Flynn in major trouble for speaking to Russia about sanctions

[djohn2oo8]

So white guys stealing $10Ms should be ignored because law enforcement costs too much

:lmao

[DarrinS]

967047694102482945


He has a story to tell and he can’t wait to tell it, right?

[djohn2oo8]

967059636393267201
:lol

[djohn2oo8]

967060014383820800

[TSA]

look at this fucking post. this is the window you look through to see this guys character.

you're a low life piece of shit.




you used to be entertaining, but in life, you suck hard.

There was no need for a special counsel. The FBI already had the crimes committed by Manafort/Gates years ago. The Russian troll farm was already known. The FBI should have continued handling both. Comey illegally leaked his memos to trigger a special counsel. Think about that.

[clambake]

There was no need for a special counsel. The FBI already had the crimes committed by Manafort/Gates years ago. The Russian troll farm was already known. The FBI should have continued handling both. Comey illegally leaked his memos to trigger a special counsel. Think about that.

just think, in a couple of years you can drag that kid into your low life shit

[TSA]

So white guys stealing $10Ms should be ignored because law enforcement costs too much

Why didn’t the Obama admin go after these same white guys when the FBI knew about it in 2013? Was it because these same white guys were working with the Podesta Group and Skadden Arps? Why did Tony Podesta suddenly shut down the Podesta Group recently? Why didn’t he shut it down in 2013 when Nanafort was under investigation?

[boutons_deux]

Manafort continued to consult for Trash after he was fired as campaign mgr

Gates should have plenty of dope on Manafort, plus on Manafort+Trash, probably forcing Manafort to a plea. Trash is screwed

[djohn2oo8]

967059049685635072
:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

Manafort continued to consult for Trash after he was fired as campaign mgr

Gates should have plenty of dope on Manafort, plus on Manafort+Trash, probably forcing Manafort to a plea. Trash is screwed

Yup. Gates would not be getting a deal if he didn't give info on errybody.

[djohn2oo8]

967064379765219329
:lol

[Reck]

He has a story to tell and he can’t wait to tell it, right?

Darrins, how's your poker game? You seem like a good player.

You hide your fears well.

Just have one question for you. Why would Mueller need to keep throwing the book at those two when the first indictment was good enough to put them away for life.

Is Mueller just playing games with these two or does he have a plan to flip one or two? Which seems more likely?

The real question is..why would he need them to flip? To serve up who?

[TSA]

Darrins, how's your poker game? You seem like a good player.

You hide your fears well.

Just have one question for you. Why would Mueller need to keep throwing the book at those two when the first indictment was good enough to put them away for life.

Is Mueller just playing games with these two or does he have a plan to flip one or two? Which seems more likely?

The real question is..why would he need them to flip? To serve up who?

The Clintons. Study the indictments, look at the connections.

[Pavlov]

The Clintons. Study the indictments, look at the connections.You didn't even know the indictments were numbered.

[Pavlov]

Question of the day -- if Mueller were to be investigating the president and his family while the president could fire him at any time, would it be a good idea to let the president and the public know what he is doing at all times?

Yes or no.

[djohn2oo8]

967070110774161413

[Reck]

967064379765219329
:lol

He's melting down hard.

967062743672115200

[djohn2oo8]

967082448466128897

[TSA]

You didn't even know the indictments were numbered.

You didn't even know the indictments never once mentioned Trump and Russian collusion.

[Reck]

You didn't even know the indictments never once mentioned Trump and Russian collusion.

You still haven't answer my question from a few days ago. Where in these indictments does it mention anything Clinton? I know you posted a twitter thread but let's go with actual facts that connect.

[Pavlov]

You didn't even know the indictments never once mentioned Trump and Russian collusion.:lol Still trying to move det goalpost.

Question: if Trump/Russia collusion is indeed a focus among many of the Mueller investigation, is it a good idea -- in your opinion -- to immediately make the earliest indictments from the Mueller investigation about Trump/Russia collusion?

Yes or no.

[boutons_deux]

You didn't even know the indictments never once mentioned Trump and Russian collusion.

Not yet.

Collusion, active or passive, money laundering, obstruction, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

[RandomGuy]

The real question is..why would he need them to flip? To serve up who?


The Clintons. Study the indictments, look at the connections.

:lmao

Ok, ok, now that is a bet I will take. "Special prosecutor brings indictments of senior Trump campaign officials in order to go after Hillary Clinton"

Hell, I'll pony up $1000. I'll look into putting up a security bond for it this weekend.

[djohn2oo8]

967083465383514113

[djohn2oo8]

967083889989693445

[djohn2oo8]

967089013709357056
Gates getting quite a deal. Sucks to be Manafort and Trump.

[RandomGuy]

Now I have to grapple with the moral quandary of taking money from someone who is clearly delusional. Is it right to do so? erk.

[boutons_deux]

Will be hilaruous when Mueller indicts Kushner for (at least) obstruction (the hotel adoptions letter) and flips him, and/or piles on with money laundering and other financial crimes, some coming from Schneiderman (not pardonable)

[Pavlov]

The Clintons. Study the indictments, look at the connections.OK, from your study of the indictment and the connections, what charges will Mueller bring against the Clintons?

[djohn2oo8]

967089632168022016

[djohn2oo8]

967089478044135424

[djohn2oo8]

Not yet.

Collusion, active or passive, money laundering, obstruction, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
967091736399970304

[Pavlov]

967089632168022016The "no collusion" drinking game will be in full effect.

[djohn2oo8]

The "no collusion" drinking game will be in full effect.
50 % chance he strokes out on live tv.

[Reck]

967089478044135424

Mueller is a damn pitbull.

For someone who already wants to cooperate, he's really going in raw on Gates for laughs now.

[djohn2oo8]

Mueller is a damn pitbull.

For someone who already wants to cooperate, he's really going in raw on Gates for laughs now.
Those are the two charges Gates is pleading guilty to. Which means, with all those other counts that Mueller is not pursuing, Gates has given up everything and on everybody. His family will need protection.

[djohn2oo8]

967093588722094081
lol

[djohn2oo8]

So just so we are clear. Trump's own campaign has conspiracy to defraud the US charges against it.

[Pavlov]

967093588722094081
lolObviously Mueller just spelled "Clinton" wrong.

Common mistake these days.

[djohn2oo8]

Obviously Mueller just spelled "Clinton" wrong.

Common mistake these days.
:lmao

[Reck]

Obviously Mueller just spelled "Clinton" wrong.

Common mistake these days.

It's written in codes.

[djohn2oo8]

967098132889776128
:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

967102002542018562
CROFL

[Pavlov]

967102002542018562
CROFLYeah, we just got an object lesson about what happens when you lie to Mueller.

https://78.media.tumblr.com/37d5669f419fd81e88f88b41fc93e539/tumblr_mhqevlQ3S51rq2ecxo1_500.gif

[djohn2oo8]

967106268308664320

[Pavlov]

Michael Caputo's tweets from the last day or so are TSA-level banderas.gif:

https://twitter.com/MichaelRCaputo

Would it just be easier for him to delete his account now or get an assistant to scrub all the Gates deal denial tweets?

[monosylab1k]

The Clintons. Study the indictments, look at the connections.

:lmao

I wish I could say with confidence that this is an A+ troll post, but I just don’t know with you anymore.

[djohn2oo8]

967111260314783744
:wow

[djohn2oo8]

967117780414795778

[Reck]

967117780414795778

Stephen Cuck.

[TSA]

You still haven't answer my question from a few days ago. Where in these indictments does it mention anything Clinton? I know you posted a twitter thread but let's go with actual facts that connect.

I never said the indictments mentioned the Clintons, but we can discuss the actual facts that connect to the Clintons.

Manafort/Gates indicted for work in Ukraine
Manafort/Gates lobbied for Yanukovych in Ukraine.
The Podesta Group was working with Manafort on this as well. Tony shut down the Podesta Group on the day Manafort was charged.
Yanukovych hired Skadden Arps to write a report on the prosecution of Tymoshenko in 2012
Van der Zwaan involved in producing report
Greg Craig and Clifford Sloan were partners at Skadden Arps
Greg Craig was the White House counsel to Barack Obama. He was also the assistant to President Clinton and special counsel in the White House.
Clifford Sloan was Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton. At the same time as Greg Craig.
Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State from 2009-2013.


Why would the Clinton's want Yanukovych to stay in power?
Why would Clinton allies be commissioned to produce a report clearing Yanukovych?

The Clintons were being paid millions by one of Yanukovych's billionaire backers at the time, Victor Pinchuk.
From 2009-2013 the Clinton Foundation received 8.6 million dollars from Victor Pinchuk. He also pledged 29 million dollars over 5 years to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Pinchuk lobbied Clinton on behalf of Yanukovych
https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_SeptemberWeb/O-2015-08633-191/DOC_0C05783797/C05783797.pdf
Clinton denied ever meeting Pinchuk. In her last year as SOS Clinton invited Pinchuk to dinner at her home.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/emails-show-clinton-denied-then-met-with-ukrainian-donor/article/2600040

Are those enough actual facts to convince you that the indictments of Manafort, Gates, and Van der Zwaan for their work in Ukraine are connected to the Clintons?

[Pavlov]

I never said the indictments mentioned the Clintons, but we can discuss the actual facts that connect to the Clintons.

Manafort/Gates indicted for work in Ukraine
Manafort/Gates lobbied for Yanukovych in Ukraine.
The Podesta Group was working with Manafort on this as well. Tony shut down the Podesta Group on the day Manafort was charged.
Yanukovych hired Skadden Arps to write a report on the prosecution of Tymoshenko in 2012
Van der Zwaan involved in producing report
Greg Craig and Clifford Sloan were partners at Skadden Arps
Greg Craig was the White House counsel to Barack Obama. He was also the assistant to President Clinton and special counsel in the White House.
Clifford Sloan was Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton. At the same time as Greg Craig.
Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State from 2009-2013.


Why would the Clinton's want Yanukovych to stay in power?
Why would Clinton allies be commissioned to produce a report clearing Yanukovych?

The Clintons were being paid millions by one of Yanukovych's billionaire backers at the time, Victor Pinchuk.
From 2009-2013 the Clinton Foundation received 8.6 million dollars from Victor Pinchuk. He also pledged 29 million dollars over 5 years to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Pinchuk lobbied Clinton on behalf of Yanukovych
https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_SeptemberWeb/O-2015-08633-191/DOC_0C05783797/C05783797.pdf
Clinton denied ever meeting Pinchuk. In her last year as SOS Clinton invited Pinchuk to dinner at her home.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/emails-show-clinton-denied-then-met-with-ukrainian-donor/article/2600040

Are those enough actual facts to convince you that the indictments of Manafort, Gates, and Van der Zwaan for their work in Ukraine are connected to the Clintons?OK, from your study of the indictment and the connections, what charges will Mueller bring against the Clintons?

[TSA]

Gates is surely singing, but it has nothing to do with Trump. Expect to see Tony Podesta's name in the news soon.

[RandomGuy]

Michael Caputo's tweets from the last day or so are TSA-level banderas.gif:

https://twitter.com/MichaelRCaputo

Would it just be easier for him to delete his account now or get an assistant to scrub all the Gates deal denial tweets?

They can take our tweets, but they can never take... OUR PIZZZZAAAAA!!!!!

[Pavlov]

Gates is surely singing, but it has nothing to do with Trump. Expect to see Tony Podesta's name in the news soon.In the news or in blogs and tweets?

[RandomGuy]

Gates is surely singing, but it has nothing to do with Trump. Expect to see Tony Podesta's name in the news soon.

Prisoner's dilemma.

Gates testified first. Now Manafort's cheese is in the wind...

Tell me again, Manafort was the campaign director for what campaign again? Clinton... or....?

[spurraider21]

Gates is surely singing, but it has nothing to do with Trump. Expect to see Tony Podesta's name in the news soon.
why? did he buy more art? was he ID'd in a police sketch?

[Pavlov]

TSA will not be taking questions today.

[djohn2oo8]

967123719591202817

[TSA]

Prisoner's dilemma.

Gates testified first. Now Manafort's cheese is in the wind...

Tell me again, Manafort was the campaign director for what campaign again? Clinton... or....?

Was Manafort indicted for his work on Trump’s campaign or his work in Ukraine with the Podesta Group?

[RandomGuy]

Clintons, ..Clintons.
Podesta ..Podesta
Obama. Clinton
Clinton. Clinton

Clinton's

Clinton

Clintons Clinton Clinton
Clinton
Clinton Clinton
-clinton-

Clintons?

:ROFL

It's like a version of Terettes with you.

[Reck]

Manafort is still saying he maintain his innocence. :lol

He's either really innocent or crazy. He's about to go to jail for basically life and he's still acting like the gig is not up. :lol

[spurraider21]

967123719591202817
damn. now they're going to need a conspiracy to have the Gates plea reversed too

[boutons_deux]

Mueller doing his usual Friday news dump :lol

[RandomGuy]

Was Manafort indicted for his work on Trump’s campaign or his work in Ukraine with the Podesta Group?

