Trump Jr./Russian lawyer meeting: Jr. knew info was part of Russian Gov effort

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Is there ANYONE not associated with the Putin government they didn't meet? The janitor maybe?

John Podesta?

Oh for f**k sake jfern

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Holy crap we just got within a span of a couple hours the WH: denied the meeting, admitted to the meeting but it was about adoption, to now saying it was a dem set up.

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why is this thread only 14 posts long?

This, imo, is by far the biggest story so far in the russia-trump episode.

I guess it's not sexy enough for people? I dunno it seems to be a pattern that Paul Manafort stories have the most serious implications but doesn't draw buzz the way Flynn or Jared do

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Okay now this is getting bad, the company this guy worked for got a generous settlement offer after Preet got fired (who was investigating them for money laundering) https://amp.businessinsider.com/us-v-prevezon-case-settlement-russia-money-laundering-2017-5

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With all due respect GoTfan what the f**k are you talking about? This isn't "the democrats" this thread is about a story by the NYT broke. I'm sorry that Joe sixpack doesn't care about the president and his campaign inner circle possibly breaking the law because it doesn't effet him personally but that doesn't mean it should be ignored or not be the top story by the people whose f**king jobs are to report these stories

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Adam Schieff said Donny jr will be called to testify

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Pete just tape out man these citing of illegitimate RW sources trying to cover Donald's ass aren't interesting at all

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I am uninterested but your spam takes up like half the page that it's hard to miss, seriously dude just use quotes

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Ok, so you're citing Don Jr.'s own statement as verification of a fake news post from a website with no domain name.

Look, I can go online and find both a statement from Alex Jones that Sandy Hook was a false flag operation and a post on a blog making the same comment. None of that would actually be salient.

The connection with Fusion GPS is disputed. what is not disputed is that the meeting was set up following an offer of oppo research info on Clinton, the person in question turned out not to have the oppo research info and talked about something else, the meeting ended.

I'm really not sure what the fuss is about. You do know gathering oppo research is standard operating proceedure for campaigns.

I like how you left out the part of her being connected to Putin

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Oh EnglishPete! EnglishPete! Come out and pllllaaaaayyyyyy

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To me the craziest thing about this line of reporting is the source is either in the White House or a close associate/friend of Junior.

Or someone who was at the meeting who is in deep legal trouble and might be looking for a plea deal  *cough* Manafort *cough*

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Can I please have a bowl of borscht to go with my nothingburger?

Honest question do you keep saying "nothingburger" to convince us or are you trying to convince yourself?

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Got to love how every time Pete or grumps spam this thread the updates just get worse

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Man checking on Twitter and other social media Trumpers are really trying to somehow make Jr a hero for being transparent. An that right there is why they chose Trump cause they know the RW will twist itself into a pretzel to defend "their side" no matter how blantenly bad

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Man checking on Twitter and other social media Trumpers are really trying to somehow make Jr a hero for being transparent. An that right there is why they chose Trump cause they now the RW will twist itself into a pretzel to defend "their side" no matter how blantenly bad

Good grief.  He only released the emails because he knew the Times was about to do so.

Plus of course the e-mails confirm that, contrary to the spin being put about, there was absolutely no crime committed.

Pete you aren't American so you are probably unaware that intent is a crime here

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Man checking on Twitter and other social media Trumpers are really trying to somehow make Jr a hero for being transparent. An that right there is why they chose Trump cause they now the RW will twist itself into a pretzel to defend "their side" no matter how blantenly bad

Good grief.  He only released the emails because he knew the Times was about to do so.

Plus of course the e-mails confirm that, contrary to the spin being put about, there was absolutely no crime committed.

Pete you aren't American so you are probably unaware that intent is a crime here

Intent to do what? Gather opposition research from a foreigner. That isn't a crime.

Yes it is when it is stolen private property

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Man checking on Twitter and other social media Trumpers are really trying to somehow make Jr a hero for being transparent. An that right there is why they chose Trump cause they now the RW will twist itself into a pretzel to defend "their side" no matter how blantenly bad

Good grief.  He only released the emails because he knew the Times was about to do so.

Plus of course the e-mails confirm that, contrary to the spin being put about, there was absolutely no crime committed.

Pete you aren't American so you are probably unaware that intent is a crime here

Intent to do what? Gather opposition research from a foreigner. That isn't a crime.

Yes it is when it is stolen private property

Receiving stolen goods, that's a crime in the UK as well. What 'stolen private property' did Don Jr intend to receive then?

Her emails, Goldman Sachs transcripts, everything Wikileaks got, take a pick

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Holy crud does ignoring Englishpete clear up the thread

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Im not sure who your trying to convince @EnglishPete but its not working.

I told you he I'd trying to convince himself cause deep down he knows this will not have a good outcome for Trump

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It's war. Infowars, Breitbart, Drudge under FBI investigation for espionage.

https://www.infowars.com/breaking-democrats-call-for-criminal-investigation-of-infowars-drudge-breitbart/

XD

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Boy the administration really what's to create a whataboutism over that Ukraine bs story

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With all due respect, I find it hard to take a blog called "weaponized autism" seriously

EnglishPete's perspective has to bend and twist beyond recognition to justify Trump's behavior, so it isn't surprising that he has to scrape the fringes of the Internet to back it up. I bet if you created a fake pro-Trump blog and started posting completely bogus theories on there rationalizing how Trump is innocent on any given scandal, EnglishPete would eventually start referencing it on here.

Pretty ironic how despite all his complaining about the biased fake news mainstream media, he chooses to read arguably the least reliable / most biased blogs/"news" sites on the Internet.

That really seems to sum up Trump supporters in general. The WaPo with Jrs emails=Fake News! Freedumbboteagle.com says Hillary has Parkinson= Wow guys this sh*t is serious

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Wow Trump really is digging himself deeper today in Paris: "anyone would of taken that meeting" are you serious?

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Ed Rogers, Washington Post:

I’m just barely a lawyer, but I know over-lawyering when I see it. This whole thing is getting weird. For many in the media and elsewhere, the collective grievances that they have against Trump personally, the White House as a whole and Trump’s policies somehow justify their zealous promotion of the “collusion scandal.” But not because the story is valid. Rather, the media know that they are not getting to Trump with anything else. Today, much of the “news coverage” of Trump and Co. is about payback. The media think they aren’t getting the truth and so they don’t have to deliver it either. It is a bad cycle that is not working for the White House or the media.

Ed Rogers is a partisan hack

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EnglishPete is losing it

He had it in the first place?