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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 30 2017, 10:01 AM (278 Views) | |
| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 10:01 AM Post #1 |
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![]() (The Guardian) Good morning and welcome to the start of a momentous week in Washington. The capital is on edge as the first charges are filed in the investigation into Russian meddling in the US presidential election and possible collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign associates in that effort. Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign manager, and his former business associate Rick Gates have surrendered to federal authorities. Shortly before news of the indictments was reported, Donald Trump tweeted another blast at Democrats over the firm that produced the now infamous “dossier” on him, this time bringing in the name of Barack Obama. He has not tweeted since. The president issued a barrage of angry tweets on Sunday, as expectation mounted. |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 03:48 PM Post #46 |
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![]() (BBC News) Ukrainian lawmaker Serhiy Leshchenko - who helped to expose the "black ledger" which appeared to show secret payments to Manafort made by former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych - called the charges against Manafort "great news". "I’m very much satisfied, because Manafort was involved in high-level corruption in Ukraine," he told Radio Free Europe. "He helped one of the most corrupt persons in the world to be elected president," he said, referring to Manafort's work as an adviser to the former Ukrainian president. The so-called "black ledger", first reported by the New York Times, led to Manafort's resignation in August 2016 from the Trump campaign. |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 03:55 PM Post #47 |
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![]() --U.S. District Court for D.C. has four sealed cases in its docket with case numbers between Papadopoulos' (182) and Manafort's (201). (Steve Reilly, USA Today - 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 04:05 PM Post #48 |
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(The Guardian) Paul Manafort’s attorney Kevin Downing addressing reporters outside the courthouse a few moments earlier: Donald Trump was correct. There is no evidence Mr. Manafort or the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government. Mr. Manafort represented pro-European Union campaigns for the Ukrainians, and in that he was seeking to further democracy and to help the Ukrainians come closer to the United States and the EU. Those activities ended in 2014, over two years before Mr. Manafort served in the Trump campaign. Today you see an indictment brought by an office of special council that is using a very novel theory to prosecute Mr. Manafort regarding a Fara (Foreign Agents Registration Act) filing. The US government has only used that offense six times since 1966 and only resulted in one conviction. The second thing about this indictment that I find most ridiculous- is a claim that maintaining offshore accounts to bring all your funds into the United States as a scheme to conceal from the United States government is ridiculous. |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 04:20 PM Post #49 |
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(The Guardian) Timing is everything According to Papadopoulos’ plea agreement, he was arrested on 27 July and signed his deal with the feds on 5 October. Until today, the court had sealed the files related to the case. There are many reasons why a court might elect to do this, but this would be the major one... --Papadopoulos is described as "proactive cooperator." Former prosecutor tells me that sometimes means "wore a wire." (Daniel Dale, Toronto Star - 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 04:50 PM Post #50 |
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![]() --Sarah Sanders: “George Papadopoulos played a limited role in Trump campaign.” Reality: Papadopoulos in a National Security Meeting w/ Trump & Sessions on March 31, 2016 in D.C. (Proud Resister, 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 04:56 PM Post #51 |
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(The Guardian) 21 March 2016: Asked to name members of his “foreign policy team”, George Papadopoulos is the third name Donald Trump offers The Washington Post editorial board. “He’s an energy and oil consultant, excellent guy.” 30 October 2017: “This individual... was a volunteer on the campaign, and a volunteer member of an advisory council that met one time.” - White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 05:28 PM Post #52 |
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![]() (The Guardian) CNBC has published a detailed interactive chart of the funds allegedly laundered by Paul Manafort through offshore accounts over the course of some seven years. In detailing the alleged scheme, Mueller’s office listed more than 200 transactions involving payments from shell companies and offshore accounts for property, men’s clothing, antiques, home improvement and cars. -Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/heres-where-mueller-says-manaforts-money-went.html |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 05:30 PM Post #53 |
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--Trump is worried special counsel's investigation will "hamstring" his ability to negotiate with world leaders, senior WH official says (Jeremy Diamond, CNN - 30 Oct. 2017) --WH official to @JDiamond1: "The world is less safe because of this investigation, and it will remain less safe until it is over." (Manu Raju, CNN - 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 05:50 PM Post #54 |
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--I'm hearing there is a strong possibility that George Papadopoulos wore a wire after his arrest, meaning he could have baited others into admitting their crimes. Stay tuned... (Ed Krassenstein, 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 06:20 PM Post #55 |
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![]() (Claude Taylor, 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 06:22 PM Post #56 |
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(The Guardian) 6:22 Summary --Paul Manafort and Rick Gates pled not guilty to all all of the charges that Bob Mueller and a grand jury indicted them on. The pair surrendered their passports and are being detained under house arrest until they can produce their bail amounts, set at $10m and $5m respectively. --Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulous, who pled guilty to lying to investigators earlier this month has been described as a “proactive cooperator” which may mean he provided substantial assistance to investigators. --White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeatedly downplayed Papadopoulos’ role in the Trump campaign, but former campaign sources have pushed back on that depiction. --Sanders and Trump attorney Jay Sekulow both indicated they did not believe the president was considering firing Bob Mueller. |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 06:29 PM Post #57 |
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![]() --And why did he destroy the evidence? (Jon Cryer, 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 08:51 PM Post #58 |
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![]() (The Guardian) Monstrous goings-on at the White House as Donald and Melania Trump doled out candy at the annual (pre-) Halloween festivities. But multiple reports now say the president’s day had been less of a treat, with CNN citing a Republican source saying Trump was “seething” at news of the indictments, and the Washington Post claiming several sources describing how he reacted to the news “with exasperation and disgust”. According to Associated Press: In the hours after the indictment, the president angrily told one confidant that Manafort had been a campaign “part-timer” who had only helped steer the convention and got too much credit for Trump’s ability to hold onto the nomination, according to a person familiar with the private discussion. -Read more: https://apnews.com/3d045c83c28545b98239d595df55c4a1 |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 09:21 PM Post #59 |
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(The Guardian) Meanwhile in a parallel universe/Fox News.... --Hannity just called Hillary Clinton "President Clinton" (Ben Jacobs, The Guardian - 30 Oct. 2017) |
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| Webster | Oct 30 2017, 09:24 PM Post #60 |
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![]() --NEW: Tony Podesta's atty threatens @TuckerCarlson over claims Podesta bros, Manafort & Hillary colluded with Russia. (Kenneth Vogel, New York Times - 30 Oct. 2017) -Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/tony-podesta-resignation-lobbying.html |
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