Neither.

He was indicted for money laundering, tax and bank fraud, on his own.

It is funny you are so blind as to what is going on. It is an odd delusion.

You have a $1000 you want to feed your delusion? I think I am ready to bet.

[djohn2oo8]

Manafort is still saying he maintain his innocence. :lol

He's either really innocent or crazy. He's about to go to jail for basically life and he's still acting like the gig is not up. :lol

Ukranians want Manafort dead. If he sings, Putin will want him dead.

[djohn2oo8]

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[TSA]

Neither.

He was indicted for money laundering, tax and bank fraud, on his own.

It is funny you are so blind as to what is going on. It is an odd delusion.

You have a $1000 you want to feed your delusion? I think I am ready to bet.I only do one bet per investigation and djohn and I already have a $500 bet going, sorry. You had your chance to take my bet weeks ago.

Manafort and Gates were laundering the millions of dollars they made acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government

Literally in the introduction...

1. Defendants Paul J. Manafort Jr and Richard W. Gates III served for years as political consultants and lobbyists. Between at least 2006 and 2015, Manafort and Gates acted as unregistered agents of a foreign government and foreign political parties. Specifically, the represented the Government of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine (Victor Yanukovych, who was President from 2010 to 2014), the Party of Regions (a Ukranian political party led by Yanukovych), and the Opposition Bloc (a successor to the Party of Regions after Yanukovych fled to Russia).

2. Manafort and Gates generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their Ukraine work. From approximately 2006 through the present, Manafort and Gates engaged in a scheme to hide income from the United States authorities, while enjoying the use of the money.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4385690/2-22-18-Manafort-Gates-Indictment-EDVA.pdf

[TSA]

:ROFL

It's like a version of Terettes with you.

Do you dispute anything I wrote yes or no?

[Chris]

What is Terettes?

[Pavlov]

I only do one bet per investigation and djohn and I already have a $500 bet going, sorry. You had your chance to take my bet weeks ago.

Manafort and Gates were laundering the millions of dollars they made acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government

Literally in the introduction...

1. Defendants Paul J. Manafort Jr and Richard W. Gates III served for years as political consultants and lobbyists. Between at least 2006 and 2015, Manafort and Gates acted as unregistered agents of a foreign government and foreign political parties. Specifically, the represented the Government of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine (Victor Yanukovych, who was President from 2010 to 2014), the Party of Regions (a Ukranian political party led by Yanukovych), and the Opposition Bloc (a successor to the Party of Regions after Yanukovych fled to Russia).

2. Manafort and Gates generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their Ukraine work. From approximately 2006 through the present, Manafort and Gates engaged in a scheme to hide income from the United States authorities, while enjoying the use of the money.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4385690/2-22-18-Manafort-Gates-Indictment-EDVA.pdfOK, from your study of the indictment and the connections, what charges will Mueller bring against the Clintons?

[TSA]

OK, from your study of the indictment and the connections, what charges will Mueller bring against the Clintons?

I don't know.

[Pavlov]

I don't know.What possible charges against the Clintons are you thinking could arise from these indictments?

[TSA]

What possible charges against the Clintons are you thinking could arise from these indictments?

I don't know.

[Pavlov]

I don't know.So really your *ding*ing these indictments is just knee-jerk innuendobot behavior.

[Chris]

So really your *ding*ing these indictments is just knee-jerk innuendobot behavior.

No he's just tired off your relentless questions without reciprocation, and is basically telling you to fuck off because you have no interest in a rational conversation, only pointing fingers. Saavy?

[Pavlov]

No he's just tired off your relentless questions without reciprocation, and is basically telling you to fuck off because you have no interest in a rational conversation, only pointing fingers. Saavy?:lol bad week for Chrisbot as well.

[TSA]

So really your *ding*ing these indictments is just knee-jerk innuendobot behavior.

Nope. Just dropping some info to show people the indictments of Manafort/Gates have nothing to do with Trump and are actually connected to the Clintons when you dig into them.

And this
No he's just tired off your relentless questions without reciprocation, and is basically telling you to fuck off because you have no interest in a rational conversation, only pointing fingers. Saavy?

:bobo

[Pavlov]

Nope. Just dropping some info to show people the indictments of Manafort/Gates have nothing to do with Trump and are actually connected to the Clintons when you dig into them.For what reason, TSA?

Why is dropping that info so important to you?

[koriwhat]

No he's just tired off your relentless questions without reciprocation, and is basically telling you to fuck off because you have no interest in a rational conversation, only pointing fingers. Saavy?

no one here could've said it better. :tu

fuck pav!

[boutons_deux]

Apart from Sessions and Kusher, Manafort/Gates were extremely close to, maybe a bridge, between Trash and Pootin.

I'll LMFAO when M/G implicate Trash in all kinds of shit BEFORE he was Pres, meaning he is liable to be grand juried, indicted and tried.

[RandomGuy]

Do you dispute anything I wrote yes or no?

I make fun of anything you write, yes.

[TSA]

I make fun of anything you write, yes.

I'll take that as a no, you don't dispute anything I wrote.

[Pavlov]

I'll take that as a no, you don't dispute anything I wrote.SO YOU TOTALLY BUY MY INNUENDO!

[RandomGuy]

Nope. Just dropping some info to show people the indictments of Manafort/Gates have nothing to do with Trump and are actually connected to the Clintons when you dig into them.

And this

:bobo

"dropping info"

Just like twoofers dwopping twoof bombs.

Man, I really want a thousand dollars from you. That would be so sweet. Ah well.

Think of all the pizza I could buy.

[TSA]

For what reason, TSA?

Why is dropping that info so important to you?

People on this board we cheering as if the indictments somehow implicated Trump. I don't want people to look stupid cheering for something they don't fully understand.

[RandomGuy]

I'll take that as a no, you don't dispute anything I wrote.

Not at all. That is easy. Pretty much all bullshit innuendo. Sound and fury signifying nothing.

Better?

[Chucho]

No he's just tired off your relentless questions without reciprocation, and is basically telling you to fuck off because you have no interest in a rational conversation, only pointing fingers. Saavy?
Without his schitck and the people who go along with it, like Sputs and TSA, then the political form would be 90% insults, RG's continued downward spiral and Boot's batshit crazy posts.

[TSA]

SO YOU TOTALLY BUY MY INNUENDO!

Is anything below false?



Manafort/Gates indicted for work in Ukraine

Manafort/Gates lobbied for Yanukovych in Ukraine.

The Podesta Group was working with Manafort on this as well. Tony shut down the Podesta Group on the day Manafort was charged.

Yanukovych hired Skadden Arps to write a report on the prosecution of Tymoshenko in 2012

Van der Zwaan involved in producing report

Greg Craig and Clifford Sloan were partners at Skadden Arps

Greg Craig was the White House counsel to Barack Obama. He was also the assistant to President Clinton and special counsel in the White House.

Clifford Sloan was Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton. At the same time as Greg Craig.

Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State from 2009-2013.

The Clintons were being paid millions by one of Yanukovych's billionaire backers at the time, Victor Pinchuk.

From 2009-2013 the Clinton Foundation received 8.6 million dollars from Victor Pinchuk. He also pledged 29 million dollars over 5 years to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Pinchuk lobbied Clinton on behalf of Yanukovych

https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOC.../C05783797.pdf

Clinton denied ever meeting Pinchuk. In her last year as SOS Clinton invited Pinchuk to dinner at her home.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/em...rticle/2600040

[Pavlov]

People on this board we cheering as if the indictments somehow implicated Trump. I don't want people to look stupid cheering for something they don't fully understand.Why would you bring up the Clintons then?

All you had to say was the indictments didn't implicate Trump and that would be it.

Looks like you're lying again tbh.

[TSA]

Not at all. That is easy. Pretty much all bullshit innuendo. Sound and fury signifying nothing.

Better?

Please bold the parts that are innuendo, you can even make them large font like you love doing.

Manafort/Gates indicted for work in Ukraine

Manafort/Gates lobbied for Yanukovych in Ukraine.

The Podesta Group was working with Manafort on this as well. Tony shut down the Podesta Group on the day Manafort was charged.

Yanukovych hired Skadden Arps to write a report on the prosecution of Tymoshenko in 2012

Van der Zwaan involved in producing report

Greg Craig and Clifford Sloan were partners at Skadden Arps

Greg Craig was the White House counsel to Barack Obama. He was also the assistant to President Clinton and special counsel in the White House.

Clifford Sloan was Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton. At the same time as Greg Craig.

Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State from 2009-2013.

The Clintons were being paid millions by one of Yanukovych's billionaire backers at the time, Victor Pinchuk.

From 2009-2013 the Clinton Foundation received 8.6 million dollars from Victor Pinchuk. He also pledged 29 million dollars over 5 years to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Pinchuk lobbied Clinton on behalf of Yanukovych

https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOC.../C05783797.pdf

Clinton denied ever meeting Pinchuk. In her last year as SOS Clinton invited Pinchuk to dinner at her home.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/em...rticle/2600040

[Pavlov]

Please bold the parts that are innuendo, you can even make them large font like you love doing.So the post where you flat out say Mueller is trying to get Gates and Manafort to serve up the Clintons is something to not be considered?

[spurraider21]

Please bold the parts that are innuendo, you can even make them large font like you love doing.

Manafort/Gates indicted for work in Ukraine

Manafort/Gates lobbied for Yanukovych in Ukraine.

The Podesta Group was working with Manafort on this as well. Tony shut down the Podesta Group on the day Manafort was charged.

Yanukovych hired Skadden Arps to write a report on the prosecution of Tymoshenko in 2012

Van der Zwaan involved in producing report

Greg Craig and Clifford Sloan were partners at Skadden Arps

Greg Craig was the White House counsel to Barack Obama. He was also the assistant to President Clinton and special counsel in the White House.

Clifford Sloan was Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton. At the same time as Greg Craig.

Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State from 2009-2013.

The Clintons were being paid millions by one of Yanukovych's billionaire backers at the time, Victor Pinchuk.

From 2009-2013 the Clinton Foundation received 8.6 million dollars from Victor Pinchuk. He also pledged 29 million dollars over 5 years to the Clinton Global Initiative.

Pinchuk lobbied Clinton on behalf of Yanukovych

https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOC.../C05783797.pdf

Clinton denied ever meeting Pinchuk. In her last year as SOS Clinton invited Pinchuk to dinner at her home.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/em...rticle/2600040

[Reck]

Without his schitck and the people who go along with it, like Sputs and TSA, then the political form would be 90% insults, RG's continued downward spiral and Boot's batshit crazy posts.

RandomGuy Has more common sense than most. Just a bit too enthusiastic about things that aren't likely to happen.

But unlike boots, he makes good points often with stats to back things up.

Boots thinks posting daily kos and unfunny Borowitz articles are cute.

[TSA]

Why would you bring up the Clintons then?

All you had to say was the indictments didn't implicate Trump and that would be it.

Looks like you're lying again tbh.

If I just said they don't implicate Trump someone, most likely you, would have said prove it.

[RandomGuy]

People on this board we cheering as if the indictments somehow implicated Trump. I don't want people to look stupid cheering for something they don't fully understand.

So far, so grifty. If you guessed that Gates was negotiating to avoid jail time and finally tapped out when Mueller dropped those indictments yesterday, you’re probably right. But let’s step back and take a guess at what’s going on behind the scenes here.

On February 1, Gates’s lawyers moved to withdraw from the case, citing irreconcilable differences. They entered their motion about 10 minutes after Gates had his “Queen for a Day” with the FBI. That’s the proffer interview, where a witness lays all his cards on the table and says to the prosecutor, “What will you give me for this?”

Now in normal circumstances, a witness can’t be prosecuted for what he says during the proffer. But he can lose that immunity if he lies. WHICH HE DID. Meaning that whatever he said during that interview might be used to prosecute him.

And in normal circumstances, lawyers aren’t allowed to pull out in the middle of a case. But if, say, you know your client lied to the FBI, you have an ethical obligation to withdraw. And you have to balance that obligation with attorney-client privilege. Thus, the “noisy withdrawal,” where the attorney is allowed to breach the privilege and tell the judge in chambers that she needs to be excused from the case because her client has been less than wholly truthful.

And look at this thread from your favorite lawyer Renato Mariotti from February 1!

https://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-23-at-2.41.54-PM.png

Boy, that guy is SMART! All the Illinois Wonkers should vote for him to be the next AG!

But back to Gates. We don’t know for sure what happened here, but if your eyes glazed over during the TL;DR, our working theory is this:


Gates lied to the FBI on February 1 during plea negotiations.
His lawyers shit a brick and immediately moved to withdraw.
Because of the lie, Gates lost immunity from prosecution for whatever he said during plea negotiations.
Gates is a FUCKING FOOL.



