Posts for: Bad Bob
Sep 19, 2018 15:28:35 #
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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-dossier-stuck-york-didnt-trigger-russia-investigation-231021443.html
Trump 'dossier' stuck in New York, didn't trigger Russia investigation, sources say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that what he calls the “f**e dirty dossier” was wholly “responsible for starting the totally and discredited witch hunt” by special counsel Robert Mueller.
But, beginning in July 2016, that so-called “dossier” actually sat for several weeks inside an organized crime unit at the FBI’s New York field office, even as counterintelligence agents in Washington, D.C. – unaware of the new allegations – were already investigating Russian efforts to hijack American democracy.
Trump doubled down on his “dossier” accusation this week, ordering the Justice Department and U.S. intelligence community to release a bigger slice of the classified information used to investigate one of his advisers, New York business consultant Carter Page, insisting again Tuesday that “what will be disclosed is that there was no basis” for the surveillance.
(MORE: Trump defends order to declassify Russia probe documents, says he wants 'total t***sparency' in 'witch hunt')
Despite what Trump and like-minded politicians have said, sources told ABC News the “dossier” was plainly not the initial basis for the federal investigation. The following account, relayed to ABC News by several sources familiar with the federal probe, reflects how the FBI’s investigation into contacts between Russian operatives and Trump’s campaign team, including Page, was well underway in the summer of 2016 by the time a former British spy handed the FBI a packet of startling and salacious allegations tied to Trump.
In fact, the FBI already had an open counterintelligence case on Page when he became a volunteer on Trump’s foreign policy team in January 2016, according to sources familiar with the matter.
By then, Trump had publicly claimed to have “a good instinct” about Russian’s ruthless president, Vladimir Putin, had praised how Putin was “running his country,” and had compared the Kremlin’s assassinations of dissidents to the “plenty of k*****g” that happens inside the United States.
Trump’s refusal to criticize Putin – even in private – “mystified” then-FBI Director James Comey, he later recalled to ABC News. And three years earlier, when the FBI in 2013 was tracking two Russian spies in New York, agents secretly recorded one of the spies saying he wanted to “recruit” Page “as an intelligence source.” Page had previously lived in Moscow for three years.
Page was never charged with any crimes and says he cooperated with that previous investigation, but sources told ABC News his file, like many counterintelligence files, was never closed.
So, two months after Page started advising Trump’s campaign, the FBI paid him a visit in New York, asking about contacts with Russian intelligence, according to a government document.----MORE----
Trump 'dossier' stuck in New York, didn't trigger Russia investigation, sources say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that what he calls the “f**e dirty dossier” was wholly “responsible for starting the totally and discredited witch hunt” by special counsel Robert Mueller.
But, beginning in July 2016, that so-called “dossier” actually sat for several weeks inside an organized crime unit at the FBI’s New York field office, even as counterintelligence agents in Washington, D.C. – unaware of the new allegations – were already investigating Russian efforts to hijack American democracy.
Trump doubled down on his “dossier” accusation this week, ordering the Justice Department and U.S. intelligence community to release a bigger slice of the classified information used to investigate one of his advisers, New York business consultant Carter Page, insisting again Tuesday that “what will be disclosed is that there was no basis” for the surveillance.
(MORE: Trump defends order to declassify Russia probe documents, says he wants 'total t***sparency' in 'witch hunt')
Despite what Trump and like-minded politicians have said, sources told ABC News the “dossier” was plainly not the initial basis for the federal investigation. The following account, relayed to ABC News by several sources familiar with the federal probe, reflects how the FBI’s investigation into contacts between Russian operatives and Trump’s campaign team, including Page, was well underway in the summer of 2016 by the time a former British spy handed the FBI a packet of startling and salacious allegations tied to Trump.
In fact, the FBI already had an open counterintelligence case on Page when he became a volunteer on Trump’s foreign policy team in January 2016, according to sources familiar with the matter.
By then, Trump had publicly claimed to have “a good instinct” about Russian’s ruthless president, Vladimir Putin, had praised how Putin was “running his country,” and had compared the Kremlin’s assassinations of dissidents to the “plenty of k*****g” that happens inside the United States.
