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    more likely Iran, or NK

    maybe if things go bad enough, he could try China or Russia

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    'Human source' in Trump orbit contacted FBI, Fusion GPS co-founder told senators

    A transcript unexpectedly released by Sen. Dianne Feinstein also includes the claim that a person has "already been killed" as a result of the controversial Trump-Russia dossier.


    Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm commissioned a controversial dossier alleging secret ties between President Donald Trump and the Kremlin, told congressional investigators in August that the FBI found the dossier credible because an unnamed "human source" associated with Trump had offered the bureau corroborating information.
    In a 312-page transcript of Simpson's August 2017 interview with the Senate"Somebody's already been killed as a result of the publication of this dossier and no harm should come to anybody related to this honest work," said the lawyer, Joshua Levy.


    The transcript was released unexpectedly Tuesday by the panel's top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, angering the committee's Republican chairman, Sen. Charles Grassley.


    Judiciary Committee, Simpson's attorney also said it was dangerous to discuss the dossier's sources because its public release last year had already led to murder.


    It's unclear to whom Levy was referring. He didn't respond immediately to a request for comment. But Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported last year about a former KGB chief who was mysteriously killed around the same time amid questions about his relationship to dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British spy contracted by Fusion.


    Feinstein's decision to publish the dossier represents an escalation of partisan tensions that have long been simmering on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Simpson had called for the transcript of his appearance to be made public, but Republican leaders so far had not agreed to release it.


    "The American people deserve the opportunity to see what he said and judge for themselves,” Feinstein, the top Democrat on the judiciary committee, said in a statement about her decision to release the Simpson transcript. “The innuendo and misinformation circulating about the transcript are part of a deeply troubling effort to undermine the investigation into potential collusion and obstruction of justice. The only way to set the record straight is to make the transcript public," she said.

    MORE. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...founder-329573

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    'Human source'
    When I was a kid we just said 'someone'.

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    ^ I think it's as opposed to some truly anonymous web source.

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    It seems the Republicans are trying to block the release of the Fusion testimony to various committees.

    And it seems the Democrats are looking at ways around it.

    Must be something they don't want in the public domain eh?

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    I think the GOP was taking money indirectly from Russia for their campaigns and are trying to avoid getting caught.

    There was a rumor months ago that Jason Chaffez quit because of this. Explains why Deven Nunez and others get so worked up about the Mueller probe.
    Last edited by misskit; 10-01-2018 at 11:42 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    I think the GOP was taking money indirectly from Russia for their campaigns and are trying to avoid getting caught.
    this is very funny. Why would they have to? GOP is the party of grumpy billionaires (as opposed to the Dems which is the party of smarmy billionaires) Why would they need russian money?

    So funny it hurts. quick, take it away....

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    ^ Politicians will take money from anywhere they can get it because ...politicians. They constantly raise money for campaigns. If someone comes along and writes a big check, they won’t look their gift horse in the mouth.

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    So hang on a minute then. If trumpetface took money from russia, that means he will do what they ask him to, heh? Is that what you think?

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    ^ You have been missing a lot in your absence. Yeah. Just like that. Trump’s former campaign manager has been charged with money laundering.

    Trump Pushed For GOP To Change Ukraine Position, Now Claims He Didn’t

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b0693164c19e09




    Paul Manafort’s Indictment Sheds More Light On Pro-Russia Change To GOP Platform


    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b07fdc5fbf9007

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    Quote Originally Posted by pseudolus View Post
    If trumpetface took money from russia, that means he will do what they ask him to, heh? Is that what you think?
    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    You have been missing a lot in your absence. Yeah. Just like that.
    If he did, you are probably right. Same as hitlery, who takes israeli, Saud and Bankster money by the million always does their bidding as well.

    glad you agree. Paid for puppets. All of them.


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    I still think this is all going to come down to orange cunto laundering filthy russian roubles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Politicians will take money from anywhere they can get it because ...politicians.
    Where the deep state takes money from? Or are they no politicians there in?

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    Mueller adds DOJ cybercrime prosecutor to his team

    Special counsel Robert Mueller has added a prosecutor with significant cybercrime expertise to his team.


    Ryan Dickey, a senior lawyer in the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, has been detailed to Mueller’s team since early November, a U.S. official told POLITICO.






    The Washington Post first reportedDickey’s move.


    Mueller’s addition of a veteran cyber expert to his team suggests that his investigation may be focusing on computer hacking, an element of Russia’s alleged 2016 election meddling that has received less attention than issues like possible collusion between Moscow and President Donald Trump’s team.


    Dickey’s highest-profile case involved Marcel Lazar, also known as “Guccifer,” a Romanian man who hacked the personal email accounts of prominent Washington figures like Secretary of State Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal. A federal judge sentenced him to 52 months in prison in September 2016.


    Dickey has also prosecuted cases involving credit card fraud and illegal file-sharing.


    Some experts have suggested that the special counsel probe may result in charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the landmark cybercrime law that makes it illegal to aid in a computer intrusion. If any of Trump’s associates knew about and encouraged the hacking of Democrats' emails and computer servers, they could be charged under the statute.


    In November, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mueller’s team was letting the original DOJ prosecutors retain the investigation of the actual cyber intrusions into the DNC and other targets.


    Before moving to CCIPS in 2014, Dickey was an assistant U.S. attorney in the cybercrime unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, which has run significant cyber cases like the investigation of WikiLeaks.





    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...secutor-276499

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    6 months ago, trump said he was "100%" willing to testify under oath to special prosecutor mueller.


    today?

    it's "unlikely"


    Trump dodges on prospect of a Mueller interview - CNNPolitics


    they've got him dead to rights on obstruction of justice....and he and his legal team know it.