Read more at https://wonkette.com/630314/rick-gates-fucking-dummy-tried-to-put-one-over-on-bob-mueller-a-lawsplainer#7d2S0crUfPVZR2dF.99

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:lol "Best People"

[RandomGuy]

We haven’t worked out yet why that meeting with Rohrabacher was incriminating enough to lie about, but it sure is an interesting question, huh?

Okay, batten down the hatches Wonkers. Emperor Dementia ’bout to lose his shit on Twitter when he realizes that Gates is singing like a canary. Shit’s gonna get weird.


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[Pavlov]

I just said they don't implicate Trump someone, most likely you, would have said prove it.No.

You're lying.

You said Mueller was trying to get Gates and Manafort to serve up the Clintons.

[TSA]

So far, so grifty. If you guessed that Gates was negotiating to avoid jail time and finally tapped out when Mueller dropped those indictments yesterday, you’re probably right. But let’s step back and take a guess at what’s going on behind the scenes here.

On February 1, Gates’s lawyers moved to withdraw from the case, citing irreconcilable differences. They entered their motion about 10 minutes after Gates had his “Queen for a Day” with the FBI. That’s the proffer interview, where a witness lays all his cards on the table and says to the prosecutor, “What will you give me for this?”

Now in normal circumstances, a witness can’t be prosecuted for what he says during the proffer. But he can lose that immunity if he lies. WHICH HE DID. Meaning that whatever he said during that interview might be used to prosecute him.

And in normal circumstances, lawyers aren’t allowed to pull out in the middle of a case. But if, say, you know your client lied to the FBI, you have an ethical obligation to withdraw. And you have to balance that obligation with attorney-client privilege. Thus, the “noisy withdrawal,” where the attorney is allowed to breach the privilege and tell the judge in chambers that she needs to be excused from the case because her client has been less than wholly truthful.

And look at this thread from your favorite lawyer Renato Mariotti from February 1!

https://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-23-at-2.41.54-PM.png

Boy, that guy is SMART! All the Illinois Wonkers should vote for him to be the next AG!

But back to Gates. We don’t know for sure what happened here, but if your eyes glazed over during the TL;DR, our working theory is this:


Gates lied to the FBI on February 1 during plea negotiations.
His lawyers shit a brick and immediately moved to withdraw.
Because of the lie, Gates lost immunity from prosecution for whatever he said during plea negotiations.
Gates is a FUCKING FOOL.



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:lol "Best People"

What does any of this have to do with implicating Trump?

[Pavlov]

Read more at https://wonkette.com/630314/rick-gates-fucking-dummy-tried-to-put-one-over-on-bob-mueller-a-lawsplainer#7d2S0crUfPVZR2dF.99Yeah, including Rohrabacher's name in the indictment seems noteworthy to me, but I could be wrong.

[TSA]

No.

You're lying.

You said Mueller was trying to get Gates and Manafort to serve up the Clintons.

I think Mueller is getting Gates and Manafort to get to Tony Podesta who's a much bigger fish than either of them. Podesta would be the one to serve up the Clintons.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?

[Reck]

I think Mueller is getting Gates and Manafort to get to Tony Podesta who's a much bigger fish than either of them. Podesta would be the one to serve up the Clintons.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?

Wow. lol

[boutons_deux]

Yeah, including Rohrabacher's name in the indictment seems noteworthy to me, but I could be wrong.

Rohrabacher is a huge, famous fan of Pootin and Russia, which could mean the Pootin has turned him into an asset.

I bet Rohrabacher doesn't want Mueller snooping around in his finances and tax returns.

[Reck]

I think Mueller is getting Gates and Manafort to get to Tony Podesta who's a much bigger fish than either of them. Podesta would be the one to serve up the Clintons.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?

At this point, since you're all in. Why not Huma Abedin? She would know more than John Podesta and it's not even close.

[Pavlov]

I think Mueller is getting Gates and Manafort to get to Tony Podesta who's a much bigger fish than either of them. Podesta would be the one to serve up the Clintons.As long as you're admitting you lied.

As for Tony Podesta -- I have no idea why they would need the Gates and Manafort flipping to get the people working under them. That's the exact reverse of how these things usually go. I'm sure you have a theory that explains how taking down the heads of a firm leads to taking down a subcontractor and relevant examples.

[TSA]

As long as you're admitting you lied.

As for Tony Podesta -- I have no idea why they would need the Gates and Manafort flipping to get the people working under them. That's the exact reverse of how these things usually go. I'm sure you have a theory that explains how taking down the heads of a firm leads to taking down a subcontractor and relevant examples.

If you want to continue the discussion stop editing out questions without responding.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?

[Pavlov]

If you want to continue the discussion stop editing out questions without responding.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?Don't know. Dude's 74. Could've been the best decision to retire and keep the business going.

But thanks for admitting you lied.

As for Tony Podesta -- I have no idea why they would need the Gates and Manafort flipping to get the people working under them. That's the exact reverse of how these things usually go. I'm sure you have a theory that explains how taking down the heads of a firm leads to taking down a subcontractor and relevant examples.

So let's see your theory and relevant examples.

[TSA]

Don't know. Dude's 74. Could've been the best decision to retire and keep the business going.

You are being disingenuous, our conversation is over.

[RandomGuy]

Yeah, including Rohrabacher's name in the indictment seems noteworthy to me, but I could be wrong.

Rohrbacher has been Russia's bought and paid for congresspet for a while.

The payments from Manafort to Rohrbacher... that is the interesting thread here. Manafort could very well be one of the conduits that have been feeding Rorhrbachers piggybank to shill for Russia.

[Chris]

967162529821679617

[clambake]

lock her up

[koriwhat]

967162529821679617

fuck that stupid **** lynch!

[clambake]

tom fitton is busy busy

[Chris]

fuck that stupid **** lynch!

She's a smug bitch too.

[Pavlov]

You are being disingenuous, our conversation is over.:lol It's a distinct possibility. Dude is 74 and the business kept going.

Tell me what crimes you are accusing Podesta of.

[RandomGuy]

What does any of this have to do with implicating Trump?

There are two types of people in this world: those who know how to convert PDFs into Word documents and those who are indicted for money laundering. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is the second kind of person.

Back in October, a grand jury indictment charged Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates with a variety of crimes, including conspiring “to defraud the United States.” On Thursday, special counsel Robert Mueller filed a new indictment against the pair, substantially expanding the charges. As one former federal prosecutor told the Washington Post, Manafort and Gates’ methods appear to have been “extensive and bold and greedy with a capital ‘G,’ but … not all that sophisticated.”

One new detail from the indictment, however, points to just how unsophisticated Manafort seems to have been. Here’s the relevant passage from the indictment. I’ve bolded the most important bits:


Manafort and Gates made numerous false and fraudulent representations to secure the loans. For example, Manafort provided the bank with doctored [profit and loss statements] for [Davis Manafort Inc.] for both 2015 and 2016, overstating its income by millions of dollars. The doctored 2015 DMI P&L submitted to Lender D was the same false statement previously submitted to Lender C, which overstated DMI’s income by more than $4 million. The doctored 2016 DMI P&L was inflated by Manafort by more than $3.5 million. To create the false 2016 P&L, on or about October 21, 2016, Manafort emailed Gates a .pdf version of the real 2016 DMI P&L, which showed a loss of more than $600,000. Gates converted that .pdf into a “Word” document so that it could be edited, which Gates sent back to Manafort. Manafort altered that “Word” document by adding more than $3.5 million in income. He then sent this falsified P&L to Gates and asked that the “Word” document be converted back to a .pdf, which Gates did and returned to Manafort. Manafort then sent the falsified 2016 DMI P&L .pdf to Lender D.



So here’s the essence of what went wrong for Manafort and Gates, according to Mueller’s investigation: Manafort allegedly wanted to falsify his company’s income, but he couldn’t figure out how to edit the PDF. He therefore had Gates turn it into a Microsoft Word document for him, which led the two to bounce the documents back-and-forth over email. As attorney and blogger Susan Simpson notes on Twitter, Manafort’s inability to complete a basic task on his own seems to have effectively “created an incriminating paper trail.”

https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/paul-manafort-couldnt-convert-pdfs-to-word-documents.html


:rollin

"Best people"

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[Pavlov]

There are two types of people in this world: those who know how to convert PDFs into Word documents and those who are indicted for money laundering. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is the second kind of person.

Back in October, a grand jury indictment charged Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates with a variety of crimes, including conspiring “to defraud the United States.” On Thursday, special counsel Robert Mueller filed a new indictment against the pair, substantially expanding the charges. As one former federal prosecutor told the Washington Post, Manafort and Gates’ methods appear to have been “extensive and bold and greedy with a capital ‘G,’ but … not all that sophisticated.”

One new detail from the indictment, however, points to just how unsophisticated Manafort seems to have been. Here’s the relevant passage from the indictment. I’ve bolded the most important bits:


Manafort and Gates made numerous false and fraudulent representations to secure the loans. For example, Manafort provided the bank with doctored [profit and loss statements] for [Davis Manafort Inc.] for both 2015 and 2016, overstating its income by millions of dollars. The doctored 2015 DMI P&L submitted to Lender D was the same false statement previously submitted to Lender C, which overstated DMI’s income by more than $4 million. The doctored 2016 DMI P&L was inflated by Manafort by more than $3.5 million. To create the false 2016 P&L, on or about October 21, 2016, Manafort emailed Gates a .pdf version of the real 2016 DMI P&L, which showed a loss of more than $600,000. Gates converted that .pdf into a “Word” document so that it could be edited, which Gates sent back to Manafort. Manafort altered that “Word” document by adding more than $3.5 million in income. He then sent this falsified P&L to Gates and asked that the “Word” document be converted back to a .pdf, which Gates did and returned to Manafort. Manafort then sent the falsified 2016 DMI P&L .pdf to Lender D.



So here’s the essence of what went wrong for Manafort and Gates, according to Mueller’s investigation: Manafort allegedly wanted to falsify his company’s income, but he couldn’t figure out how to edit the PDF. He therefore had Gates turn it into a Microsoft Word document for him, which led the two to bounce the documents back-and-forth over email. As attorney and blogger Susan Simpson notes on Twitter, Manafort’s inability to complete a basic task on his own seems to have effectively “created an incriminating paper trail.”

https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/paul-manafort-couldnt-convert-pdfs-to-word-documents.html


:rollin

"Best people"

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAYeah, I'd be surprised if TSA would even concede Manafort and Gates were bad hires.

[Reck]

Manafort charged with obstructing the Mueller probe.

Yes people, these are new charges. :lol

[RandomGuy]

Yeah, I'd be surprised if TSA would even concede Manafort and Gates were bad hires.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/19/03/435E98FE00000578-0-image-a-28_1503111391111.jpg


Yeah...

If there was some collusion, don't expect loyalty from those having done it.

one of he best arguments against any conspiracy theory is that SOMEONE will blab.

[Reck]

967186107875102720

Mueller is really going the long way to catch the Clintons. :lol

[djohn2oo8]

967153519244562432

[Chris]

Manafucked?

[djohn2oo8]

967163316173983749
:lmao :lmao :lmao

[djohn2oo8]

967169690643718144
:lmao :lmao

[dabom]

Boom.

[djohn2oo8]

967178552641839104

[boutons_deux]

Boom.

On top of Kelly, trying to kick JK off security list due JK not completing check.


JK wanted extra-govtmental Crypto channel to Pootin? G T FO

[Chris]

"Bannon is talking." :lol

[monosylab1k]

I think Mueller is getting Gates and Manafort to get to Tony Podesta who's a much bigger fish than either of them. Podesta would be the one to serve up the Clintons.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?

:lmao A+ trolling. I like the change of direction.

[Reck]

:lmao A+ trolling. I like the change of direction.

It'd be funny if he didn't already made a bet with Djohn. IIRC the bet is these Mueller moves are all about getting the Clintons and not about Trump at all.

[TSA]

It'd be funny if he didn't already made a bet with Djohn. IIRC the bet is these Mueller moves are all about getting the Clintons and not about Trump at all.

No it has nothing to do with that. Why don’t you ask djohn what the $500 bet is about he won’t answer me anymore :lol

[djohn2oo8]

Damn TSA is reduced to literally begging on his knees for attention. Lordy!

[djohn2oo8]

967259460585639936
:lmao

[Chris]

lol Claude

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/912595573840269312/35Z08JZj_400x400.jpg

[djohn2oo8]

967263256061661184

[Chris]

“Collusion against Trump” Timeline
2011
U.S. intel community vastly expands its surveillance authority, giving itself permission to spy on Americans who do nothing more than “mention a foreign target in a single, discrete communication.” Intel officials also begin storing and entering into a searchable database sensitive intelligence on U.S. citizens whose communications are accidentally or “incidentally” captured during surveillance of foreign targets. Prior to this point, such intelligence was supposed to be destroyed to protect the constitutional privacy rights the U.S. citizens. However, it’s required that names U.S. citizens be hidden or “masked” –even inside U.S. intel agencies –to prevent abuse.

