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originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
Surprise surprise, a convicted criminal lied to get out of jail!
Or maybe she was telling the truth then and is lying now, because of a threat of being sent back to prison.
Honestly... how would you know, either way?
originally posted by: Krakatoa
Surprise surprise, a convicted criminal lied to get out of jail!
A Belarusian model, who said she had proof that President Trump’s campaign colluded with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election, has now backtracked and says she made up the claims.
Anastasia Vashukevich, who spent months in a Thai jail last year for organizing sex training seminars, grabbed headlines after saying she has evidence that Russia worked with Trump’s campaign.
She asked the U.S. government to secure her freedom from the Thai lockup and grant her political asylum in exchange for recordings in which she said Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is heard talking about interfering in the U.S. presidential elections. She reportedly worked as an escort, with Deripaska being one of her clients.
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Funny that this has not been bigger news than it was when she made the original claim.....
What are the odds? /sarc
I truly wish journalists would return to journalism and not sensationalism reporting. It is fueling the divide in this country every single day.
originally posted by: underwerks
a reply to: Krakatoa
You guys will believe anything won’t you?
High class escort that spends her time around some of the richest Russian oligarchs gets locked up in a Thai jail, threatens to spill the beans about the dirty deeds of said Russian oligarchs, gets bailed out by agents of those same Russian oligarchs and taken back to Russia..
Then says she was just making it all up.
Suuuuuure...
One word that she is probably well acquainted with: Polonium.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
Surprise surprise, a convicted criminal lied to get out of jail!
Or maybe she was telling the truth then and is lying now, because of a threat of being sent back to prison.
Honestly... how would you know, either way?
originally posted by: IAMTAT
I remember the MSM falling all over this girl to get her story.
CNN in particular.
Did we have any threads on her from last year?
I'd love to see how many Silly ATS Leftists have [MORE] egg on their faces over this.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: Krakatoa
Convicted criminals spill the dirt on associates all the time, simply because their desperate to avoid a prison sentence.
It actually makes more "common sense" that she was putting all her cards on the table by telling the truth, when facing a lengthy prison sentence in Thailand... But now is just backtracking in an attempt to avoid the consequences of 'running her mouth'.
Kinda sucks to be one of the ones that leapt on this as true originally I'll bet (not that you did).
Yeah, no... I would have never personally given a story like this any credence.
But having said that, the fact she's gone out of her way to claim she was lying, kind of sparks my curiosity.
I mean, why bother? What could be the possible motivation behind voluntarily putting herself back in the spotlight, by labeling herself as nothing but a lying opportunistic prostitute?
That doesn't make any sense to me.
originally posted by: Starcrossd
Of course an update will not be posted in the mainstream because, frankly, the story is out there and the damage is done.
People just read the headlines that confirm their beliefs, get immediately outraged , and it spreads like instant wildfire across the globe.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Yeah exactly... Your not even curious to what possible motive she could have to come out now and state her original claim was BS.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Yeah exactly... Your not even curious to what possible motive she could have to come out now and state her original claim was BS.
In the end unless "tapes" (her words) come forward there is no story one way or the other...
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Yeah exactly... Your not even curious to what possible motive she could have to come out now and state her original claim was BS.
In the end unless "tapes" (her words) come forward there is no story one way or the other...
True... But it also makes no sense to claim she was just a lying prossie trying to avoid a prison sentence back then. When at the time, she had every motivation in the world to spill the beans on what she knows.
To then claiming that she's now obviously speaking the gospel truth, even though she has no motivation to do so... Simply because it conforms with your confirmation bias.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
True... But it also makes no sense to claim she was just a lying prossie trying to avoid a prison sentence back then. When at the time, she had every motivation in the world to spill the beans on what she knows.
To then claiming that she's now obviously speaking the gospel truth, even though she has no motivation to do so... Simply because it conforms with your confirmation bias.