Trump’s refusal to criticize Putin – even in private – “mystified” then-FBI Director James Comey, he later recalled to ABC News. And three years earlier, when the FBI in 2013 was tracking two Russian spies in New York, agents secretly recorded one of the spies saying he wanted to “recruit” Page “as an intelligence source.” Page had previously lived in Moscow for three years.
Page was never charged with any crimes and says he cooperated with that previous investigation, but sources told ABC News his file, like many counterintelligence files, was never closed.
So, two months after Page started advising Trump’s campaign, the FBI paid him a visit in New York, asking about contacts with Russian intelligence, according to a government document.----MORE----
Sep 19, 2018 15:08:08 #
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woodguru wrote:
No blame for having an i***t for president?
It doesn't fly that this is the most innocent and maligned person ever in history as Trump believes. He's guilty and the right knows it, the only defense is to attack the opposition, because the man is 100% impossible to defend on his merits, there are none.
It doesn't fly that this is the most innocent and maligned person ever in history as Trump believes. He's guilty and the right knows it, the only defense is to attack the opposition, because the man is 100% impossible to defend on his merits, there are none.
Sep 19, 2018 14:07:38 #
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okie don wrote:
Oh, I see there's a bunch of ' deplorables' on OPP huh!?
Sep 19, 2018 14:05:28 #
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old marine wrote:
My money was put up before the banks even opened W... (show quote)
Old F*** you don't know when to stop your BS.
We had no agreement on the money holder, Lj posted a picture BFD.
Food stamps were a joke and I posted my checking balance.
Now if you still want to bet Old f*** send me a PM or STFU.
Sep 19, 2018 13:24:46 #
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BigMike wrote:
Bulls**t! br br My problem with Obama has always,... (show quote)
No indictments or convictions on Obama or Hillary so where is the "presumed innocence"?
Sep 19, 2018 13:19:28 #
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old marine wrote:
I checked with the holder minutes ago she has received nothing from you Wuss.
The great pretender is now the great Wuss.
The great pretender is now the great Wuss.
The money holder is a he Old F*** and B of A has a 9-21 delivery day. Your B*** S*** will not fly.
Sep 19, 2018 12:28:03 #
Sep 19, 2018 12:03:34 #
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Capt-jack wrote:
br br A refresher; br Just a reminder of who the... (show quote)
Sep 19, 2018 12:00:44 #
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Nickolai wrote:
Yes I posses a free will and a strong conscience I've had many opportunities to violate my wedding vows but never once succumbed. It would have been so easy but my conscience would not allow it. As for a soul there is no scientific evidence of such a thing as a soul.
Sep 19, 2018 11:59:24 #
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BigMike wrote:
What's hypocritical is to ignore "presumed innocence" for the sake of politics or personal reasons. Your not the slightest bit different than they people you decry...not even a little.
That's what you have done with Obama and Hillary???????
Sep 19, 2018 11:34:40 #
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son of witless wrote:
By your definition then everyone who disagrees with you are " Some silly wackos ". I still say the hyena is your way of covering up when you are tongue tied.
"By your definition then everyone who disagrees with you are" Nope,
, but some are too stupid to waste time on.
Sep 19, 2018 11:21:19 #
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son of witless wrote:
Whenever at a loss for words, the laughing hyena comes out.
Some silly wackos aren't worth the time.
Sep 19, 2018 11:14:32 #
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JFlorio wrote:
You don't know, yet you v**ed for him? Pretty stupid Bot. Even for you.
"Pretty stupid Bot" Yeah JF, I don't v**e in his state and you don't know how I v**e, yeah pretty stupid.
Sep 19, 2018 11:08:50 #
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lindajoy wrote:
Opinion is just that, doesn’t make it right..In politics you could use that arguement on every single person in here..!! Not justication, just reality... Difference of opinion is just that...
B*** s***, opinion stated as a fact is nothing but a lie and the wackos use lies constantly.
Sep 19, 2018 11:03:31 #