2012
July 1, 2012: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton improperly uses unsecured, personal email domain to email President Obama from Russia.

2013
June 2013: FBI interviews U.S. businessman Carter Page, who’s lived and worked in Russia, regarding his ongoing contacts with Russians. Page reportedly tells FBI agents their time would be better spent investigating Boston Marathon bombing (which the FBI’s Andrew McCabe helped lead). Page later claims his remark prompts FBI retaliatory campaign against him. The FBI, under McCabe, will later wiretap Page after Page becomes a Donald Trump campaign adviser.

FBI secretly records suspected Russian industrial spy Evgeny Buryakov. It’s later reported that Page helped FBI build the case.

Sept. 4, 2013: James Comey becomes FBI Director, succeeding Robert Mueller.

2014
Russia invades Ukraine. Ukraine steps up hiring of U.S. lobbyists to make its case against Russia and obtain U.S. aid. Russia also continues its practice of using U.S. lobbyists.

Ukraine forms National Anti-Corruption Bureau as a condition to receive U.S. aid. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau later signs evidence-sharing agreement with FBI related to Trump-Russia probe.

Ukrainian-American Alexandra Chalupa, a paid consultant for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), begins researching lobbyist Paul Manafort’s Russia ties.

FBI investigates, and then wiretaps, Paul Manafort for allegedly not properly disclosing Russia-related work. FBI fails to make a case, according to CNN, and discontinues wiretap.

August 2014: State Dept. turns over 15,000 pages of documents to Congressional Benghazi committee, revealing former secretary of state Hillary Clinton used private server for government email. Her mishandling of classified info on this private system becomes subject of FBI probe.

2015
FBI opens investigation into Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, including for donations from a Chinese businessman and Clinton Foundation donor.

FBI official Andrew McCabe meets with Gov. McAuliffe, a close Clinton ally. Afterwards, “McAuliffe-aligned political groups donated about $700,000 to Mr. McCabe’s wife…for her campaign to become a Democrat state Senator in Virginia.” The fact of the McAuliffe-related donations to wife of FBI’s McCabe—while FBI was investigating McAuliffe and Clinton—later becomes the subject of conflict of interest inquiry by Inspector General.

Feb. 9, 2015: U.S. Senate forms Ukrainian caucus to further Ukrainian interests. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is a member.

March 4, 2015: New York Times breaks news about Clinton’s improper handling of classified email as secretary of state.

In internal emails, Clinton campaign chairman (and former Obama adviser) John Podesta suggests Obama withhold Clinton’s emails from Congressional Benghazi committee under executive privilege.

March 2015: Attorney General Loretta Lynch privately directs FBI Director James Comey to call FBI Clinton probe a “matter” rather than an “investigation.” Comey follows the instruction, though he later testifies that it made him “queasy.”

March 7, 2015: President Obama says he first learned of Clinton’s improper email practices “through news reports.” Clinton campaign staffers privately contradict that claim emailing: “…it looks like [President Obama] just said he found out [Hillary Clinton] was using her personal email when he saw it on the news.” Clinton aide Cheryl Mills responds, “We need to clean this up—[President Obama] has emails from” Clinton’s personal account.

May 19, 2015: Justice Dept. Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Peter Kadzik emails Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta from a private Gmail account to give him a “heads ups” involving Congressional questions about Clinton email.

Summer 2015: Democratic National Committee computers are hacked.

Sept. 2015: Glenn Simpson, co-founder of political opposition research firm Fusion GPS, is hired by conservative website Washington Free Beacon to compile negative research on presidential candidate Donald Trump and other Republicans.

Oct. 2015: President Obama uses a “confidentiality tradition” to keep his Benghazi emails with Hillary Clinton secret.

Oct. 12, 2015: FBI Director Comey replaces head of FBI Counterintelligence Division at New York Field Office with Louis Bladel.

Oct. 22, 2015: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) publicly states that Clinton is “not under criminal investigation.”

Clinton testifies to House Benghazi committee.

Oct. 23, 2015: Clinton campaign chair John Podesta meets for dinner with small group of friends including a top Justice Dept. official Peter Kadzik.

Late 2015: Democratic operative Chalupa expands her political opposition research about Paul Manafort to include Trump’s ties to Russia. She “occasionally shares her findings with officials from the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign.”

Dec. 4, 2015: Donald Trump is beating his nearest Republican presidential competitor by 20 points in latest CNN poll.

Dec. 9, 2015: FBI Director Comey replaces head of FBI Counterintelligence Division at Washington Field Office with Charles Kable.

Dec. 23, 2015: FBI Director Comey names Bill Priestap as assistant director of Counterintelligence Division.

[Chris]

2016
Obama officials vastly expand their searches through NSA database for Americans and the content of their communications. In 2013, there were 9,600 searches involving 195 Americans. But in 2016, there are 30,355 searches of 5,288 Americans.

Justice Dept. associate deputy attorney general Bruce Ohr meets with Fusion GPS’ Christopher Steele, the Yemen-born ex-British spy leading anti-Trump political opposition research project.

January 2016: Democratic operative Ukrainian-American Chalupa tells a senior Democratic National Committee official that she feels there’s a Russia connection with Trump.

Jan. 29, 2016: FBI Director Comey promotes Andrew McCabe to FBI Deputy Director.

McCabe takes lead on Clinton probe even though his wife received nearly $700,000 in campaign donations through Clinton ally Terry McAuliffe, who’s also under FBI investigation.

March 2016: Clinton campaign chair John Podesta’s email gets hacked.

March 2, 2016: FBI Director Comey replaces head of Intelligence Division of Washington Field Office with Gerald Roberts, Jr.

March 11, 2016: Russian Evgeny Buryakovwhich pleads guilty to spying in FBI case that Carter Page reportedly assisted with.

March 25, 2016: Ukrainian-American operative for Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chalupa meets with top Ukrainian officials at Ukrainian Embassy in Washington D.C. to “expose ties between Trump, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia,” according to Politico. Chalupa previously worked for the Clinton administration.

Ukrainian embassy proceeds to work “directly with reporters researching Trump, Manafort and Russia to point them in the right directions,” according to an embassy official (though other officials later deny engaging in election-related activities.)

March 29, 2016: Trump campaign hires Paul Manafort as manager of July Republican convention.

March 30, 2016: Ukrainian-American Democratic operative Alexandra Chalupa briefs Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff on Russia ties to Paul Manafort and Trump.

With “DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asks Ukrainian embassy to arrange meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss Manafort’s lobbying for Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych. The embassy declines to arrange meeting but becomes “helpful” in trading info and leads.

Ukrainian embassy officials and Democratic operative Chalupa “coordinat[e] an investigation with the Hillary team” into Paul Manafort, according to a source in Politico. This effort reportedly includes working with U.S. media.

April 2016: There’s a second breach of Democratic National Committee computers.

Washington Free Beacon breaks off deal with Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS for political opposition research against Trump.

Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee lawyer Mark Elias and his law firm, Perkins Coie, hire Fusion GPS for anti-Trump political research project.

April 5, 2016: Convicted spy Buryakov is turned over to Russia.

Week of April 6, 2016: Ukrainian-American Democratic operative Chalupa and office of Rep. Mary Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chair of Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, discuss possible congressional investigation or hearing on Paul Manafort-Russia “by September.”

Chalupa begins working with investigative reporter Michael Isikoff, according to her later account.

April 10, 2016: In national TV interview, President Obama states that Clinton did not intend to harm national security when she mishandled classified emails. FBI Director James Comey later concludes that Clinton should not face charges because she did not intend to harm national security.

Around this time, the FBI begins drafting Comey’s remarks closing Clinton email investigation, though Clinton had not yet been interviewed.

April 26, 2016: Investigative reporter Michael Isikoff publishes story on Yahoo News about Paul Manafort’s business dealings with a Russian oligarch.

April 28, 2016: Ukrainian-American Democratic operative Chalupa is invited to discuss her research about Paul Manafort with 68 investigative journalists from Ukraine at Library of Congress for Open World Leadership Center, a U.S. congressional agency. Chalupa invites investigative reporter Michael Isikoff to“connect(s) him to the Ukrainians.”

After the event, reporter Isikoff accompanies Chalupa to Ukrainian embassy reception.

May 3, 2016: Ukrainian-American Democratic operative Chalupa emails Democratic National Committee (DNC) that she’ll share sensitive info about Paul Manafort “offline” including “a big Trump component…that will hit in next few weeks.”

May 4, 2016: Trump locks up Republican nomination.

May 19, 2016: Paul Manafort is named Trump campaign chair.

May 23, 2016: FBI probe into Virginia governor and Clinton ally Terry McAuliffe becomes public. (McAuliffe is ultimately not charged with a crime.)

Justice Department Inspector General confirms it’s looking into FBI’s Andrew McCabe for alleged conflicts of interest in handling of Clinton and Gov. McAuliffe probes in light of McAuliffe directing campaign donations to McCabe’s wife.

FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, who are reportedly having an illicit affair, text each other that Trump’s ascension in the campaign will bring “pressure…to finish” Clinton probe.

Nellie Ohr, wife of Justice Dept. associate deputy attorney general Bruce Ohr and former CIA worker, goes on the payroll of Fusion GPS and assists with anti-Trump political opposition research. Her husband, Bruce, reportedly fails to disclose her specific employer and work in his Justice Dept. conflict of interest disclosures.

Nellie Ohr applies for a ham radio license.

June 2016: Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson hires Yemen-born ex-British spy Christopher Steele for anti-Trump political opposition research project. Steele uses info from Russian sources “close to Putin” to compile unverified “dossier” later provided to reporters and FBI, which the FBI uses to obtain secret wiretap.

June 7, 2016: Hillary Clinton locks up the Democrat nomination.

June 9, 2016: Meeting in Trump Tower includes Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner with Russian lawyer who said he has political opposition research on Clinton. (No research was ultimately provided.) According to CNN, the FBI has not yet started up a second wiretap against Manafort but will soon do so.

June 10, 2016: Democratic National Committee (DNC) tells employees that its computer system has been hacked. DNC blames Russia but refuses to let FBI examine its systems.

June 15, 2016: “Guccifer 2.0” publishes first hacked document from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.

June 17, 2016: Washington Post publishes front page story linking Trump to Russia: “Inside Trump’s Financial Ties to Russia and His Unusual Flattery of Vladimir Putin.”

June 20, 2016: Christopher Steele proposes taking some of Fusion GPS’ research about Trump to FBI.

June 22, 2016: WikiLeaks begins publishing embarrassing, hacked emails from Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee.

June 27, 2016: Attorney General Loretta Lynch meets privately with former President Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac in Phoenix, Arizona.

Late June 2016: DCLeaks website begins publishing Democratic National Committee emails.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine signs evidence-sharing agreement with FBI and will later publicly release a “ledger” implicating Paul Manafort in allegedly improper payments.

June 30, 2016: FBI circulates internal draft of public remarks for FBI Director Comey to announce closing of Clinton investigation. It refers to Mrs. Clinton’s “extensive” use of her personal email, including “from the territory of sophisticated adversaries,” and a July 1, 2012 email to President Obama from Russia. The draft concludes it’s possible that hostile actors gained access to Clinton’s email account.

Comey’s remarks are revised to replace reference to “the President” with the phrase: “another senior government official.” (That reference, too, is removed from the final draft.)

Attorney General Lynch tells FBI she plans to publicly announce that she’ll accept whatever recommendation FBI Director Comey makes regarding charges against Clinton.

July 2016: Ukraine minister of internal affairs Arsen Avakov attacks Trump and Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort on Twitter and Facebook, calling Trump “an even bigger danger to the US than terrorism.”

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk writes on Facebook that Trump has “challenged the very values of the free world.”

July 1, 2016: Under fire for meeting with former President Clinton amid the probe into his wife, Attorney General Lynch publicly states she’ll accept whatever FBI Director Comey recommends—without interfering.

FBI official Lisa Page texts her boyfriend, FBI official Peter Strzok, sarcastically commenting that Lynch’s proclamation is “a real profile in courage, since she knows no charges will be brought.”

July 2, 2016: FBI official Peter Strzok and other agents interview Clinton. They don’t record the interview. Two potential subjects of the investigation, Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson, are allowed to attend as Clinton’s lawyers.

July 5, 2016: FBI Director Comey recommends no charges against Clinton, though he concludes she’s been extremely careless in mishandling of classified information. Comey claims he hasn’t coordinated or reviewed his statement in any way with Attorney General Lynch’s Justice Department or other government branches. “They do not know what I am about to say,” says Comey.

Fusion GPS’ Steele, an ex-British spy, approaches FBI with allegations against Trump, according to Congressional investigators.

Days after closing Clinton case, FBI official Peter Strzok signs document opening FBI probe into Trump-Russia collusion.

