New (per NYTimes): Thomas Barrack spoke with prosecutors about Persian Gulf contacts...

[triron]

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From the NYTimes article:

"WASHINGTON — As Donald J. Trump was preparing to deliver an address on energy policy in May 2016, Paul Manafort, his campaign chairman, had a question about the speech’s contents for Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a top campaign fund-raiser and close friend of Mr. Trump.

“Are you running this by our friends?” Mr. Manafort asked in a previously undisclosed email to Mr. Barrack, whose real estate and investment firm does extensive business in the Middle East.

Mr. Barrack was, in fact, coordinating the language in a draft of the speech with Persian Gulf contacts including Rashid al-Malik, an Emirati businessman who is close to the rulers of the United Arab Emirates."

[Leghorn21]

1. Cool, very cool

Whassuppp, Tommy boy

He ran the inauguration committee, and his deputy chairguy was one Rick Gates

...and that’s just for starters

also, whassuppp MF45

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4. Weird to me that no charges of campaign finance violations have been brought except to Michael Cohen

who wouldn't even benefit except to be paid off by Trump.

[Leghorn21]

5. Here's my (most likely idiotic) theory, t: maybe Barrack and DEFINITELY Elliot Broidy are such

easy-to-charge, low-hanging fruit that investigators are just letting them dangle while they pursue harder targets



...at any rate, I am totally sure - SURE, I tells ya!! - that Barrack and Broidy will be indicted and/or already flipped, long long ago...

We shall see!!

[blm]

6. Sure am hoping your insight has nailed this one, Leg

[OnDoutside]

7. And Rick Gates was Barrack's deputy.

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2. Per Seth Abramson:

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[czarjak]

3. Gee, who else knew he was as sleazy as Donald Dumbass?

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8. Hope Barr doesn't fuck this up too.