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#391 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 441 weeks ago
Where to even start. I've never seen news as such volume, such velocity. Some of this is almost old news now. Either way, all hell is breaking loose:
Trump's quid pro quo slush fund with Cohen has been busted wide open. Ukraine paid 400k to have access with Trump. Cohen requested a million dollars from a Qatar investor for access to Trump. The lead attorney for Navartis quit after their payments to Trump came to light. AT&T also fired their chief lobbyist about a week ago. A South Korean aerospace company was also exposed for paying Trump/Cohen 150k. The same company who just so happened to be competing for a Pentagon contract. Stormy Daniels (and other women) was just a small piece of this abject criminality perpetrated by President Trump. We're just seeing this now, but it's clear that Mueller has known about this for some time.
Just a few days ago, Cohen's old business partner made a deal with the Feds for tax evasion. A sweet deal, simply probation after facing years in prison. Which means he's going to tell them everything he knows about Cohen and all his shenanigans.
It's come to light that Cambridge Analytica is also under FBI investigation. And the whistleblower in the case told Congress last week that one of Steve Bannon's uses for their firm was to disengage black voters. Voter suppression.
The bi partisan Senate Intel Committee concluded that Russia did help Trump win the election. This really makes the GOP Congress look like a bunch of clowns, which of course they are.
Trump Jr. contradicted himself in his most recent interview. Which means he was lying to the Senate originally about any foreign governments offering to help the Trump campaign. Once again it also shows he willingly and eagerly went to meet with Russians in Trump Tower to get dirt on Hillary.
Kushner was interviewed again this week, but this time for nearly 7 hours.
Turns out the Feds were so alarmed by Trump and his pal’s connection to Russia they were even investigating them during the election. They even had an informant. Of course, now, the lying sack of shit we call "President" is claiming he was being "spied" on for absolutely no reason. Something his idiot base is going to repeat, even though it has no basis in reality or even makes any sense. Just like the Dossier said, and just like many other foreign countries told us, his connection to Russia was alarming. Enough for the FBI to launch a serious investigation.
I believe we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg here, and even with that, I can see Trump is absolutely 100% fucked. If Congress does anything remains to be seen. Right now I'd say that answer is absolutely not.
#392 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 444 weeks ago
Agree, Iran is by far a greater threat to us than Russia or NK.
We're already under attack and our intelligence agencies have warned us that more is on the way.
Russia just successfully completed a comprehensive cyber attack against our country and our democracy. They penetrated various voter systems throughout, undermined our confidence in our elections, hacked infrastructure, power grids, aviation, spread fake news and utilized social media to perform psychological warfare on our citizens. This is tantamount to an act of war, which our do-nothing Congress and complicit bozo in the White House seem perfectly fine appeasing.
#393 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 444 weeks ago
Loest unemployment in forever.
Oh, so we're back to counting UE the right way again? We're not factoring in PT jobs, or those who gave up? Just curious. Back to the Labor Bureau of Statistics again!
#394 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 444 weeks ago
Yeah, it's looking that way. I started to think the Stormy Daniels thing was a small piece to a bigger puzzle, now its tying together (TBH I thought she was gonna be the 'Pee Tape Video', just that the details of 'russian hookers' got mixed up in a whisper down the line kinda way). Anyway, $500,000 from Russian money I would think becomes a very serious & concerning campaign & election violation. Plus, I think the $500K is again, a small piece. As they're just singling out Cohen. Has Kushner, Flynn, Jr received money as well? Were wire transfers with Trumps & Russians common? Entirely possible, I think they were trying to get Cohen to flip, he refused, so now they're dropping this evidence against him, so now he's shitting his pants facing years in prison.
Funny, he probably thought the Feds couldn't find it cause it all was handled on his burner phone.
I saw a great tweet today that essentially said that while we though the Stormy Daniels thing was a side issue, it's actually all one story.
Looking at this, Mueller picked this Russian Oligarch at the airport to question him. That's a pretty big deal, out in the open and a show of force. More than likely this was linked to the money wired to Cohen's account. It also explains why they did a raid on Cohen at his residences and place of business. They had enough evidence of wrong doing and worried that he may destroy it if given advance notice. Once Mueller was into the finances, he saw the Stormy Daniels payment, which he referred out.
But as you said, I bet there is much, much more to this and I agree.
#395 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 444 weeks ago
Giuliani... That was a car crash.
Trump would do better representing himself. I mean, what the hell is going on with Giuliani? I loved watching Hannity's reaction to that.
I'm tellin ya, the Feds were wiretapping the Russians & in the midst of the investigation the Trump teams stumbled into the taps. The Feds weren't seeking the Trumps, they appeared into it.
I agree.
That's essentially what other intelligence agencies around the world reported to our country. They were alarmed at how often Trump came up.
#396 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 444 weeks ago
Dots starting to get connected: Cohen took a 500k payment from a sanctioned Russian Oligarch tired to Putin. The same Russian was picked up at the airport a month back and questioned by Mueller.
Either way WTF is Trump's lawyer doing taking half a million bucks into his shell company from the Russians? On top of that there was corporate money (AT & T) flowing into this slush fund as well.
I'm sure this is all totally benign. I mean Cohen only had 16 cell phones,which is also totally normal.
#397 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 446 weeks ago
Trump's lawyer Cohen takes the fifth, which is nuts. Huge bombshell.
It's also now come to light why Manafort is being investigated for collusion (among other things): The Trump Tower meeting with the Russians. Let's not forget that Trump Jr. was part of that too.
If Trump is not shitting bricks right now...he should be.
#398 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 447 weeks ago
I dunno dude, I'm just shocked he's this bad. I mean George W was bad, but I think it isn't even close.
We'll see. I'll give you this, if it is only Stormy Daniels and petty campaign stuff, I'll be pissed. I can't see this not being big tho.
This has very little to do with Stormy Daniels anymore imo. The warrant was issued because they clearly feared evidence would be destroyed if they gave notice. Cohen has his own set of problems now, probably financial issues and whatever other illegal stuff comes up from this. While this isn't part of the Mueller investigation I can easily see Cohen becoming part of it via a plea deal. We'll have to see if he gets charged and how serious those charges are.
This is an entirely new set of legal problems for Trump. Mueller on the other hand is tightening the noose with his investigation...
#399 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 447 weeks ago
This is a kangaroo court. This is not what our legal system is supposed to be. A Fucking circus. Very embarrassing state of affairs. Why the attorney for the porn star and the porn star were there is beyond me. Also why did Hannity’s name have to be disclosed? Seems like abuse of power.
The warrant was signed off by a Trump appointee.
#400 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 447 weeks ago
Bad day for Sean Hannity.
I'd imagine it will be worse once reporters find out WHY he was using a clean up guy as his attorney.
Another shit day for Cohen, who I'm guessing will be indicted in the next few months or less after the FBI raided his residences and business.
Crap day for Trump who is watching the walls close in. 
Bad day for Fox News, but I doubt they give a shit.
Remember when they said it would be wrapped up by the end of 2017? Remember all the Republicans who claimed nothing would come of this? Trump wasn't under investigation? Nobody was making deals? Flynn wasn't flipping? Stormy Daniels/Cohen payments wouldn't amount to anything?
The same people are still saying nothing is happening, and claiming zero evidence. This is what I'd call delusional.
This thing is heating up bigtime. Cohen's warrant was a pivotal moment in all of the Trump drama, which he has now on two fronts that we're aware of.