July 10, 2016: Democratic National Committee (DNC) aide Seth Rich, reportedly a Bernie Sanders supporter, is shot twice in the back and killed. Police suspect a bungled robbery attempt, though nothing was apparently stolen. Conspiracy theorists speculate that Rich—not the Russians— had stolen DNC emails after he learned the DNC was unfairly favoring Clinton. The murder remains unsolved.

July 2016: Trump adviser Carter Page makes a business trip to Russia.

FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) rejects FBI request to wiretap Page.

Obama national security adviser Susan Rice begins to show increased interest in National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence material including “unmasked” Americans’ identities, according to news reports referring to White House logs.

July 18-21, 2016: Republican National Convention

Late July 2016: FBI agent Peter Strzok opens counterintelligence investigation based on Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos.

Democratic operative and Ukrainian-American Chalupa leaves the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to work full-time on her research into Manafort, Trump and Russia; and provides off-the-record guidance to “a lot of journalists.”

July 22, 2016: WikiLeaks begins publishing hacked Democratic National Committee emails. WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange denies the email source is Russian.

July 25-28, 2016: Democratic National Convention

Summer 2016: Nellis Ohr, wife of Justice Dept. associate deputy attorney general Bruce Ohr is still on the payroll of Fusion GPS.

Fusion GPS’ Christopher Steele, a British citizen, briefs FBI leadership on his anti-Trump political opposition research. Weeks later, the info makes it to FBI agent Peter “Strzok and his team,” according to New York Times.

Aug. 4, 2016: Ukrainian ambassador to U.S. writes op-ed against Trump.

Aug. 14, 2016: New York Times breaks story about cash payments made a decade ago to Paul Manafort by pro-Russia interests in Ukraine. The ledger was released and publicized by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.

Aug. 15, 2016: CNN reports the FBI is conducting an inquiry into Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort’s payments from pro-Russia interests in Ukraine in 2007 and 2009.

After a meeting discussing the election in FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s office, the FBI’s Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text of needing an “insurance policy” in case Trump is elected.

Aug. 19, 2016: Paul Manafort resigns as Trump campaign chairman.

Ukrainian parliament member Sergii Leshchenko holds news conference to draw attention to Paul Manafort and Trump’s “pro-Russia” ties.

Approx. Aug. 2016: FBI initiates a new wiretap against ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, according to CNN, which extends at least through early 2017.

Sept. 2016: Fusion GPS’ Steele becomes FBI source and uses associate deputy attorney general Bruce Ohr as point of contact. Steele tells Ohr that he’s “desperate that Donald Trump not get elected.”

President Obama warns Russia not to interfere in the U.S. election

Sept. 2, 2016: FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text that “[President Obama] wants to know everything we’re doing.”

Sept. 13, 2016: The nonprofit First Draft, funded by Google, whose parent company is run by major Hillary Clinton supporter and donor Eric Schmidt, announces initiative to tackle “fake news.” It appears to be the first use of the phrase in its modern context.

[Chris]

Sept. 15, 2016: Clinton computer manager Paul Combetta appears before House Oversight Committee but refuses to answer questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.

Sept. 19, 2016: At UN General Assembly meeting, Ukrainian President Poroshenko meets with Hillary Clinton.

Mid-to-late Sept. 2016: Fusion GPS’ Christopher Steele’s FBI contact tells him the agency wants to see his opposition research “right away” and offers to pay him $50,000, according to the New York Times, for solid corroboration of his salacious, unverified claims. Steele flies to Rome, Italy to meet with FBI and provide a “full briefing.”

Sept. 22, 2016: Clinton computer aide Brian Pagliano is held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoena.

Sept. 23, 2016: It’s revealed that Justice Department has granted five Clinton officials immunity from prosecution: former chief of staff Cheryl Mills, State Department staffers John Bentel and Heather Samuelson, and Clinton computer workers Paul Combetta and Brian Pagliano.

Yahoo News publishes article by Michael Isikoff about Carter Page’s July 2016 trip to Moscow. (The article is apparently based on leaked info from Fusion GPS Steele anti-Trump “dossier” political opposition research.)

Sept. 26, 2016: Obama administration asks secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) court to allow National Counter Terrorism Center to access sensitive, “unmasked” intel on Americans acquired by FBI and NSA. (The Court later approves the request.)

Sept. 27, 2016: Justice Department Assistant Attorney General of National Security Division John Carlin announces he’s stepping down. He was former chief of staff and senior counsel to former FBI director Robert Mueller.

End of Sept. 2016: Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson and Christopher Steele meet with reporters, including New York Times, Washington Post, Yahoo News, the New Yorker and CNN or ABC. One meeting is at office of Democratic National Committee general counsel.

Early October 2016: Fusion GPS’ Christopher Steele, the Yemen-born author of anti-Trump “dossier,” meets in New York with David Corn, Washington-bureau chief of Mother Jones.

Oct. 3, 2016: FBI seizes computers belonging to Anthony Weiner, who is accused of sexually texting an underage girl. Weiner is married to top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin. FBI learns there are Clinton emails on Weiner’s laptop but waits several weeks before notifying Congress and reopening investigation.

Oct. 4, 2016: FBI Director Comey replaces head of Counterintelligence Division, New York Field Office with Charles McGonigal.

Oct. 7, 2016: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Department of Homeland Security issue statement saying Russian government is responsible for hacking Democrat emails to disrupt 2016 election.

Oct. 13, 2016: President Obama gives a speech in support of the crackdown on “fake news” by stating that somebody needs to step in an “curate” information in the “wild, wild West media environment.”

Mid-Oct. 2016: Fusion GPS’ Steele again briefs reporters about Trump political opposition research. The reporters are from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Yahoo News.

Oct. 16, 2016: Mary McCord is named Assistant Attorney General for Justice Department National Security Division.

Oct. 18, 2016: President Obama advises Trump to “stop whining” after Trump tweeted the election could be rigged. “There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even — you could even rig America’s elections,” said Obama. He also calls Trump’s “flattery” of Russian president Putin “unprecedented.”

Oct. 19, 2016: Ex-British spy Christopher Steele writes his last memo for anti-Trump “dossier” political opposition research provided to FBI. The FBI reportedly authorizes payment to Steele. Fusion GPS has reportedly paid him $160,000.

Approx. Oct. 21, 2016: For the second time in several months, Justice Department and FBI apply to wiretap former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. This time, the request is approved based on new FBI “evidence,” including parts of Fusion GPS’ “Steele dossier” and Michael Isikoff Yahoo article. The FBI doesn’t tell the court that Trump’s political opponent— the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee— funded the “evidence.”

Oct. 24, 2016: Benjamin Wittes, confidant of FBI Director James Comey and editor-in-chief of the blog Lawfare, writes of the need for an “insurance policy” in case Trump wins. It’s the same phrase FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok had used when discussing the possibility of a Trump win.

Obama intel officials orally inform Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of an earlier Inspector General review uncovering their “significant noncompliance” in following proper “702” procedures safeguarding the National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence database with sensitive info on US citizens.

Late Oct. 2016: Fusion GPS’ Steele again briefs reporter from Mother Jones by Skype about Trump political opposition research.

Oct. 26, 2016: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court holds hearing with Obama intel officials over their “702” surveillance violations. The judge criticizes NSA for “institutional lack of candor” and states “this is a very serious Fourth Amendment issue.”

Oct. 28, 2016: FBI Director Comey notifies Congress that he’s reopening Clinton probe due to Clinton emails found on Anthony Wiener laptop several weeks earlier.

Oct. 30, 2016: Mother Jones writer David Corn is first to report on the anti-Trump “dossier,” quoting unidentified former spy, presumed to be Christopher Steele. FBI general counsel James Baker had reportedly been in touch with Corn but Corn later denies Baker was the leaker.

FBI terminates its relationship with Steele because Steele had leaked his FBI involvement in Mother Jones article.

Steele reportedly maintains backchannel contact with Justice Dept. through Deputy Associate Attorney General Bruce Ohr.

Oct. 31, 2016: New York Times reports FBI is investigating Trump and found no illicit connections to Russia.

Nov. 6, 2016: FBI Director Comey tells Congress that Clinton emails on Anthony Weiner computer do not change earlier conclusion: she should not be charged.

Nov. 8, 2016: Trump is elected president.

Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice’s interest in NSA materials accelerates, according to later news reports.

Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr meets with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson shortly after election.

The FBI interviews Ohr about his ongoing contacts with Fusion GPS.

Nov. 2016: National Security Agency Mike Rogers meets with president-elect Trump and is criticized for “not telling the Obama administration.”

Nov. 17, 2016: Trump moves his Friday presidential team meetings out of Trump Tower.

Nov. 18-20, 2016: Sen. John McCain and his longtime adviser, David Kramer–an ex-U.S. State Dept. official–attend a security conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia where former UK ambassador to Russia Sir Andrew Wood tells them about the Fusion GPS anti-Trump dossier. (Kramer is affiliated with the anti-Russia “Ukraine Today” media organization). They discuss confirming the info has reached top levels of FBI for action.

Nov. 28, 2016: Sen. McCain associate David Kramer flies to London to meet Christopher Steele for a briefing on the anti-Trump research. Afterward, Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson gives Sen. McCain a copy of the “dossier.” Steele also passes anti-Trump info to top UK government official in charge of national security. Sen. McCain soon arranges a meeting with FBI Director Comey.

Dec. 2016: Text messages between FBI officials Strzok and Page are later said to be “lost” due to a technical glitch beginning at this point.

Dec. 8, 2016: Sen. John McCain meets with FBI Director Comey at FBI headquarters and hands over Fusion GPS anti-Trump research, elevating the FBI’s investigation into the matter. The FBI compiles a classified two-page summary and attaches it to intel briefing note on Russian cyber-interference in election for President Obama.

Hillary Clinton makes a pubic appearance denouncing “fake news.”

Hillary Clinton and Democratic operative David Brock of Media Matters announces he’s leaving board of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), one of his many propaganda and liberal advocacy groups, to focus on “fake news” effort.

Brock later claims credit— privately to of donors— for convincing Facebook to crack down on conservative fake news.

Dec. 15, 2016: Obama intel officials “incidentally” spy on Trump officials meeting with the United Arab Emirates crown prince in Trump Tower. This is taken to mean the government was wiretapping the prince and “happened to capture” Trump officials communicating with him at Trump Tower. Identities of Americans accidentally captured in such surveillance are strictly protected or “masked” inside intel agencies for constitutional privacy reasons.

Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice secretly “unmasks” names of the Trump officials, officially revealing their identities. They reportedly include: Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

Director of National Intelligence Clapper expands rules to allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to widely disseminate classified surveillance material within the government.

Dec. 29, 2016: President Obama imposes sanctions against Russia for its alleged election interference.

President-elect Trump national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn speaks with Russian Ambassador to U.S. Sergey Kislyak. The call is wiretapped by U.S. intelligence and later leaked to the press.

State Department releases 2,800 work-related emails from Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, found by FBI on laptop computer of Abedin’s husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner.

2017
Jan. 2017: According to CNN: a wiretap reportedly continues against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, including times he speaks to Trump, meaning U.S. intel officials could have “accidentally” captured Trump’s communications.

Justice Dept. Inspector General confirms it’s investigating several aspects of FBI and Justice Department actions during Clinton probe.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies to Congress that Russia interfered in U.S. elections by spreading fake news on social media.

Justice Dept. official Peter Kadzik, who “tipped off” Clinton campaign regarding Congressional questions about her email, leaves government work for private practice.

Jan. 3, 2017: Obama Attorney General Lynch signs rules Director of National Intelligence Clapper expanded Dec. 15 allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to widely disseminate surveillance within the government.

Jan. 5, 2017: Intelligence Community leadership provides classified briefing on alleged Russia hacking during 2016 campaign, according to notes later written by national security adviser Susan Rice.

After briefing, according notes made later by Rice, President Obama convenes Oval Office meeting with her, FBI Director Comey, Vice President Biden and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. The “Steele dossier” is discussed reportedly discussed.

Jan. 6, 2017: FBI Director Comey and other Intel leaders meet with President-Elect Trump and his national security team at Trump Tower in New York to brief them on alleged Russian efforts to interfere in the election.

Later, Obama national security adviser Susan Rice would write herself an email stating that President Obama suggested they hold back on providing Trump officials with certain info for national security reasons.

After Trump team briefing, FBI Director Comey meets alone with Trump to “brief him” on Fusion GPS Steele allegations “to alert the incoming President to the existence of this material, even though it was salacious and unverified…” Comes later says Director of National Intelligence Clapper asked him (Comey) to do the briefing personally.

Jan. 10, 2017: The 35-page Fusion GPS anti-Trump “dossier” is leaked to the media and published. It reveals that sources of the unverified info are Russians close to President Putin.

Jan. 12, 2017: Obama administration finalizes new rules allowing NSA to spread certain intel to other U.S. intel agencies without normal privacy protections.

