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the sweeter it will be to watch the anti-Trump crowd lose their minds when it's over.
That being said, that level of desperation can drive people to be dangerous. Very dangerous.
In no way would a fourth-hand report from a Maltese professor justify wholesale targeting of four or five members of the Trump campaign. It took Christopher Steele, with his funding concealed through false campaign filings, to be incredibly successful at creating a vast echo chamber around his unverified, fanciful dossier, bouncing it back and forth between the press and the FBI so it appeared that there were multiple sources all coming to the same conclusion.
Rather than a fair, limited and impartial investigation, the Mueller investigation became a partisan, open-ended inquisition that, by its precedent, is a threat to all those who ever want to participate in a national campaign or an administration again.
pro-Trump echo chamber.
wild-eyed "theory"
It's just a unbelievably thin pretext for smearing Downer to undermine the legitimacy of the opening of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation.
right-wing mainstream outright nuttery
The CF is not the Clinton's personal bank account. There's never been any evidence of them embezzling money from the CF.
But in Trumplandia,
There's emails with all of this in it
I don' think it's suspicious that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation.
The Mueller investigation has become partisan? How did it? What evidence is there of this transpiring? Oh wait, that's right, people on the team or Democrats/have given to Democrat
The Mueller investigation is open-ended?
FBI/CIA/DNC/NSA/NWO/Soros/Clinton/Obama/CNN/NYT/WaPo/AMAZON/Bezos/Antifa/RINO/Never Trump/Agenda 21/Gobalist/MI6/GCHQ/Illuminati/Establishment/Google/YouTube/Twitter/Not-real-Americans/Leftist/Liberal/Commie/Progressive/Comey/Mueller MEGA CONSPIRACY.
You can all live in this alternate reality but you can't expect the rest of us to join you.
originally posted by: dawnstar
"after a year of investigation"....
how often has planned parenthood been investigated for "selling baby parts? how many different investigations were done in this last round and how long did those investigations last. did they find any wrong doing on the part of planned parenthood?
have yous accepted their findings yet, or are yous still screaming to defund them and for more investigations?
how about hillary clinton? how many investigations have there been on her over the years, how long has these investigations lasted? so where are the charges against her? and are yous still screaming for more investigations?
but, oh no, not trump, it needs to end now, heck it needed to end on day one!!!
and all of a sudden, the investigators are all deep state and can't be trusted.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: Grambler
It's funny that nobody has come up with *anything* else to point to substantiate this wild-eyed "theory" that they were such good friends that Alexander Downer would be willing to do... what? What exactly is the charge here? George Papadopoulos said what he said to Downer. What exactly is the impropriety on Downer's part? Did he make something up? Is he lying? No. It's just a unbelievably thin pretext for smearing Downer to undermine the legitimacy of the opening of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation.
The CF is not the Clinton's personal bank account. There's never been any evidence of them embezzling money from the CF. The money was funding, not some sort of secret payment that the Clinton's took out to buy golden toilets for the private jet they don't have.
But in Trumplandia, this is enough of a "connection" to make whatever claim anyone wants to. Imagine if the standards were applied to Trump? There would be op-ed after op-ed about how obvious it is that Trump personally colluded with Putin. There aren't and shouldn't be because that's not substantiated. I wouldn't say it and I can rattle off hundreds of links that are more suspicious, many of them involving overt corruption.
First off, this "fourth-hand report" thing is a disingenuous irrational understatement. But it all starts with the disbelief in Russian interference with Trump supporters. Specifically, you have suspended belief in Russian hacking based on repetition of a small number of memes and ignoring gobs of narrative conflicting information.
Everything about how this # played out with Misfud and the "very attractive" mystery Russian who was introduced as "Putin's niece" apparently, absolutely reeks of tradecraft. Misfud finds out that Papadopoulos is a Trump FP advisor and all of a sudden this mysterious Russian woman enters the picture, telling Papadopoulos that she can arrange meetings with top Russian officials.
There's emails with all of this in it. How did this come to be? Can you honestly say that it doesn't smell a least a little like recruitment? Seeing if there was an in somehow or someway to use Papadopoulos?
