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    Accused Russian agent Maria Butina met with US Treasury: Fed officials

    Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known,

    taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department.


    The meetings, revealed by several people familiar with the sessions and a report from a Washington think tank that arranged them,

    involved Stanley Fischer, Fed vice chairman at the time, and Nathan Sheets, then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs.


    Butina traveled to the United States in April 2015 with Alexander Torshin, then the Russian Central Bank deputy governor, and

    they took part in separate meetings with Fischer and Sheets

    to discuss U.S.-Russian economic relations during Democratic former President Barack Obama’s administration.


    The two meetings, which have not been previously reported,

    reveal a wider circle of high-powered connections that Butina sought

    to cultivate with American political leaders and special interest groups.

    The meetings with Fischer and Sheets were arranged by the

    Center for the National Interest, a Washington foreign policy think tank that often advocates pro-Russia views.

    https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/acc...e+Raw+Story%29



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    My theory is that Strzok’s FISA application is shady AF. Lol, relies on Steele’s craptastic dossier and you re s claim victory. Unbelievable.
    You seem surprised that the dossier was referenced in this release as a source.

    Have you not been paying attention to all of the lead up to this release?

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    My theory is that Strzok’s FISA application is shady AF. Lol, relies on Steele’s craptastic dossier and you re s claim victory. Unbelievable.
    If 4 republicans judges cant convince you that the FISA warrant was proper, than you're just a lost cause.

    Your "theory" was already proven wrong 2 years ago when these warrants were granted.

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    Question pending:

    What is your conspiracy theory now?

    You actually have to say what it is. It has chant several times.
    The same as it’s always been. Trump-Russia election collusion was manufactured.


    Did the FBI follow the Woods procedures concerning the dossier?

    Did the FBI lie when they told the court they did not believe Steele provided the the info for the Sep 23rd article?

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    You seem surprised that the dossier was referenced in this release as a source.

    Have you not been paying attention to all of the lead up to this release?
    My only surprise is that it wasn’t redacted. It’s not a good look for FBI and DOJ.

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    If 4 republicans judges cant convince you that the FISA warrant was proper, than you're just a lost cause.

    Your "theory" was already proven wrong 2 years ago when these warrants were granted.
    Those 4 judges were lied to and told Woods procedures were followed.

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    My only surprise is that it wasn’t redacted. It’s not a good look for FBI and DOJ.
    To reference publicly reported information?

    Why not?

    You'd be ing if they redacted it

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    To reference publicly reported information?

    Why not?

    You'd be ing if they redacted it
    I’m glad it wasn’t redacted. Very glad.

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    The same as it’s always been. Trump-Russia election collusion was manufactured.
    Not good enough.

    You're a coward.

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    I’m glad it wasn’t redacted. Very glad.
    why?

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    Unverified oppo research should never be used as the basis to spy on American citizens. Am I being obtuse?

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    not at all. is it your understanding that the Steele dossier is 100% unverified?

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    or that the FISA approval was based on information from a single source?

    hard to see how one reaches either conclusion, except by inference.

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    The liar’s dividend, and other challenges of deep-fake news

    Do the notes taken by the interpreters at the recent Helsinki summit

    include the words “Snowden” and “swap”?

    We could ask the Russians to check their (assumed) audio recording and

    let us all know whether Presidents Trump and Putin discussed such a prospect during their long private chat.

    Trump wrong-footing his own country’s
    intelligence community

    by delivering their most-wanted,
    Edward Snowden,

    seems precisely the trolling that Putin would enjoy.

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/22/deep-fake-news-donald-trump-vladimir-putin

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    Those 4 judges were lied to and told Woods procedures were followed.
    And your proof that these 4 judges were lied to is where?

    Seriously, you conspiracy loving freaks love to believe crazy as .

    Supposed they were lied to, do you really think the lie would stand for long? Also, who uncovered the so call lies? Trump from twitter?


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    the FBI gave four Republican judges enough information to evaluate the credibility of Chris Steele. Nunes accused them of hiding the ball and fooling the court.

    no such thing happened.

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    Yeah. Darrin and crew thinks this is all some sort of hoax when literally everybody involved is Republican. Must be the libs.

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    Those 4 judges were lied to and told Woods procedures were followed.
    Oh really?

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    Unverified oppo research should never be used as the basis to spy on American citizens. Am I being obtuse?
    No, just stupid. You're basically saying you need photographic evidence of a stash of drugs to get a search warrant.

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    the FBI gave four Republican judges enough information to evaluate the credibility of Chris Steele.

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    First it was the FBI didn't tell the court about the political work of Steele. Now they were lied to. TSA is shameless.

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    Do you understand how probable cause works?

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    And your proof that these 4 judges were lied to is where?

    Seriously, you conspiracy loving freaks love to believe crazy as .

    Supposed they were lied to, do you really think the lie would stand for long? Also, who uncovered the so call lies? Trump from twitter?

    Those 4 judges were lied to when the FBI said they followed the Woods procedures.

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    Unverified oppo research should never be used as the basis to spy on American citizens. Am I being obtuse?
    It was verified dummy. Tell me which parts weren't.

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    the FBI gave four Republican judges enough information to evaluate the credibility of Chris Steele. Nunes accused them of hiding the ball and fooling the court.

    no such thing happened.

    Duped. Smh

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