Justice Dept. inspector general announces review of alleged misconduct by FBI Director Comey and other matters related to FBI’s Clinton probe as well as FBI leaks.

Jan. 13, 2017: Senate Intelligence Committee opens investigation into Russia and U.S. political campaign officials.

Jan. 20, 2017: Trump becomes president.

Fifteen minutes after Trump becomes president, former National Security Adviser Susan Rice emails memo to herself purporting to summarize the Jan. 5 Oval Office meeting with President Obama and other top officials. She states that Obama instructed the group to investigate “by the book” and asked them to be mindful whether there were certain things that “could not be fully shared with the incoming administration.”

Jan. 22, 2017: Intel info leaks to Wall Street Journal which reports “US counterintelligence agents have investigated communications” between Trump aide Gen. Michael Flynn and Russia ambassador to the U.S. Kislyak to determine if any laws were violated.

Jan. 24, 2017: Acting Attorney General Sally Yates sends two FBI agents, including Peter Strzok, to the White House to question Gen. Flynn.

Approx. Jan. 21, 2017: FBI renews wiretap against Carter Page.

Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and a high-ranking colleague go to White House to tell counsel Don McGahn that “the underlying conduct that Gen. Flynn had engaged in was problematic in and of itself.”

Jan. 27, 2017: Acting Attorney General Sally Yates again visits the White House.

Jan. 31, 2017: President Trump fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refuses to enforce his temporary travel ban on Muslims coming into U.S. from certain countries.

Dana Boente becomes Acting Attorney General. (It’s later revealed that Boente signed at least one wiretap application against former Trump adviser Carter Page.)

Feb. 2, 2017: It’s reported that five men employed by House of Representatives Democrats, including leader Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida), are under criminal investigation for allegedly “accessing House IT systems without lawmakers’ knowledge.” Suspects include three Awan brothers “who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers.”

Feb. 3, 2017: A Russian tech mogul named in the Steele “dossier” files defamation lawsuits against BuzzFeed in the U.S. and Christopher Steele in the U.K. over the dossier’s claims he interfered in U.S. elections.

Feb. 8, 2017: Jeff Sessions becomes Attorney General and Dana Boente moves to Deputy Attorney General.

Feb. 9, 2017: News of FBI wiretaps capturingTrump national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn speaking with Russia’s ambassador is leaked to the press. New York Times and Washington Post report Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions, despite his earlier denials. The Post also reports the FBI “found nothing illicit” in the talks.

Feb. 13, 2017: Washington Post reports Justice Dept. has opened a “Logan Act” violation investigation against Trump national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

Feb. 14, 2017: New York Times reports that FBI had told Obama officials there was no “quid pro quo” (promise of a deal in exchange for some action) discussed between Gen. Flynn and Russian ambassador Kislyak.

[Chris]

Gen. Flynn resigns, allegedly acknowledging he misled vice president Mike Pence about the content of his discussions with Russia.

Feb. 17, 2017: Washington Post reports that “Flynn told FBI he did not discuss sanctions” with Russia ambassador and that “Lying to the FBI is a felony offense.”

March 1, 2017: Washington Post reports Attorney General Jeff Sessions has met with Russian ambassador twice in the recent past (as did many Democrat and Republican officials). His critics say that contradicts his earlier testimony to Congress.

March 2017: FBI Director James Comey gives private briefings to members of Congress and reportedly says he does not believe Gen. Flynn lied to FBI.

House Intelligence Committee requests list of unmasking requests Obama officials made. The intel agencies do not provide the information, prompting a June 1 subpoena.

March 2, 2017: Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia-linked investigations.

Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney General, becomes Acting Attorney General for Russia Probe. It’s later revealed that Rosenstein singed at least one wiretap application against former Trump adviser Carter Page.

March 4, 2017: President Trump tweets: “Is it legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tapping’ a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!” and “How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

March 10, 2017: Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat, steps forward to support Trump’s wiretapping claim, revealing that the Obama administration intel officials recorded his own communications with a Libyan official in Spring 2011.

March 20, 2017: FBI Director Comey tells House Intelligence Committee he has “no information that supports” the President’s tweets about “alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration. “We have looked carefully inside the FBI,” Comey says. “(T)he answer is the same for the Department of Justice and all its components.”

FBI Director Comey tells Congress there is “salacious and unverified” material in the Fusion GPS dossier used by FBI, in part, to obtain Carter Page wiretap. (Under FBI “Woods Procedures,” only facts carefully verified by the FBI are allowed to be presented to court to obtain wiretaps.)

March 22, 2017: Chairman of House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) publicly announces he’s seen evidence of Trump associates being “incidentally” surveilled by Obama intel officials; and their names being “unmasked” and illegally leaked. Nunes briefs President Trump and holds a news conference. He’s criticized for doing so. An ethics investigation is opened into his actions but later clears him of wrongdoing.

In an interview on PBS, former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice responds to Nunes allegations by stating: “I know nothing about this…I really don’t know to what Chairman Nunes was referring.” (She later acknowledges unmasking names of Trump associates.)

March 2017: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) writes Justice Dept. accusing Fusion GPS of acting as an agent for Russia—without properly registering—due to its pro-Russia effort to kill a law allowing sanctions against foreign human rights violators. Fusion GPS denies the allegations.

March 24, 2017: Fusion GPS declines to answer Sen. Grassley’s questions or document requests.

March 27, 2017: Former Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas admits she encouraged Obama and Congressional officials to “get as much information as they can” about Russia and Trump officials before inauguration. “…that’s why you have the leaking,” she told MSNBC.

April 3, 2017: Multiple news reports state that Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice had requested and reviewed “unmasked” intelligence on Trump associates whose information was “incidentally” collected by intel agencies.

April 4, 2017: Obama former National Security Adviser Rice admits, in an interview, that she asked to reveal names of U.S. citizens previously masked in intel reports. She says her motivations were not political. When asked if she leaked names, Rice states, “I leaked nothing to nobody.”

April 6, 2017: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes recuses himself from Russia part of his committee’s investigation.

April 11, 2017: FBI Director Comey appoints Stephen Laycock as special agent in charge of Counterintelligence Division for Washington Field Office.

Washington Post reports FBI secretly obtained wiretap against Trump campaign associate Carter Page last summer. (Later, it’s revealed the summer wiretap had been turned down, but a subsequent application was approved in October.)

April 20, 2017: Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord resigns as acting head of Justice Dept. National Security Division. She’d led probes of Russia interference in election and Trump-Russia ties.

Approx. April 21, 2017: A third FBI wiretap on Carter Page is security approved.

April 28, 2017: Dana Boente is appointed acting assistant attorney general for national security division to replace Mary McCord. (Boente has signed one of the questioned wiretap applications for Carter Page.)

National Security Agency (NSA) submits remedies for its egregious surveillance violations (revealed last October) to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court promising to “no longer collect certain internet communications that merely mention a foreign intelligence target.” The NSA also begins deleting collected data on U.S. citizens it had been storing.

May 3, 2017: FBI Director Comey testifies he’s “mildly nauseous” at the idea he might have affected election with the 11th hour Clinton email notifications to Congress.

Comey also testifies he’s “never” been an anonymous news source on “matters relating to” investigating the Trump campaign.

Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice declines Republican Congressional request to testify at a hearing about unmaskings and surveillance.

May 8, 2017: Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testify to Congress. They admit having reviewed “classified documents in which Mr. Trump, his associates or members of Congress had been unmasked,” and possibly discussing it with others under the Obama administration.

May 9, 2017: President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey. Andrew McCabe becomes acting FBI Director.

May 12, 2017: Benjamin Wittes, confidant of ex-FBI Director James Comey and editor in chief of Lawfare, contacts New York Times reporter Mike Schmidt to leak conversations he’d had with Comey as FBI Director that are critical of President Trump.

May 16, 2017: New York Times publishes leaked account of FBI memoranda recorded by former FBI Director James Comey. Comey later acknowledges engineering the leak of the FBI material through his friend, Columbia Law School professor Daniel Richman, to spur appointment of special counsel to investigate President Trump.

Trump reportedly interviews, but passes over, former FBI Director Robert Mueller for position of FBI Director.

May 17, 2017: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoints Robert Mueller as Special Counsel, Russia-Trump probe. Mueller and former FBI Director Comey are friends and worked closely together in previous Justice Dept. and FBI positions.

The gap of missing text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page ends. The couple is soon assigned to the Mueller team investigating Trump.

May 19, 2017: Anthony Wiener, former Congressman and husband of Hillary Clinton confidant Huma Abedin, turns himself in to FBI in case of underage sexting; his third major kerfuffle over sexting in six years.

June 1, 2017: House Intelligence Committee issues 7 subpoenas, including for information related to unmaskings requested by ex-Obama officials national security adviser Susan Rice, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power.

June 8, 2017: Former FBI Director James Comey admits having engineered leak of his own memo to New York Times to spur appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Trump.

June 20, 2017: Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe names Philip Celestini as Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence Division, Washington Field Office.

Approx. July 21, 2017: FBI renews wiretap against Carter Page for the fourth and final time that we know of. (He is never ultimately charged with a crime.)

Late July, 2017: FBI reportedly searches Paul Manafort’s Alexandria, Virginia home.

Summer 2017: FBI lawyer Lisa Page is reassigned from Mueller investigation. Her boyfriend, FBI official Peter Strzok is removed from Mueller investigation after the Inspector General discovers compromising texts between Strzok and Page. Congress is not notified of the developments.

Aug. 2, 2017: Christopher Wray is named FBI Director.

August 2017: Ex-FBI Director Comey signs a book deal for a reported $2 million.

Sept. 13, 2017: Under questioning from Congress, Obama’s former National Security Adviser Susan Rice reportedly admits having requested to see the protected identities of Trump transition officials “incidentally” captured by government surveillance.

Approx. Oct. 10, 2017: Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to FBI about his unsuccessful efforts during the campaign to facilitate meetings between Trump officials and Russian officials.

Oct. 17, 2017: Obama’s former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power reportedly tells Congressional investigators that many of the hundreds of “unmasking” requests in her name during the election year —were not made by her.

Oct. 24, 2017: Congressional Republicans announce new investigations into a 2010 acquisition that gave Russia control of 20% of U.S. uranium supply while Clinton was secretary of state; and FBI decision not to charge Clinton in classified info probe.

Oct. 30, 2017: Special Counsel Mueller charges ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and business associate Rick Gates with tax and money laundering crimes related to their foreign work. The charges do not appear related to Trump.

Nov. 2, 2017: Carter Page testifies to House Intelligence committee under oath without an attorney and asks to have the testimony published. He denies ever meeting the Russian official that Fusion GPS claimed he’d met with in July 2016.

Nov. 5, 2017: Special Counsel Robert Mueller files charges against ex-Trump national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn for allegedly lying to FBI official Peter Strzok about contacts with Russian ambassador during presidential transition.

Dec. 1, 2017: Former national security adviser Gen. Flynn pleads guilty of lying to the FBI.

James Rybicki steps down as chief of staff to FBI Director.

Dec. 6, 2017: Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr is reportedly stripped of one of his positions at Justice Dept. amid controversy over his and his wife’s role in anti-Trump political opposition research.

Dec. 7, 2017: FBI Director Wray incorrectly testifies that there have been no “702” surveillance abuses by the government.

Dec. 19, 2017: FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe repeatedly testifies that the wiretap against Trump campaign official Carter Page would not have been approved without the Fusion GPS info. FBI general counsel James Baker, who is himself subject of an Inspector General probe over his alleged leaks to the press, attends as McCabe’s attorney. McCabe acknowledges that if Baker had met with Mother Jones reporter David Corn, it would have been inappropriate.

FBI general counsel James Baker is reassigned amid investigation into his alleged anti-Trump related contacts with media.

2018
Jan. 4, 2018: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) refer criminal charges against Christopher Steele to the FBI for investigation. There’s an apparent conflict of interest with the FBI being asked to investigate Steele since the FBI has used Steele’s controversial political opposition research to obtain wiretaps.

Jan. 8, 2018: Justice Dept. official Bruce Ohr loses his second title at the agency.

Jan. 10, 2018: Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen files defamation suits against Fusion GPS and BuzzFeed News for publishing the “Steele dossier” which he says falsely claimed he met Russian government officials in Prague, Czech Republic, in August of 2016.

Jan. 11, 2018: House of Representatives approves government’s controversial “702” wireless surveillance authority. The Senate follows suit.

Jan. 19, 2018: Justice Dept. produces to Congress some text messages between FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok but states that FBI lost texts between December 14, 2016 and May 17, 2017 due to a technical glitch.

President Trump signs six-year extension of “702” wireless surveillance authority.

Jan. 23, 2018: Former FBI Director Comey friend who leaked on behalf of Comey to New York Times to spur appointment of special counsel is now Comey’s attorney.