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: Grambler
As for the rest of the above, it didn't take the dossier anything. Hell, it's right in Nune's stupid memo that the counterintelligence investigation originated with the Papadopoulos info. They didn't even get the dossier for another month or six weeks or something. Speaking of the Nunes memo, he's alluding to a claim that has been disputed about the Isikoff story being used to substantiate the dossier. Which doens't even make sense if you read the article.
Huh? The Mueller investigation has become partisan? How did it? What evidence is there of this transpiring? Oh wait, that's right, people on the team or Democrats/have given to Democrats. So of course they're all Democrat hitmen. People with no ethics, no morals, who were only chosen for their allegiance to Democrats, not because they're all the best most qualified people to do the job. Oh, that's right they are.
The Mueller investigation is open-ended? Where's that coming from? An arbitrary notion of how long the investigation should take based on absolutely no real knowledge of the investigation itself? That's rational? That's reasoned? And just today I saw Giuliani was blabbing all over that the Mueller Team hopes to have one major part of the investigation concluded by specific date.
And not a peep had leaked out. Yet I hear constantly in vague whines about the "leaks" that are believed to come from the Mueller team.
But then again, look at the thrust of this polemic. And look at the garbage from literally-makes-#-up True Pundit squarely on the front page of ATS. Conflation isn't a problem because "deep state." Because "establishment elites." Because "Obama administration." Because Trump the Innocent is the perpetual victim of massive all encompassing conspiracy. Anyone who isn't wearing a MAGA hat it part of it too. It's the FBI/CIA/DNC/NSA/NWO/Soros/Clinton/Obama/CNN/NYT/WaPo/AMAZON/Bezos/Antifa/RINO/Never Trump/Agenda 21/Gobalist/MI6/GCHQ/Illuminati/Establishment/Google/YouTube/Twitter/Not-real-Americans/Leftist/Liberal/Commie/Progressive/Comey/Mueller MEGA CONSPIRACY.
You can all live in this alternate reality but you can't expect the rest of us to join you. If they prematurely end the Mueller investigation based on this horse#, there will be hell to pay.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: Grambler
And not a peep had leaked out. Yet I hear constantly in vague whines about the "leaks" that are believed to come from the Mueller team.
Regardless, leaks from vaguely-described sources about the special counsel’s probe, avenues investigators are pursuing, witnesses they are interviewing, and Mueller’s strategy have generated many exclusive reports by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other news outlets.
Among the developments that have been leaked:
June 3, 2017: The Associated Press revealed Mueller’s team had taken over a criminal probe of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
July 22, 2017: Two sources claiming direct knowledge told Reuters Mueller’s investigators were hoping to use evidence of money laundering or other financial crimes to pressure Manafort to cooperate in the collusion probe.
August 3, 2017: Citing "people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal reported a grand jury had been impaneled by Mueller. White House attorney Ty Cobb said at the time he was unaware of the grand jury’s existence.
August 9, 2017: The Washington Post reported FBI agents conducted a predawn raid of Manafort’s Virginia home on July 26 to seize documents and other materials related to Mueller’s investigation. According to the Post, people familiar with the search said a warrant sought financial records and the evidence collected included binders Manafort had prepared for his congressional testimony.
August 24, 2017: "A source close to the investigation" provided Fox News with new details of the raid of Manafort’s house and claimed it was “heavy-handed, designed to intimidate.”
August 25, 2017: "People familiar with the matter" informed the Wall Street Journal that Mueller was investigating Flynn’s involvement in a private effort to obtain Hillary Clinton’s email from Russian hackers.
August 28, 2017: According to NBC News, three sources said Mueller’s investigators were focused on Trump’s role in writing a response to media reports about a meeting between campaign officials and Russians at Trump Tower in June 2016.
September 1, 2017: The Washington Post reported Mueller’s investigators had a copy of a draft letter prepared by Trump aide Stephen Miller to justify the firing of Comey in May 2017.
September 20, 2017: Emails reportedly turned over to Mueller’s team and Senate investigators leaked to the Washington Post revealed that Manafort offered to provide private briefings to a Russian billionaire with ties to the Kremlin during the 2016 campaign.
October 4, 2017: Reuters cited three "sources familiar with the investigation" saying that Mueller’s team had taken over the FBI’s inquiries into a dossier of allegations regarding Trump’s Russia ties compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. Two officials also reportedly told Reuters Mueller was looking into whether Manafort or others helped the Kremlin target hacking efforts and social media posts to influence the election.
