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

[Virginiá]

Wait, what is this "Crown Prosecutor of Russia" business? Is he referring to the Prosecutor-General, I think it is?

Well Goldstone is from the UK, so he was probably just using his country's equivalent in place of Russia's (out of habit or a lack of understanding of Russia's titles)

[ApatheticAustrian]

But jfern said that the Russia story was nothing and that we all needed to focus on fellating Bernie Sanders

there is a real possibility the public doesn't care enough to switch a lot of votes.

but it MUST be done...for america.


Source close to Manafort says he didn't read all the way down the email chain
https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/884860271373803520


doesn't matter....this was the mail title:

“FW: Russia – Clinton – private and confidential.”

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Basically, Trump's best defense is that he was too unimportant for Putin to ever bother with him (unlike Tillerson), and that he was at best someone who only consorted with provincial oligarchs (which is what Trump, sans reality show, essentially is himself). I can't imagine him going for this argument even if it'd save him. That said, it's entirely reasonable to expect that Trump's value in the Kremlin's eyes, boosted by the potentials of his vanity and indecorousness, increased once he started leading in the primaries.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-11/trump-s-low-level-russian-connection

It's plausible. But I don't think that "I was trading favors with a less important group of semi-official Russians who were trading dirt on Hillary for a much smaller payoff" is going to be a stellar defense.

[Simfan34]

lol:

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If this is the best excuse he can come up with, then the emails must be a smoking gun, because otherwise he clearly wouldn't bother trying.

[ApatheticAustrian]

DonaldJTrumpJr is the best public supporter of @POTUS in the business. No surprise he is under attack!
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/884857929920368640

that guy must stop drinking.

[Silent Hunter]

Wait, what is this "Crown Prosecutor of Russia" business? Is he referring to the Prosecutor-General, I think it is?

Well Goldstone is from the UK, so he was probably just using his country's equivalent in place of Russia's (out of habit or a lack of understanding of Russia's titles)

Well, Congress could ask him.

[ProudModerate2]

lol:

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LOL.
What a bunch of ....

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yum.

[Middle-aged Europe]

[Mr. Morden]

https://www.axios.com/inside-the-white-house-scramble-on-the-trump-jr-emails-2457466929.html

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[Virginiá]

https://www.axios.com/inside-the-white-house-scramble-on-the-trump-jr-emails-2457466929.html

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Seems like a reach, and trying to prosecute a former president and former high-level administration officials for something like that could get real dicey. Not to mention it sets a pretty bad precedent - when the scandal gets too much, just start prosecuting your political opponents!

[Doimper]

https://www.axios.com/inside-the-white-house-scramble-on-the-trump-jr-emails-2457466929.html

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Roger Stone is a genuine, true blue fascist

[ProudModerate2]

https://www.axios.com/inside-the-white-house-scramble-on-the-trump-jr-emails-2457466929.html

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Seems like a reach, and trying to prosecute a former president and former high-level administration officials for something like that could get real dicey. Not to mention it sets a pretty bad precedent - when the scandal gets too much, just start prosecuting your political opponents!

At first I thought "No, they would never pull this style of crap."
But then you think, "Well, this is trump we are talking about. He, his advisors and his administration are a bunch of lunatic idiots."

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://www.axios.com/inside-the-white-house-scramble-on-the-trump-jr-emails-2457466929.html

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In the grand scheme of things, I would not all mind seeing criminal charges over surveillance. But Trump trying to do something like this in response to getting caught conspiring with Russians over the election red-handed? It'll be such a blatant distraction and power-grab, it'll make firing Comey look like a good idea that went well.

[ApatheticAustrian]

BREAKING: Robert Mueller's investigators plan to examine the meeting and emails Donald Trump Jr. disclosed
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/11/politics/donald-trump-jr-emails-special-counsel/index.html

[ProudModerate2]

Oh .... and by the way ...
I just love the New York Times !
I think I'm going to marry them. LOL.

[Devout Centrist]

https://www.axios.com/inside-the-white-house-scramble-on-the-trump-jr-emails-2457466929.html

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Stone is a f**king moron

[Middle-aged Europe]

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It would be kind of hilarious if most of the stuff Louise Mensch put out in the world in fact turned out to be true in the end.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

But remember guys....HER EMAILS. HILLARY WOULD NEVER release HERS

[Santander]

http://www.glennbeck.com/2017/07/11/bombshell-russian-email-its-worsethan-i-thought/

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Beck was not impressed today. (just providing some right-wing perspective for the Atlas liberal bubble)

[Mike Thick]

Kayleigh McEnany: Forget Don Jr.'s email — it's Hillary Clinton who 'colluded' with Russia

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/341493-opinion-forget-don-jrs-email-its-hillary-clinton-who-colluded-with#.WWU4Udq8U7Q.twitter

[Yank2133]

http://www.glennbeck.com/2017/07/11/bombshell-russian-email-its-worsethan-i-thought/

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Beck was not impressed today. (just providing some right-wing perspective for the Atlas liberal bubble)

Or just telling Santander what he wants to hear.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Beck was not impressed today. (just providing some right-wing perspective for the Atlas liberal bubble)

I'm a bit confused what do you mean by that exactly.

Almost anything Glenn Beck said in that transcript could have been said by an "Atlas liberal" just as easily IMO. Towards the very end, Beck outright says that Donald Trump Jr. "should go to jail".

[EnglishPete]

Beck was not impressed today. (just providing some right-wing perspective for the Atlas liberal bubble)

I'm a bit confused what do you mean by that exactly.

Almost everything Glenn Beck said in that transcript could have been said by an "Atlas liberal" just as easily IMO. Towards the very end, Beck outright says that Donald Trump Jr. "should go to jail".

You're saying that you're sounding like Glenn Beck. I wouldn't boast about that if I were you.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Beck was not impressed today. (just providing some right-wing perspective for the Atlas liberal bubble)

I'm a bit confused what do you mean by that exactly.

Almost everything Glenn Beck said in that transcript could have been said by an "Atlas liberal" just as easily IMO. Towards the very end, Beck outright says that Donald Trump Jr. "should go to jail".

You're saying that you're sounding like Glenn Beck. I wouldn't boast about that if I were you.

That's a pretty redundant comment.