Jan. 25, 2018: Justice Dept. Inspector General notifies Congress it has recovered missing text messages between FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok.

Jan. 27, 2018: Edward O’Callaghan is named Acting Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division.

Jan. 29, 2018: Andrew McCabe steps down as Deputy FBI Director ahead of his March retirement.

Jan. 30, 2018: News reports allege that Justice Department Inspector General is looking into why FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe appeared to wait three weeks before acting on new Clinton emails found right before the election.

Feb. 2, 2018: House Intelligence Committee (Nunes) memo is released. It summarizes classified documents revealing for the first time that Fusion GPS political opposition research was used, in part, to justify Carter Page wiretap; along with Michael Isikoff Yahoo News article based on the same opposition research.

Memo also states that Fusion GPS set up back channel to FBI through Nellie Ohr, who conducted opposition research on Trump and passed it to her husband, associate deputy attorney general Bruce Ohr.

Feb. 7, 2018: Justice Department official David Laufman, who helped oversee the Clinton and Russia probes, steps down as chief of National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.

Feb. 9, 2018: Former FBI Director Comey assistant Josh Campbell leaves FBI for job at CNN.

Justice Department Associate Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Rachel Brand, resigns.

Feb. 16, 2018: Special counsel Mueller obtains guilty plea from a Dutch attorney for lying to federal investigators about the last time he spoke to Rick Gates regarding a 2012 project related to Ukraine. The plea does not appear to relate to 2016 campaign or Trump. The Dutch attorney is married to the daughter of a Russian oligarch who’s suing Buzzfeed and Christopher Steele for alleged defamation in the “dossier.”

Feb. 22, 2018: Former State Dept. official and Sen. John McCain associate David Kramer invokes his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before House Intelligence Committee. Kramer reportedly picked up the anti-Trump political opposition research in London and delivered it to Sen. McCain who delivered it to the FBI.

Special counsel Mueller files new charges against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former campaign aide Rick Gates, accusing them of additional tax and bank fraud crimes. The allegations appear to be unrelated to Trump.

https://sharylattkisson.com/2018/02/23/collusion-against-trump-timeline/

[AaronY]

I think Mueller is getting Gates and Manafort to get to Tony Podesta who's a much bigger fish than either of them. Podesta would be the one to serve up the Clintons.

If Tony Podesta did nothing wrong why did he shut down the Podesta Group on the same day charges were brought on Manafort?

Lol

[djohn2oo8]

lol Chris up late at night only to post 4 long ass posts that nobody read.

[djohn2oo8]

:lmao A+ trolling. I like the change of direction.

https://media.giphy.com/media/BmmfETghGOPrW/giphy.gif

Look at him go!

[boutons_deux]

967263256061661184

People, esp those ignorant, stupid, and/or disengaged from politics, find it hard to see the current FUCKING insanity that Trash, his base, and Repugs are destructively forcing on America. The most destructive is the kakistrocracy that the Repugs installed into Trash's Exec.

Trash, before and after his election, mirrored the Repugs in that he and the Repugs have absolutely no interest in governing for progress, making gov something good for all Americans, but only enriching whored themselves and the oligarchy.

Their govt, their policies, impoversih, limit and destroy lives, and kill people.

And they don't fucking care.

[DarrinS]

lol Chris up late at night only to post 4 long ass posts that nobody read.

But, people should read it

https://sharylattkisson.com/2018/02/23/collusion-against-trump-timeline/

[dabom]

But, people should read it

https://sharylattkisson.com/2018/02/23/collusion-against-trump-timeline/

You haven't even read it Darrin.

[Spurminator]

But, people should read it

https://sharylattkisson.com/2018/02/23/collusion-against-trump-timeline/

And after you read that, be sure to check out her courageous anti-vaccine reporting.
https://sharylattkisson.com/2016/11/27/what-the-news-isnt-saying-about-vaccine-autism-studies/

[monosylab1k]

lol Claude

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/912595573840269312/35Z08JZj_400x400.jpg

you retweet this twink all the time, sit down.
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[djohn2oo8]

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[djohn2oo8]

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[boutons_deux]

Over 100 Charges, 19 People and 3 Companies: The Mueller Inquiry, Explained

In the nine months since Robert S. Mueller III was appointed to oversee (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html) the investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials,

he has issued more than 100 criminal counts

against 19 people and three companies.

Of the 19 people, five — including three Trump associates — have pleaded guilty.

Thirteen are Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Here is an assessment of the charges and the people facing them in the special counsel investigation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/us/politics/mueller-investigation-charges.html

Trash "associates" plead guilty to a hoax, to a witch hunt? :lol

[Pavlov]

Over 100 Charges, 19 People and 3 Companies: The Mueller Inquiry, Explained

In the nine months since Robert S. Mueller III was appointed to oversee (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html) the investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials,

he has issued more than 100 criminal counts

against 19 people and three companies.

Of the 19 people, five — including three Trump associates — have pleaded guilty.

Thirteen are Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Here is an assessment of the charges and the people facing them in the special counsel investigation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/us/politics/mueller-investigation-charges.html

Trash "associates" plead guilty to a hoax, to a witch hunt? :lol

Podesta's the real big fish here though.

Because reasons.

[koriwhat]

People, esp those ignorant, stupid, and/or disengaged from politics, find it hard to see the current FUCKING insanity that Trash, his base, and Repugs are destructively forcing on America. The most destructive is the kakistrocracy that the Repugs installed into Trash's Exec.

Trash, before and after his election, mirrored the Repugs in that he and the Repugs have absolutely no interest in governing for progress, making gov something good for all Americans, but only enriching whored themselves and the oligarchy.

Their govt, their policies, impoversih, limit and destroy lives, and kill people.

And they don't fucking care.

spoken like a true genderless "male" feminist "dyke" who can't get laid.

[baseline bum]

lol Chris up late at night only to post 4 long ass posts that nobody read.

It's like when I was posting the full text of Das Kapital in Cosmored economics thread :lol

[DarrinS]

And after you read that, be sure to check out her courageous anti-vaccine reporting.
https://sharylattkisson.com/2016/11/27/what-the-news-isnt-saying-about-vaccine-autism-studies/

That was an interesting read. Thanks for sharing it. :tu

[boutons_deux]

Here Are 4 Facts From Democratic Memo That Destroy Trump’s FBI Conspiracy


1). The FBI supplied information to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that Russia might be colluding with Trump campaign associates. DOJ provided the Court with a comprehensive explanation of Russia’s election interference including evidence that Russia courted another Trump foreign policy advisor, George Papadopoulos, and that Russian agents previewed their dissemination of information damaging to Hillary Clinton. Russian assistance would, as we would learn in the Papadopoulos plea, take the form of the anonymous disclosure of thousands of Hillary Clinton and DNC emails.

2). The FBI had ample reason to believe that Carter Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power based on his history, including the fact that he had previously been a target of Russian recruitment, his travel to Russia, and other information.

The renewals of the FISA were also appropriate and based on new information obtained by law enforcement.


3). The FBI did disclose that those who employed Christopher Steele were likely motivated to discredit Trump’s presidential campaign.

The Bureau used proper masking procedures so as not to reveal the identities of U.S. persons not subject to the FISA, but

made clear that the likely purpose was opposition research.

4). Contrary to the Majority’s assertions, the

FBI and DOJ did not use a Yahoo News article to corroborate Steele;

it was referenced alongside another article and a letter Page wrote to then FBI Director James Comey to inform the court of Page’s public denials.

The Democratic memo blows the Nunes memo to bits

Trump’s argument of “no collusion” was knocked down as

the FBI has supplied the FISA court with evidence that members of the Trump campaign might be colluding with Russia.

The FBI did not lie to the FISA court.

The court knew that those who employed Christopher Steele were partisan.

The FBI did not use news articles only to corroborate Steele. They had other sources of information, and lastly, the

FBI had reason to believe that Carter Page was working for the Russians before the Steele dossier.

The cherry-picking information in the

Nunes memo has been exposed as the work of partisan hackery

that is, as the desperate president just saw his excuse to fire Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller go up in flames.

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/02/24/4-key-facts-democratic-memo-destroy-gops-fbi-conspiracy.html

[boutons_deux]

High profile Wall Street law firm swept up in Mueller probe — and the lawyers there are nervous

he high profile law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom ... has found itself embroiled in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation

$4 million in secret payments that Mr. Manafort and Mr. Gates are accused of funneling to Skadden and other firms .

Skadden’s less publicized work involving foreign clients is now under scrutiny which has attorneys at the firm on edge.

Skadden in particular is of interest to investigators after

a partner wrote a legal opinion in 2012 that the lobbying firms — such as Manaforts and Gates’ — used in opting not to register under FARA.

its relationship with van der Zwan.

“Why he was lying is a big question, and did anyone else at the law firm know he was lying?”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/high-profile-wall-street-law-firm-swept-mueller-probe-lawyers-nervous/

[boutons_deux]

Conservatives amplified Russian trolls 30 times more often than liberals in 2016


Twitter users in Texas :lol and Tennessee were particularly susceptible.

Conservatives were much more likely than liberals to retweet Russian trolls (https://www.vox.com/2018/2/16/17020974/mueller-indictment-internet-research-agency) in the 2016 election,

traced Russian efforts to influence America’s 2016 presidential campaign via

Twitter using 45 million election-related tweets

generated by 5.7 million users in a one-month period ahead of the election;

researchers delved into what information was spread by trolls, who spread it, and how many times those tweets were shared.

The study focused on content from the 2,752 now-deactivated Russian troll accounts (https://www.recode.net/2017/11/2/16598312/russia-twitter-trump-twitter-deactivated-handle-list) identified by Congress in November.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/24/17047880/conservatives-amplified-russian-trolls-more-often-than-liberals

[djohn2oo8]

It's like when I was posting the full text of Das Kapital in Cosmored economics thread :lol

:lol

[djohn2oo8]

967509677503369217

[djohn2oo8]

967522142005989376

[djohn2oo8]

967517587318943745

[djohn2oo8]

967506124512604160
:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

967513298467000321

[djohn2oo8]

967514364013088768

https://i.imgur.com/G4NXbBA.gif

[djohn2oo8]

967512673637330945
:lmao

[boutons_deux]

MSNBC analyst reveals why Kushner may face the same fate as Paul Manafort

“Well Alex, we don’t know as a legal matter about collusion, but what we do know is that you

had a campaign chairman who had been indirectly on Russia’s payroll through his work for Yanukovych in Ukraine.

We know that the Trump organization itself has said that it was dependent on Russian money itself before the campaign started.

We’ve got the National Security Adviser to the president having pled guilty and cooperating, and

we have a president who has declined to implement sanctions that Congress passed against Russia,

who has consistently declined to criticize Russia,” Harwood noted.

“And we know that Russian hacking helped him win the election.”

“So the pieces are pretty clear that the Russians helped Donald Trump;

Donald Trump is pursuing policies favorable to Russia,”

Harwood continued.

“There’s a steadily increasing amount of pressure, as Jill [Colvin] was just saying, that renders

what the White House is saying as nonsense.”

Jared Kushner and his family company have a tremendous liability for building in New York (https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/jared-kushners-crushing-debt-presents-security-risk-1-2-billion-loan-comes-due-msnbc-panel/) and

distress makes you vulnerable to pressure from people abroad,”

“His situation is very problematic,

not just as a matter of security clearance for working in the White House,” Harwood explained,

“but we don’t know where Robert Mueller is going to go with respect to Jared Kushner and his finances.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/msnbc-analyst-reveals-kushner-may-face-fate-paul-manafort/

[djohn2oo8]

967526608805531648
:lmao TSA

[boutons_deux]

Former Watergate Special Prosecutor Says Jared Kushner Is In Extreme Risk Of Prosecution

“What I was going to say is that the noose is tightening. The pieces of the puzzle are all coming together.

I would say that we have Jared Kushner in extreme risk right now.

Remember that Manafort was in the meetings with him.

And Gates could be the thing that pressures manafort to finally talk.

But we also have to keep in mind that Gates was around after manafort was booted out of the campaign.

So he was there all the way through the transition.

And he knows things that Manafort even doesn’t know.

So he could be a very compelling witness.

He has been hurt as a witness, let’s not forget, he’s pleading guilty to being a liar.

So that is one of the things that will undermine him as a witness.

If you read carefully what has been said in the court documents,

it says that he did these things on the orders of Manafort.

But it doesn’t say that Manafort did these things.

And so manafort now has the ability to say, well, he’s lying now.

I didn’t tell him to do that.

So we have to be you know, careful in how excited we are about what this means.

But it does mean something because Mueller is not giving away the shop."

Jared Kushner is in deep trouble, and where Kushner goes,

Donald Trump Jr. is sure to follow.

The dominoes are falling in this investigation, and

the biggest domino of all is waiting to be tipped in the Oval Office.