October 27, 2017: "Sources briefed on the matter" told CNN that the first charges in Mueller’s investigation had been filed under seal. The following Monday, charges were unsealed Manafort and campaign aide Robert Gates, as well as a guilty plea by former adviser George Papadopoulos.
November 5, 2017: NBC News reported multiple sources said Mueller had enough evidence to bring charges against Flynn and his son. According to NBC, the FBI was also investigating a possible effort by Flynn to extradite a Muslim cleric in the U.S. whom Turkish President Recep Erdogan blamed for a coup attempt.
November 16, 2017: The Wall Street Journal cited a "person familiar with the matter" reporting that Mueller's team had subpoenaed Russia-related documents from Trump's campaign, including documents and emails written by several campaign officials.
December 2, 2017: Multiple "people familiar with the matter" told the Washington Post that former top counterintelligence official Peter Strzok was removed from Mueller’s team because of anti-Trump texts between him and an FBI attorney with whom he was having an affair. Details of many of those texts, which were under investigation by the Department of Justice Inspector General’s Office, have since been leaked to various media outlets.
January 2, 2018: A source detailed the physical characteristics, clothing, race, and gender of grand jury members to the New York Post and alleged that the grand jury room “looks like a Bernie Sanders rally.”
February 17, 2018: CNN cited anonymous sources stating that Gates was close to negotiating a plea deal with Mueller and that new charges against Manafort were being prepared. Less than a week later, Gates entered a guilty plea to conspiracy and lying to the FBI, and a superseding indictment was filed against Manafort.
February 27, 2018: CNN reported that three "people familiar with the matter" said Mueller had recently questioned witnesses about Trump’s business activities in Russia and negotiations surrounding a potential Trump Tower in Moscow.
February 28, 2018: An unnamed former Trump campaign aide told CNN Mueller’s team asked about comments former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks made during her interview with investigators about possible contacts between the campaign and Russian operatives.
March 2, 2018: Witnesses and others familiar with the investigation reportedly told NBC News Mueller’s team was asking questions about Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s business ties. The following week, NBC cited sources familiar with the matter saying Qatari officials withheld damaging information about the United Arab Emirates’ influence on Kushner from Mueller.
March 3, 2018: According to the New York Times, Mueller was looking into attempts by the United Arab Emirates to buy political influence on Trump and the role of Lebanese-American businessman George Nader.
March 4, 2018: Axios obtained a copy of a subpoena sent to a former Trump campaign official by Mueller’s team. Sam Nunberg later confirmed he was the source and spoke extensively to the media about the investigation.
March 7, 2018: "People familiar with the matter" told the Washington Post Mueller had evidence from a cooperating witness that a secret meeting in Seychelles between a Trump ally and a Russian official prior to inauguration was an attempt to establish a back channel between the administration and the Kremlin.
March 15, 2018: The New York Times reported that Mueller had subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization.
April 9, 2018: The New York Times learned federal investigators had raided Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s office and hotel room. Hours later, sources told the Washington Post Cohen was under investigation for possible bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
April 30, 2018: The New York Times obtained a list of questions Mueller wanted to ask Trump. According to the Times, the list was prepared by Trump’s attorneys after speaking to investigators but it was not given to reporters by Trump's legal team.
originally posted by: Agit8dChop
originally posted by: dawnstarhow about hillary clinton? how many investigations have there been on her over the years, how long has these investigations lasted? so where are the charges against her? and are yous still screaming for more investigations?
I know you are deliberately being ignorant but ill bite..
The Hillary 'investigations' were run by Comey, Mccabe, Strzok, Lynch and their ilk.
Evidence has proven they were all involved in a conspiracy to
1) Let Hillary Skate
2) Frame Trump
For you to sit there and say Clintons innocent because the FBI and DOJ said so, is the height of ignorance.
originally posted by: dawnstar
and there it is again....
the dems, the liberals, those crazy, oh so dangerous liberals!!
do you feel like you have to do something about us?? want to lock us all up?? round us up??
it's comments like these that makes me wonder just who is delusional around here....
originally posted by: DoubleDNH
So, just curious... how has Trump been framed. I'm curious.