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And? You'll need to explain what your deep rightwing fever swamp sources tell you to believe. I'm not one of the indoctrinated like you, so I don't respond to the stimuli in the way you have been trained to.
The Inevitable New The Inevitable Trump Mocking Thread
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The Free Beacon, funded in large part by the New York hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, hired the firm, Fusion GPS, in 2015 to unearth damaging information about several Republican presidential candidates, including Mr. Trump. But The Free Beacon told the firm to stop doing research on Mr. Trump in May 2016, as Mr. Trump was clinching the Republican nomination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/us/politics/trump-dossier-paul-singer.html
Sheriff Joe
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Lobbying Case Against Democrat With Ties to Manafort Reaches Key StageLobbying Case Against Democrat With Ties to Manafort Reaches Key Stage
Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel under President Barack Obama, is under investigation for work he did on behalf of the president of Ukraine.CreditMark Wilson/Getty Images
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Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel under President Barack Obama, is under investigation for work he did on behalf of the president of Ukraine.CreditCreditMark Wilson/Getty Images
By Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Benner
WASHINGTON — A long-running federal investigation into a former White House counsel in the Obama administration is reaching a critical stage, presenting the Justice Department with a decision about whether to charge a prominent Democrat as part of a more aggressive crackdown on illegal foreign lobbying.
The case involving the lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was transferred in January from federal prosecutors in New York to those in Washington. The previously undisclosed move was driven by Justice Department officials in Washington, and reflects an eagerness within the department to prosecute violations of lobbying laws after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, focused on foreign influence in his investigations.
A decision about whether to prosecute Mr. Craig, who was White House counsel for President Barack Obama during his first year in office, is expected in the coming weeks, people familiar with the case said. The investigation centers on whether Mr. Craig should have disclosed work he did in 2012 — while he was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — on behalf of the Russia-aligned government of Viktor F. Yanukovych, then the president of Ukraine.
The work was steered to Mr. Craig by Paul Manafort, who was then a political consultant collecting millions of dollars from clients in former Soviet states. Mr. Manafort, who went on to become President Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016, was sentenced this month to seven and a half years in prison on charges brought by Mr. Mueller’s team related to obstruction of justice and violations of banking, tax and lobbying laws stemming from his work in Ukraine
Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel under President Barack Obama, is under investigation for work he did on behalf of the president of Ukraine.CreditMark Wilson/Getty Images
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Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel under President Barack Obama, is under investigation for work he did on behalf of the president of Ukraine.CreditCreditMark Wilson/Getty Images
By Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Benner
WASHINGTON — A long-running federal investigation into a former White House counsel in the Obama administration is reaching a critical stage, presenting the Justice Department with a decision about whether to charge a prominent Democrat as part of a more aggressive crackdown on illegal foreign lobbying.
The case involving the lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was transferred in January from federal prosecutors in New York to those in Washington. The previously undisclosed move was driven by Justice Department officials in Washington, and reflects an eagerness within the department to prosecute violations of lobbying laws after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, focused on foreign influence in his investigations.
A decision about whether to prosecute Mr. Craig, who was White House counsel for President Barack Obama during his first year in office, is expected in the coming weeks, people familiar with the case said. The investigation centers on whether Mr. Craig should have disclosed work he did in 2012 — while he was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — on behalf of the Russia-aligned government of Viktor F. Yanukovych, then the president of Ukraine.
The work was steered to Mr. Craig by Paul Manafort, who was then a political consultant collecting millions of dollars from clients in former Soviet states. Mr. Manafort, who went on to become President Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016, was sentenced this month to seven and a half years in prison on charges brought by Mr. Mueller’s team related to obstruction of justice and violations of banking, tax and lobbying laws stemming from his work in Ukraine
Andy Dukes
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You did not even get that right.
1. The original contract was from Republicans looking for dirt.
2. It was a working paper. Not a full report. Just notes and the HRC did pay to finish it.
3. Hardly fake. There are really good pieces of journalism that go into detail what has been disproven (nothing yet but the Cohen/ Prague thing and the golden showers sure are suspect) and what has been proven. A bunch about how the Russians had decided to back Trump and were using active measures to do so was originally found in the Dossier. And those things have been proven as facts.
Sheriff Joe
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Why on earth would they put both in the same dossier?
Andy Dukes
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It was part of the information. There was no editing. That was not the job of Steele. Also, remember, the Dossier had all that about Trump Moscow that everyone in Trump land called a lie. until they had to admit it.
Sheriff Joe
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So that is where they got unverified?
Sheriff Joe
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The New York Times?
Hüsker Dü
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But the poll question on which that headline rests is seriously flawed. The question reads as follows: “President Trump has called the Special Counsel’s investigation a ‘witch hunt’ and said he’s been subjected to more investigations than previous presidents because of politics. Do you agree?”
It’s true that 50.3 percent of the poll’s 1,000 respondents said “yes” to that question. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they believe the Mueller investigation is a “witch hunt.” The prompt packs two different questions into one — a poor strategy for a poll question. Respondents simply may have meant to agree that Trump has been “subjected to more investigations than previous presidents because of politics” — a controversial but defensible position — without intending to go further and indicate they think Trump is the victim of a “witch hunt.”
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/18/18271441/trump-tweet-usa-today-suffolk-poll-mueller-witch-hunt
It’s true that 50.3 percent of the poll’s 1,000 respondents said “yes” to that question. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they believe the Mueller investigation is a “witch hunt.” The prompt packs two different questions into one — a poor strategy for a poll question. Respondents simply may have meant to agree that Trump has been “subjected to more investigations than previous presidents because of politics” — a controversial but defensible position — without intending to go further and indicate they think Trump is the victim of a “witch hunt.”
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/18/18271441/trump-tweet-usa-today-suffolk-poll-mueller-witch-hunt
Hüsker Dü
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Ok scumbag, what did he get wrong?
Andy ....Andy .....Andy..... You just don't research do you.....
Nonononono
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Look. The Steele memos have 6 major events covered in various sections of the collective memos. All six are true. Verified by numerous sourcing.
The only event of any questionable validity is Cohen meeting in Prague. He denied it. But he’s a liar. So that too is true.
All six " accusations " ( Lies ) are supported by circle journalism/FBI statements-articles based on
FBI/journalism statements.....COMPLETE FABRICATIONS !
It's Ok Bob .....you can " Believe " the world is flat.
Numerous sourcing = Circle journalism/FBI-FBI/journalism Circle
Nonononono
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I stand corrected. There are 7 major events in the verified dossier.
I lumped Trump getting a golden shower along with Trump engaged in perverted sex acts on tape as one. They each stand on their own.
My bad.
"Most" people.
You get a pass.