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kpete

(71,984 posts)
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 09:39 AM Dec 2018

FORBES: Mueller Exposes Putin's Hold Over Trump

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The deal began in the early 0's. Trump still claims that the project was scrapped before the Primaries. It wasn't. It continued throughout the campaign. Putin knew Trump was lying and thus opened himself up to kompromat. The Russian Conspiracy begins here. When written the rest will be history.



Focusing on the key words, Donald Trump, his organization and his associates, Steve Denning of Forbes outlines the overall conspiracy as defined by law. He doesn’t get bogged down with the dozens of names involved and the their individual involvement. We just need to know that the overlapping actors are part of the same grand conspiracy. Their various crime, even though they may not have known it at the time, serve the same end. Massive voter fraud perpetrated our nation and it’s people.

The article is based on Mueller’s latest filings. It’s very straight forward and a compelling reading. Please read the whole thing.

The outline:

Mueller Exposes Putin's Hold Over Trump-Steve Denning-Forbes

1. Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

2. Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

3.Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

4. Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

5. Enabling hard kompromat: Through Donald Trump’s lies to the American people, of which the Russian Federation was aware, Donald Trump made the U.S. Presidency a potential victim of blackmail…




MORE HERE:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/16/1819607/-Mueller-Exposes-Putin-s-Hold-Over-Trump-Forbes?utm_campaign=trending
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/12/16/mueller-exposes-putins-hold-over-trump/#6073bdf748f6


ALSO THIS:

A Guide to All 17 (Known) Trump Investigations

Garrett Graff: “After three weeks of back-to-back-to-back-to-backbombshells by federal prosecutors and special counsel Robert Mueller, it’s increasingly clear that as 2018 winds down, Donald Trump faces a legal assault unlike anything previously seen by any president—a total of at least 17 distinct court cases stemming from at least seven different sets of prosecutors and investigators. (That total does not count any congressional inquiries, nor does it include any other inquiries into other administration officials unrelatedto Russia.)”

“While the media has long short-handed Mueller’s probe as the ‘Russia investigation,’ a comprehensive review of the cases unfolding around the president and the question of Russian influence in the 2016 campaign harkens back to another lesson of Watergate: Deep Throat’s dictum, ‘Follow the money.’”

https://www.wired.com/story/mueller-investigation-trump-russia-complete-guide/
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FORBES: Mueller Exposes Putin's Hold Over Trump (Original Post) kpete Dec 2018 OP
Excellent post. Thank you. SharonClark Dec 2018 #1
Agreed empedocles Dec 2018 #2
Kick dalton99a Dec 2018 #3
This, from a rag that publishes endless lists of billionaires and their possessions. VOX Dec 2018 #4
This seems like a very important post... kentuck Dec 2018 #5
The author of the Forbes article is Australian FakeNoose Dec 2018 #11
There's only so much evil the BBC can get away with... jmowreader Dec 2018 #14
DAYUM! Love it, Love it, Love it!!! calimary Dec 2018 #6
The worst set of crimes against the United States in history. Botany Dec 2018 #7
I do think that far more new charges, even a few dozen, may be soon filed.... machoneman Dec 2018 #8
Points 1 through 4 repeat identical incantations JackRiddler Dec 2018 #9
K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #10
All these new breaking news from MSM elmac Dec 2018 #12
and the GOP is letting this evil shit happen to America Achilleaze Dec 2018 #13
Just more liberal media bias. lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #15

VOX

(22,976 posts)
4. This, from a rag that publishes endless lists of billionaires and their possessions.
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 10:39 AM
Dec 2018

I believe a Hong Kong-based investment group now owns a major stake in Forbes. Not sure how much control the family still retains in the publication.

But maybe the mega-wealthy are concerned about their vast holdings taking a plunge as the Trump administration goes over the cliff. The markets have already been up and down like a fever chart.

If Trump is a bottom-line money-loser, wealthy Repubs just might drop their support of this train-wreck of a presidency.

FakeNoose

(32,633 posts)
11. The author of the Forbes article is Australian
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 12:19 PM
Dec 2018

Steve Denning ... remarkable!

It seems that Forbes is trying to reshape their image as the go-to rag for the Billionaire Boys' Club.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
14. There's only so much evil the BBC can get away with...
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 12:42 PM
Dec 2018

....and Trump is way beyond that.

I also think they know exactly what Trump is really worth (the Yiddish word is “bupkis”) and they’re tired of lying for him.

Botany

(70,490 posts)
7. The worst set of crimes against the United States in history.
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 11:37 AM
Dec 2018

The filing revealed that Mueller’s Office is now investigating the hypothesis that Donald Trump, his campaign, his
organization and his associates participated in a massive election fraud, through five interlocking conspiracies—
arguably the worst set of crimes against the United States in its history.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/12/16/mueller-exposes-putins-hold-over-trump/amp/

machoneman

(4,006 posts)
8. I do think that far more new charges, even a few dozen, may be soon filed....
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 11:38 AM
Dec 2018

by states and even governments against Trump properties. In brief, his tax evasions alone (state taxes, sales taxes, etc.) could easily trigger lawsuits to recover moneys never paid. Then, other charges like selling properties at inflated prices, kicking back a share to to the buyer, and then pocketing the difference are quite possible. These of course involve tax evasion but this practice also is collusion to defraud, separate from tax evasion.

God, I do hope they all get jail and the name of Trump is trashed forever, let alone attributed to the worst president of all time!

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
9. Points 1 through 4 repeat identical incantations
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 11:41 AM
Dec 2018

as befits what is essentially a religious creed.

Apparently we don't want to get "bogged down with the dozens of names involved and the their individual involvement," for to specify specific elements of evidence would be tantamount to questioning the unitary divinity of the godhead.

Amen, amen!

1. Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

2. Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

3.Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…

4. Conspiring with Russia: Donald Trump, his campaign, his organization and his associates knew of the intent of the Russian Federation to carry out the Russian Intervention as early as November 2015…
 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
12. All these new breaking news from MSM
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 12:20 PM
Dec 2018

is stuff we have known here for over a year. MSM does,t have investigative reporters? were they more interested in the "yuge" profits from the tRump circus? Yaaas!

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