LOL! It was a set up. The Democrats tricked us into treason.

[MelissaB]

NEW: spox for POTUS outside legal team casts mtg as part of oppo effort. Source close to team calls it "poss. setup by Russian operatives"

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defense is the president's then campaign manager, oldest son & now head of his business, and son-in-law & now senior adviser, were duped

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[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Translation: Mueller's going to send those three assholes to federal prison

[MattP]

2. Fusion TV is Latino so it Obama must control it

[blogslut]

3. Diabolical

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Simon Maloy Retweeted Hallie Jackson

so the Democrats worked with the Russians, who sabotaged the Democrats to help Trump, to sabotage Trump

diabolical

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[Turbineguy]

5. The flaw in this logic

Only the Russians would have had the subtlety to let the republicans walk into this trap, eyes wide closed.

[Not Ruth]

4. Consider that Trump has been an FBI target for decades

Nothing will be simple, easy or obvious at this point. Team Trump certainly were not duped. But they also certainly were not surprised to see this unfold in the media.

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[Not Ruth]

6. My guess is that Team Trump vetted their alibi long before agreeing to the meeting

[lindysalsagal]

7. Ok, MARK. So, name names. Let's see it. All of it. You're so-called proof.

(Arms crossed, foot tapping, checking watch.)

[csziggy]

8. Anti-Trump Republicans had hired Fusion GPS to do opposition research

Once Trump had the nomination Fusion GPS shopped the damaging info they had on Trump to Democrats.

OK, it was not directly the Bush campaign - it was anti-Trump Republicans:
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The story began in September 2015, when a wealthy Republican donor who strongly opposed Mr. Trump put up the money to hire a Washington research firm run by former journalists, Fusion GPS, to compile a dossier about the real estate magnate’s past scandals and weaknesses, according to a person familiar with the effort. The person described the opposition research work on condition of anonymity, citing the volatile nature of the story and the likelihood of future legal disputes. The identity of the donor is unclear.

Fusion GPS, headed by a former Wall Street Journal journalist known for his dogged reporting, Glenn Simpson, most often works for business clients. But in presidential elections, the firm is sometimes hired by candidates, party organizations or donors to do political “oppo” work — shorthand for opposition research — on the side.

It is routine work and ordinarily involves creating a big, searchable database of public information: past news reports, documents from lawsuits and other relevant data. For months, Fusion GPS gathered the documents and put together the files from Mr. Trump’s past in business and entertainment, a rich target.

After Mr. Trump emerged as the presumptive nominee in the spring, the Republican interest in financing the effort ended. But Democratic supporters of Hillary Clinton were very interested, and Fusion GPS kept doing the same deep dives, but on behalf of new clients.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html
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[pnwmom]

9. LIARS. Fusion GPS was hired by REPUBLICANS to investigate DT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html?_r=0

The story began in September 2015, when a wealthy Republican donor who strongly opposed Mr. Trump put up the money to hire a Washington research firm run by former journalists, Fusion GPS, to compile a dossier about the real estate magnate’s past scandals and weaknesses, according to a person familiar with the effort. The person described the opposition research work on condition of anonymity, citing the volatile nature of the story and the likelihood of future legal disputes. The identity of the donor is unclear.

Fusion GPS, headed by a former Wall Street Journal journalist known for his dogged reporting, Glenn Simpson, most often works for business clients. But in presidential elections, the firm is sometimes hired by candidates, party organizations or donors to do political “oppo” work — shorthand for opposition research — on the side.