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    I think the investigation will go nowhere eventually when they realize everyone are getting Russian and Israeli money, and everyone in DC are corrupted

    case closed, Orange clown free and running

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    Special counsel Robert Mueller has added a prosecutor with significant cybercrime expertise to his team.
    Ryan Dickey, a senior lawyer in the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, has been detailed to Mueller’s team since early November, a U.S. official told POLITICO.
    The Washington Post first reported Dickey’s move.
    Mueller’s addition of a veteran cyber expert to his team suggests that his investigation may be focusing on computer hacking, an element of Russia’s alleged 2016 election meddling that has received less attention than issues like possible collusion between Moscow and President Donald Trump’s team.
    Dickey’s highest-profile case involved Marcel Lazar, also known as “Guccifer,” a Romanian man who hacked the personal email accounts of prominent Washington figures like Secretary of State Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal. A federal judge sentenced him to 52 months in prison in September 2016.
    Dickey has also prosecuted cases involving credit card fraud and illegal file-sharing.
    Some experts have suggested that the special counsel probe may result in charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the landmark cybercrime law that makes it illegal to aid in a computer intrusion. If any of Trump’s associates knew about and encouraged the hacking of Democrats' emails and computer servers, they could be charged under the statute.
    In November, The Wall Street Journal reported that Mueller’s team was letting the original DOJ prosecutors retain the investigation of the actual cyber intrusions into the DNC and other targets.
    Before moving to CCIPS in 2014, Dickey was an assistant U.S. attorney in the cybercrime unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, which has run significant cyber cases like the investigation of WikiLeaks.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...secutor-276499

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    I think the GOP was taking money indirectly from Russia for their campaigns and are trying to avoid getting caught.

    There was a rumor months ago that Jason Chaffez quit because of this. Explains why Deven Nunez and others get so worked up about the Mueller probe.

    Rumor?

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    ^ Yes. A mere rumor. Why do you reckon so many Republicans are leaving?


    Republicans Flee the Coop

    At least 29 GOP members of the House are retiring, running for other office or resigning.
    VIDEO https://www.usnews.com/news/the-repo...aving-congress

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    Mueller seeks May trial start for Manafort and Gates

    Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to set a May trial date for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates, who have pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering and failing to register as foreign lobbyists.


    Lawyers from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller told U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson in a written filing Friday that they want the trial to begin on May 14.

    MORE. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...t-gates-338761

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Mueller seeks May trial start for Manafort and Gates

    Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to set a May trial date for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates, who have pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering and failing to register as foreign lobbyists.


    Lawyers from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller told U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson in a written filing Friday that they want the trial to begin on May 14.

    MORE. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...t-gates-338761
    May have to wait for Manafort's own suit to be handled first, not that that should take very long.

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    Bannon refused to answer House panel's questions about time in White House

    His attorney told the committee that he wouldn't discuss anything about his time in the White House or during the transition after the 2016 election.

    President Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon refused to answer questions Tuesday from the House intelligence committee about his time in the White House, prompting panel members to subpoena him on the spot, according to a person familiar with the interview.


    Bannon appeared before the committee as part of its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, speaking just weeks after a falling-out with Trump over comments he made in an explosive new book.

    Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) confirmed Tuesday that he issued a subpoena for Bannon.





    “Of course I authorized the subpoena," he told reporters. "That’s how the rules work.”


    According to the person familiar with the interview, Bannon's attorney told the committee he wouldn't discuss anything about his time in the White House or during the transition after the 2016 election. During that period, Trump allegedly sought a pledge of loyalty from then-FBI Director James Comey and later fired him.


    The source said Republicans lawmakers — including Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and former federal prosecutor Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — were frustrated that Bannon was not more forthcoming. Bannon did not invoke executive privilege, the source said.


    Bannon, his attorney and his spokeswoman were not immediately available for comment. It was not immediately clear whether Bannon asserted executive privilege to avoid answering certain questions.


    A White House official said the lawmakers overlooked a standard practice of coordinating with the White House to get information. “It’s a grandstanding move,” the official said of the subpoena issued to Bannon.


    The dispute inside the committee room comes as Bannon was also reportedly subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller in his criminal probe of Russian meddling. The New York Times reported that Mueller's subpoena was the first grand jury subpoena issued against a member of Trump's inner circle in the probe.


    Bannon occupied a senior position in the administration when the Times revealed a June 2016 meeting organized by the president's son Donald Trump Jr. and Kremlin-linked people. Mueller has reportedly been interested in a series of misleading statements that emerged about that meeting.


    In a new book, "Fire and Fury" by Michael Wolff, Bannon described that meeting as "treasonous" and suggested Trump Jr., as well as Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, could be in legal jeopardy. Bannon later expressed regret about his comments about the president's son.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ubpoena-341492

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    Pleading the fifth maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Pleading the fifth maybe?
    Sounds like it.
    How does that work when he's quoted in a book?
    "You're on record as saying xyz. Did you actually say that or not?"
    He either has to say the book is a lie and open up opportunity for Wolff to produce recordings, or admit it. The fifth may not help him here.
    Maybe they should subpoena Wolff .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Sounds like it.
    How does that work when he's quoted in a book?
    "You're on record as saying xyz. Did you actually say that or not?"
    He either has to say the book is a lie and open up opportunity for Wolff to produce recordings, or admit it. The fifth may not help him here.
    Maybe they should subpoena Wolff .
    No, he can simply plead the Fifth. Better than committing perjury.

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