under scrutiny and could interest Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

A well-placed source has told the Guardian that Manafort went to see Assange around March 2016. Months later WikiLeaks released a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian intelligence officers.

Manafort, 69, denies involvement in the hack and says the claim is “100% false”. His lawyers initially declined to answer the Guardian’s questions about the visits.

In a series of tweets WikiLeaks said Assange and Manafort had not met. Assange described the story as a hoax.

Manafort was jailed this year and was thought to have become a star cooperator in the Mueller inquiry. But on Monday Mueller said Manafort had repeatedly lied to the FBI, despite agreeing to cooperate two months ago in a plea deal. According to a court document, Manafort had committed “crimes and lies” on a “variety of subject matters”.

His defence team says he believes what he has told Mueller to be truthful and has not violated his deal.

Manafort’s first visit to the embassy took place a year after Assange sought asylum inside, two sources said.

A separate internal document written by Ecuador’s Senain intelligence agency and seen by the Guardian lists “Paul Manaford [sic]” as one of several well-known guests. It also mentions “Russians”.

According to the sources, Manafort returned to the embassy in 2015. He paid another visit in spring 2016, turning up alone, around the time Trump named him as his convention manager. The visit is tentatively dated to March.

Manafort’s 2016 visit to Assange lasted about 40 minutes, one source said, adding that the American was casually dressed when he exited the embassy, wearing sandy-coloured chinos, a cardigan and a light-coloured shirt.

Visitors normally register with embassy security guards and show their passports. Sources in Ecuador, however, say Manafort was not logged.

Embassy staff were aware only later of the potential significance of Manafort’s visit and his political role with Trump, it is understood.

The revelation could shed new light on the sequence of events in the run-up to summer 2016, when WikiLeaks published tens of thousands of emails hacked by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency. Hillary Clinton has said the hack contributed to her defeat.

The previously unreported Manafort-Assange connection is likely to be of interest to Mueller, who has been investigating possible contacts between WikiLeaks and associates of Trump including the political lobbyist Roger Stone and Donald Trump Jr.

One key question is when the Trump campaign was aware of the Kremlin’s hacking operation – and what, if anything, it did to encourage it. Trump has repeatedly denied collusion.

Earlier this year Mueller indicted 12 GRU intelligence officers for carrying out the hack, which began in March 2016.

In June of that year WikiLeaks emailed the GRU via an intermediary seeking the DNC material. After failed attempts, Vladimir Putin’s spies sent the documents in mid-July to WikiLeaks as an encrypted attachment.

According to sources, Manafort’s acquaintance with Assange goes back at least five years, to late 2012 or 2013, when the American was working in Ukraine and advising its Moscow-friendly president, Viktor Yanukovych.

Why Manafort might have sought out Assange in 2013 is unclear. During this period the veteran consultant was involved in black operations against Yanukovych’s chief political rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, whom Yanukovych had jailed. Manafort ran an extensive lobbying operation featuring European former politicians.

He flew frequently from the US to Ukraine’s capital, Kiev – usually via Frankfurt but sometimes through London, flight records seen by the Guardian show.

Manafort is currently in jail in Alexandria, Virginia. In August a jury convicted him of crimes arising from his decade-long activities in Ukraine. They include large-scale money laundering and failure to pay US tax. Manafort pleaded guilty to further charges in order to avoid a second trial in Washington.

As well as accusing him of lying on Monday, the special counsel moved to set a date for Manafort to be sentenced.

One person familiar with WikiLeaks said Assange was motivated to damage the Democrats campaign because he believed a future Trump administration would be less likely to seek his extradition on possible charges of espionage. This fate had hung over Assange since 2010, when he released confidential US state department cables. It contributed to his decision to take refuge in the embassy.

According to the dossier written by the former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, Manafort was at the centre of a “well-developed conspiracy of cooperation” between the Trump campaign and Russia’s leadership. The two sides had a mutual interest in defeating Clinton, Steele wrote, whom Putin “hated and feared”.

In a memo written soon after the DNC emails were published, Steele said: “The [hacking] operation had been conducted with the full knowledge and support of Trump and senior members of his campaign team.”

As a candidate Trump warmly welcomed the dump of DNC emails by Assange. In October 2016 he declared: “I love WikiLeaks.” Trump’s comments came after WikiLeaks released a second tranche of emails seized from the email account of John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman.

The Trump White House subsequently sent out mixed messages over Assange and his legal fate. In 2017 and behind the scenes Assange tried to reach a deal with Trump’s Department of Justice that might see him avoid US prison.

In May 2017, , Manafort flew to Ecuador to hold talks with the country’s president-elect Lenín Moreno. The discussions, days before Moreno was sworn in, and before Manafort was indicted – were ostensibly about a large-scale Chinese investment.

However, one source in Quito suggests that Manafort also discreetly raised Assange’s plight. Another senior foreign ministry source said he was sceptical Assange was mentioned. At the time Moreno was expected to continue support for him.

Last week a court filing released in error suggested that the US justice department had secretly charged Assange with a criminal offence. Written by the assistant US attorney, Kellen Dwyer, the document did not say what Assange had been charged with or when the alleged offence took place.

[aulunthe]

Ok, so maybe Trump was duped. He’s so dupable, just as his base is. Wait a minute, it took Trump several hours to read the 3.5 page memo? Was there pictures to color in too?

[awakeposttruth-blog]

Top Ten Most Outrageous Donald Trump Tweets Ever – No. 2 – Trump is a very stable genius… 6 Jan 2018. https://awakeposttruth.com/top-ten-most-outrageous-and-strangest-donald-trump-tweets-ever/ #DonaldTrump #StableGenius #TrumpTweets #TrumpTwitter #Trump #trumpregrets #TrumpResign #TrumpRussia #TrumpRussiaConspiracy #MuellerTime #Mueller