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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:20 PM Apr 2018

Daily News Bombshell may be the smoking gun on collusion



NEW YORK DAILY NEWS


Updated: Friday, April 27, 2018, 4:19 PM


Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in December 2015, months after Flynn first met then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to a Republican congressional report.

The previously unknown meeting, which was also attended by Flynn's son, took place at Ambassador Sergey Kislyak's Washington, D.C., residence on Dec. 2, 2015, according to a declassified report on Russian election meddling compiled by the GOP-controlled House Intelligence Committee.

Flynn had met Trump for the first time four months earlier at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Emails show the meeting at Kislyak's home "was arranged at the request of General Flynn or his son," according to the House report, which was made public Friday.




Flynn meets Trump. Flynn has private meeting with Kislyak's home. Flynn then flies to Moscow and gets paid for a speech and meets with Putin. Flynn returns and joins Trumps campaign.



About a week after the meeting, Flynn traveled to Moscow to hold a paid speech at a gala hosted by Russian state-owned media organization RT. Flynn was seated next to President Vladimir Putin during the gala.



Interesting that this is leaked now.

I am guessing they want to turn the heat up on Cohen and get the tapes.

There is virtually no innocent explanation for this meeting, the trip, the payment, the meeting with Putin and the follow up meetings.
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Daily News Bombshell may be the smoking gun on collusion (Original Post) grantcart Apr 2018 OP
republicans continue to lie, and refuse to stand up for America & American democracy Achilleaze Apr 2018 #1
K&r berni_mccoy Apr 2018 #2
I've been told over and over there was NO COLLUSION so this was obviously not collusion. Kablooie Apr 2018 #3
this is getting a lot closer to either treason or sedition grantcart Apr 2018 #10
MORE than getting closer. calimary Apr 2018 #19
Yeah agree 110% triron Apr 2018 #31
rereading it every line jumps out they quote the email follow up meeting called it "very productive grantcart Apr 2018 #4
We knew it was treason a year ago, COMEY knew it 2 years ago. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #6
One percent of this BURIES instantly any democrat. One percent. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #5
Isn't the gala in question this one? jberryhill Apr 2018 #7
this is the one, what is new is the coordination between Flynn, Trump and Kysialak BEFORE gala grantcart Apr 2018 #11
Ah, okay jberryhill Apr 2018 #13
Btw this is from the redacted Republican report grantcart Apr 2018 #15
Flynn looks like he is working security. Kurt V. Apr 2018 #25
The prolonged drip, drip, drip makes it easier for POTUS to respond to each bit Raven123 Apr 2018 #8
Orphans? Zambero Apr 2018 #9
Oh yeah, flynn went to a gala and sat with Putin and Jill Stein themaguffin Apr 2018 #12
Time's up, frump. lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #14
Did Flynn bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #16
They have the emails grantcart Apr 2018 #17
K&R Scurrilous Apr 2018 #18
We have had so many smoking guns I am just about ready to smoke something else....last time was 86 dameatball Apr 2018 #20
Well, I know what it looks like to me. I wonder if there's proof of what was discussed at the mtg? Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #21
They have the emails but the proof is that they had follow up meetings and we know what the topic of grantcart Apr 2018 #28
Thx. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #34
K & R liberalla Apr 2018 #22
And Trump told Comey to back off any on investigations into Flynn. Botany Apr 2018 #23
K&R! gademocrat7 Apr 2018 #24
WE Need A Smoking Gun Smilie Me. Apr 2018 #26
exactly grantcart Apr 2018 #27
K&R orangecrush Apr 2018 #29
Every day, the noose draws a little tighter. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #30
We get the daily or weekly drip, drip, drip of this whole scheme to deceive. Grammy23 Apr 2018 #32
Do not exclude True Blue American Apr 2018 #33
Is there a link for this story? red dog 1 Apr 2018 #35
This shit is starting to get interesting... BlueJac Apr 2018 #36

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. republicans continue to lie, and refuse to stand up for America & American democracy
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:23 PM
Apr 2018

This is the time of the GOP's greatest shame, it's wholesale betrayal of America.

Kablooie

(18,635 posts)
3. I've been told over and over there was NO COLLUSION so this was obviously not collusion.
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:25 PM
Apr 2018

Conspiracy with Russians to overthrow an election perhaps, but NOT COLLUSION.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
4. rereading it every line jumps out they quote the email follow up meeting called it "very productive
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:26 PM
Apr 2018



In an email to the Russian embassy afterwards, Michael Flynn Jr. described the sit-down as "very productive."



Collusion, this is treason.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
5. One percent of this BURIES instantly any democrat. One percent.
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:26 PM
Apr 2018

Hillary has been banished for LIFE because she owned a private server.

THINK about that!

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
7. Isn't the gala in question this one?
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:41 PM
Apr 2018


Is this story about some other gala, in addition to the one we've known about for a long time now?
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
13. Ah, okay
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 07:10 PM
Apr 2018

Given that he was, literally, rubbing elbows with Putin, one would imagine he would have met with quite a few members of Putin's inner circle.

Raven123

(4,855 posts)
8. The prolonged drip, drip, drip makes it easier for POTUS to respond to each bit
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 06:54 PM
Apr 2018

People become desensitized to what is happening. After a while they stop paying attention, lose track of all the information or get overwhelmed by it. I would rather see a tidy report by Mueller that includes all the relevant facts tied up in a nice Bunche with a ribbon on top.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
21. Well, I know what it looks like to me. I wonder if there's proof of what was discussed at the mtg?
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 08:12 PM
Apr 2018

An email, a reference in a taped phone conversation?

I hope so.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
28. They have the emails but the proof is that they had follow up meetings and we know what the topic of
Sat Apr 28, 2018, 09:34 AM
Apr 2018

those meetings were because they said it in the emails

"we have information on Clinton's emails"

Botany

(70,530 posts)
23. And Trump told Comey to back off any on investigations into Flynn.
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 08:28 PM
Apr 2018

But really what about Hillary's email server?

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
32. We get the daily or weekly drip, drip, drip of this whole scheme to deceive.
Sat Apr 28, 2018, 12:13 PM
Apr 2018

We hope that each drop will be THE ONE that starts a cascade of evidence against tRump and his merry band of treasonous bastards. So far that has not happened. But wait...it’s coming.

At some point (none of us knows when), Mueller will release his findings. It may not be concise but it will have the smoking gun(s) that will remove all doubt about collusion, conspiracy, corruption and crimes. tRump’s Fox and Friends call in the other day gave us a tiny preview of his reaction when that happens. The unraveling has begun but when the whole ugly story spills out in a torrent of ugly truth, the unraveling will be completed. tRump really is done, he just doesn’t quite know it yet. He still thinks he can control things by going on Fox and babbling for as long as they let him. Now that is a joke. I keep thinking of Queeg testifying and maniacally manipulating those ball bearings. And sweating. Just replace Queeg with tRump. It is gonna be epic and sweet revenge for all he has put us through.

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)
36. This shit is starting to get interesting...
Sat Apr 28, 2018, 05:29 PM
Apr 2018

I am starting to smell something tasty coming down this road. No one can make this shit up!!

007 shit!

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