That proves they knew they were receiving foreign aid. That doesn't prove a conspiracy, though--the flow could have been entirely one way as it should be obvious Putin would prefer His Flatulence to Hillary. Encouraging a country to mess itself up is normal international dirty tricks.
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That proves they knew they were receiving foreign aid. That doesn't prove a conspiracy, though--the flow could have been entirely one way as it should be obvious Putin would prefer His Flatulence to Hillary. Encouraging a country to mess itself up is normal international dirty tricks.
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Which is a treasonous act.
The lies, obstruction of justice and cover ups about it do.
On behalf of the foreign government. ASSISTING that foreign government to overthrow our own government, however, is treasonous.
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Just a note: to be charged with conspiracy, a person doesn't have to have knowledge of the whole conspiracy.
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As you might have noticed, I didn't say that this was THE smoking gun, but the trouble is becoming that there would really be no need for the first half of the conspiracy to exist (foreknowledge of Wikileak postings - and notice little shock that this info exists at Wikileaks in the first place!) unless the second half of the conspiracy also existed.
IE, for this to just be a Trump benefited by accident... all of the attempts to conspire with the Russians by Flynn, Manafort, Kuschner, Jr, Papadapoulus was merely a coincidence with the Russian hacking and feeding the hacked intel to Wikileaks. And Trump's unbelievable public and private acts regarding Russia and Putin was just... blatant incompetence. Forget the whole firing of two Attorney Generals (one acting) regarding the Russia Investigation.
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Meanwhile....
https://www.alternet.org/federal-in...who-handled-trump-organization-taxes-12-years
Federal agents on Thursday raided the office of an attorney who in the past has handled the Trump Organization’s taxes.The Chicago Sun-Times reports that “federal agents showed up unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows Thursday morning.”
Although it is unclear whether the raid was related to President Donald Trump, the raid on Burke’s office is sure to raise eyebrows given that it came on the same day that Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow.
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It just keeps getting worse for Der Trumpster. Russia was laundering money from the Russian government bank VPT through Deutchse Bank which was also just raided. Much of this passed through Trump's businesses. Ding dong the witch is dead.
https://www.alternet.org/federal-in...who-handled-trump-organization-taxes-12-years
Federal agents on Thursday raided the office of an attorney who in the past has handled the Trump Organization’s taxes.The Chicago Sun-Times reports that “federal agents showed up unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows Thursday morning.”
Although it is unclear whether the raid was related to President Donald Trump, the raid on Burke’s office is sure to raise eyebrows given that it came on the same day that Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow.
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It just keeps getting worse for Der Trumpster. Russia was laundering money from the Russian government bank VPT through Deutchse Bank which was also just raided. Much of this passed through Trump's businesses. Ding dong the witch is dead.
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Lock Him Up!
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It is amazing how many coincidences you can still buy for a mere $50m.
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I confess that I half expect Trump to ask for asylum while he's in Argentina. Maybe that's what Pappa Putin is so hot to talk to him about...a quick get away to someplace with tacky hotels and no extradition...
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I don't think Argentina would give him asylum.
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Yep. Manafort is facing hard time for laundering Russian money through real estate developments.
Gosh, who else do we know in the Trump organization that deals in shady real estate with Russians?
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Wow, you just love minimizing the betrayal of your country.
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Aw, that's adorable! Is that all you think the special counsel has done so far?
Thirty three people have been indicted or pled guilty so far.
How many indictments or guilty pleas did that years-long Benghazi investigation produce?
Oh that's right, zero.
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Wow, you just love minimizing the betrayal of your country.
He's a fascist. To them, treason is a good thing, since they can't have a fascist ethnostate without some amount of treason.
Maybe Snowdan needs a roommate?
I too wonder which international visit will be his one-way get-out-of-jail-free trip. Keep an eye out for an upcoming "all of the Trumps" trip.
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Mueller recommends no prison time for Flynn, citing his “substantial assistance” with several investigations:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...e2f864d47e7_story.html?utm_term=.9532787b6ff4
“Mueller wrote that Flynn had provided “firsthand information about the content and context of interactions between the transition team and Russian government officials,” though the details were largely redacted.”
Counting down to the tweetstorm about what a weak guy Flynnn is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...e2f864d47e7_story.html?utm_term=.9532787b6ff4
“Mueller wrote that Flynn had provided “firsthand information about the content and context of interactions between the transition team and Russian government officials,” though the details were largely redacted.”
Counting down to the tweetstorm about what a weak guy Flynnn is.
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Wasn't Flynn the guy who began repeating the "lock her up" chant against Hillary?
How's that working out?
How's that working out?
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Looks like Mueller kept delaying the sentencing to be certain Flynn gave him quality and accurate information. Trump may need new under pants when he hears about this.