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/02/23/former-watergate-special-prosecutor-says-jared-kushner-extreme-risk-right-now.html

[boutons_deux]

"The Best People" (c)

Inside the Manafort money machine: A decade of influence-peddling, lavish spending and alleged fraud

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-manafort-money-machine-a-decade-of-influence-peddling-lavish-spending-and-alleged-fraud/2018/02/23/08fb82fc-18b6-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.cb1018a00b1f&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

[djohn2oo8]

967539866874638336

[Pavlov]

967526608805531648
:lmao TSATSA will move the goalpost on this one almost immediately upon seeing it.

[djohn2oo8]

967542315014291457

[Chris]

100% guaranteed dodgerjohn does not read the articles, just spams the tweets. 100%

[Chris]

Looks like the memo is full of Schiff. :lol


967563946063523840

[Pavlov]

Looks like the memo is full of Schiff. :lol


967563946063523840:lol Trump advertising the memo on a weekend.

[Chris]

#FakeMemo

[Pavlov]

#FakeMemoWhat's fake about it, Chris?

Give some quotes from the memo you declare to be fake and why.

[Chris]

What's fake about it, Chris?

Give some quotes from the memo you declare to be fake and why.

I don't follow fake news or waste my time with fake memos. Maybe you can read it and tell me why you think it's not fake.

[Pavlov]

I don't follow fake news or waste my time with fake memos. Maybe you can read it and tell me why you think it's not fake.So someone told you what to think and you just repeated it.

:lol white Chris

[Spurminator]

I don't follow fake news

You just posted a Donald Trump tweet quoting Fox News.

[Chris]

So someone told you what to think and you just repeated it.

:lol white Chris

I was already aware of what was in Schiff's memo about a month ago. It would be a waste of time for me to read it. Do you read stuff from Alex Jones when you already know its fake bullshit? You're not very good at this.

[Pavlov]

I was already aware of what was in Schiff's memo about a month ago.Who told you what to think about it back then, Chris?

[Chris]

Who told you what to think about it back then, Chris?

Vladimir Putin.

[djohn2oo8]

Vladimir Putin.
Not a surprise.

[Pavlov]

Vladimir Putin.And White Chris shut down.

[boutons_deux]

Trash panicked, he can feel Mueller's noose tightening

Trash tweets, ST twits believe

[Chris]

And White Chris shut down.

You can have the Schiff memo. I'll take Nunes memo and the Horowitz IG report. Let us proceed...

[Pavlov]

You can have the Schiff memo. I'll take Nunes memo and the Horowitz IG report. Let us proceed...You didn't read the Nunes memo and you won't read the Horowitz report.

[spurraider21]

Vladimir Putin.
https://i.imgur.com/Jw6r9Jv.gif

[Spurminator]

967517285446504448

:lol susceptible idiots

[djohn2oo8]

Looks like the memo is full of Schiff. :lol


967563946063523840
:lmao :lmao :lmao Chris quoting niggas who can't even quote right

967568846784638976

[FlAVaK]

967564291950960641

[djohn2oo8]

967547310266896385
:lol Lordy!

[DarrinS]

Adam Whiff

[spurraider21]

Adam Whiff
1,084

[djohn2oo8]

967591350035247104
lol death by 1,000 cuts.

[DarrinS]

1,084

Thanks for keeping track. What is djohn and pavlov’s count?

[DarrinS]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/robert-mueller-investigation-trump-collusion-case/

[spurraider21]

Thanks for keeping track. What is djohn and pavlov’s count?
i dont keep track. the website does. heres the 1k club

https://i.gyazo.com/3d359f0d55fd0064ec7122b03d40bc91.png

[Chris]

dodgerjohn over 5k :lol

[Chris]

967569360381456385

[Chris]

967582563882749954

[DarrinS]

i dont keep track. the website does. heres the 1k club

https://i.gyazo.com/3d359f0d55fd0064ec7122b03d40bc91.png


I’m at the bottom of that “club” with RG, so why keep pushing my post count? Seems pretty lame.

[djohn2oo8]

Funny how these MAGA folks are proponents of Russian propaganda.

[djohn2oo8]

I’m at the bottom of that “club” with RG, so why keep pushing my post count? Seems pretty lame.

Because you say you don't care about the topic yet you keep coming back.

[spurraider21]

I’m at the bottom of that “club” with RG, so why keep pushing my post count? Seems pretty lame.
because you have 1000 posts saying [shrug, i dont care]. thats a lot of time invested in a thread you dont think is relevant

[DarrinS]

Because you say you don't care about the topic yet you keep coming back.

I’m skeptical of the collusion angle, which accounts for a large fraction of my posts. Is skepticism the same thing as apathy? Does one only “care” if they buy into the collusion narrative?

[DarrinS]

because you have 1000 posts saying [shrug, i dont care]. thats a lot of time invested in a thread you dont think is relevant

See my latest post. Update your counter. Lol

[spurraider21]

967569360381456385


967582563882749954
directly from his memo

https://i.gyazo.com/67ab96c13518708686eca94119024190.png

[spurraider21]

now you can argue his memo is inaccurate, but lol, to suggest his memo confirms the very thing it explicitly says didnt happen is just retarded

[Chris]

967578880545406977

[DarrinS]

Mueller has a difficult job. He has to get scalps AND show that FBI and DOJ acted in good faith. This seems to be the thrust of the article I posted earlier by McCarthy. Oh well.

[DarrinS]

But, muh post count!

[spurraider21]

I’m skeptical of the collusion angle, which accounts for a large fraction of my posts. Is skepticism the same thing as apathy? Does one only “care” if they buy into the collusion narrative?
no. you're just disingenuous. much of your post history in this thread is two word posts like"muh russia," some snarky irrelevant post about pee-pee tapes, or a sarcastic BOOM

[DarrinS]

no. you're just disingenuous. much of your post history in this thread is two word posts like"muh russia," some snarky irrelevant post about pee-pee tapes, or a sarcastic BOOM

Ok, counselor

[Spurminator]

I’m skeptical of the collusion angle, which accounts for a large fraction of my posts. Is skepticism the same thing as apathy? Does one only “care” if they buy into the collusion narrative?

What element of the collusion angle was your dismissive post about Adam Schiff about? I could be wrong but I don't recall such kneejerk dismissal of the Nunes memo from you.

[Chris]

directly from his memo

https://i.gyazo.com/67ab96c13518708686eca94119024190.png

They were spying on Trump

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/650-032217-Trump-Tweet.jpg

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/04/12/trump-was-right-obama-got-fisa-warrant-to-spy-on-trump-team/

[djohn2oo8]

Mueller has a difficult job. He has to get scalps AND show that FBI and DOJ acted in good faith. This seems to be the thrust of the article I posted earlier by McCarthy. Oh well.

Lol. Looks like the courts have determined they have acted in good faith.

[Chris]

967553510203101184

[djohn2oo8]

They were spying on Trump

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/650-032217-Trump-Tweet.jpg

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/04/12/trump-was-right-obama-got-fisa-warrant-to-spy-on-trump-team/

https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/02/doj-no-evidence-trump-tower-was-wiretapped.amp.html

No wiretap.

[Chris]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW2TPEkVwAAOA15.jpg:large

[djohn2oo8]

Poor Chris. Missing exactly the criteria for the warrant to be granted. People like him should not breed.

[djohn2oo8]

967598777782685696
:lol

[Chris]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/02/doj-no-evidence-trump-tower-was-wiretapped.amp.html

No wiretap.

Comey said no wiretap. Comey is such an honest person.

[Chris]

n March, House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said members of the intelligence community "incidentally collected" communications from the Trump transition team during legal surveillance operations of foreign targets.

But Nunes said he was unsure whether the surveillance occurred at Trump Tower -- as the president has suggested.

Trump reacted by saying he felt “somewhat” vindicated by Nunes’ comments.

They were spying on Trump.

[djohn2oo8]

Comey said no wiretap. Comey is such an honest person.

https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/ag-jeff-sessions-sees-reason-trump-wiretap-claim/story%3fid=46146095
No wiretap.

[djohn2oo8]

They were spying on Trump.

Not sure how you get "spying on Trump" when it says Trump transition team :lol

And Nunes couldn't even say if it happened at trump tower. Lordy!

[djohn2oo8]

Team MAGA looking like the bad news bears on the field.

[Chris]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW1ZaYTWAAAtc9g.jpg:large


https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/democrat_memo_key_points.pdf

[Chris]

967554878183825408


https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/democrat_memo_charge_and_response.pdf

[djohn2oo8]

Poor Chris. Doesn't even know what he is posting.

[Chris]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW2fIctWAAEVh9h.jpg:large

[Chris]

Poor Chris. Doesn't even know what he is posting.

lol you thought it was DarrinS. dodgerjohn with the quick edit :lol

[djohn2oo8]

lol you thought it was DarrinS. dodgerjohn with the quick edit :lol

Not sure what you are talking about Chris. Seems like you are losing it.

[Chris]

967624490963427328

[Chris]

Not sure what you are talking about Chris. Seems like you are losing it.

Your Sith master Hillary has taught you well.

[djohn2oo8]

Your Sith master Hillary has taught you well.

No one on Hillary's team has been indicted.

[Chris]

No one on Hillary's team has been indicted.

Hillary's team is being investigated. Should be an interesting year :corn:

[spurraider21]

rushlimbaugh (https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2017/04/12/trump-was-right-obama-got-fisa-warrant-to-spy-on-trump-team/)
:lmao

[DMC]

Not sure how you get "spying on Trump" when it says Trump transition team :lol

And Nunes couldn't even say if it happened at trump tower. Lordy!

So if I put a listening device in your home, and I say "no I was listening in on your pet, not you" does that mean you weren't wiretapped?

[DMC]

This forum has turned into a twitter war, only neither poster actually reads the tweets and there's not even a hint of credibility in most of the originators of the tweets. These are mostly opinions of people you follow. Drop some balls and talk like men, not gossipy little bitches.

Then there's Philo with the beer bottle from the crowd move every few posts.

Carry on.

[spurraider21]

I don't actually read the tweets or articles so I'm going to pretend nobody else does either

[DMC]

http://cl.jroo.me/z3/w/R/n/e/a.baa-Thrown-Beer-Bottle.jpg

[djohn2oo8]

So if I put a listening device in your home, and I say "no I was listening in on your pet, not you" does that mean you weren't wiretapped?
Well if you had read anything at all, DOJ and Sessions both said no wiretap. There wasn't, not at Trump tower. But the point is moot. 2 of Trump's campaign members are being charged with Conspiring against the United States. His own campaign manager. Yet you knuckledraggers are worried about a wiretap :lol

[boutons_deux]

I think there was a tap at Trash Tower, at least on Russian thugs to whom Trash was leasing, and very probably all comms from Trump Tower to russia and ukraine.

"Taps" dont have to be at the Tower only at the local internet "hotel" where NSA can vacuum everything w/o warrant, everything that goes down the fiber, internet and cell phone.

[djohn2oo8]

I think there was a tap at Trash Tower, at least on Russian thugs to whom Trash was leasing, and very probably all comms from Trump Tower to russia and ukraine.

"Taps" dont have to be at the Tower only at the local internet "hotel" where NSA can vacuum everything w/o warrant, everything that goes down the fiber, internet and cell phone.

Exactly. It was no tap on the tower itself, just the Russian phones. The Russians phones were hotmiked, this is where these dumbasses got caught on intercepted communications. Also, the servers in Trump tower were being monitored, hence the Alfa Bank suspicious pinging.

[hater]

This forum has turned into a twitter war, only neither poster actually reads the tweets and there's not even a hint of credibility in most of the originators of the tweets. These are mostly opinions of people you follow. Drop some balls and talk like men, not gossipy little bitches.

Then there's Philo with the beer bottle from the crowd move every few posts.

Carry on.

Prtty sad and pathetic. Back in the day we used to need to defend our opinion on our own. Now these flakes just copy paste dozens of tweets and call it a day :lmao

Its ok to do it once in a while but if you do it 90% of the tim you ar a pathetic animal

[djohn2oo8]

Prtty sad and pathetic. Back in the day we used to need to defend our opinion on our own. Now these flakes just copy paste dozens of tweets and call it a day :lmao

Its ok to do it once in a while but if you do it 90% of the tim you ar a pathetic animal

What's actually pathetic is you going around following the tard crew posting things that are easily disproven within 5 seconds.

:lmao Flynn withdrawing gulity plea. You're scum just like the rest.

[DMC]

Well if you had read anything at all, DOJ and Sessions both said no wiretap. There wasn't, not at Trump tower. But the point is moot. 2 of Trump's campaign members are being charged with Conspiring against the United States. His own campaign manager. Yet you knuckledraggers are worried about a wiretap :lol

When will you and a few others here ever learn to separate making a point from having a concern?

You tried to make a point. I offered a counter argument.

[djohn2oo8]

When will you and a few others here ever learn to separate making a point from having a concern?

You tried to make a point. I offered a counter argument.
No one cares because you don't read.