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Jarqui

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December 6, 2017

More charges could be coming against former Trump aide in Russia probe

Source: CNN

(CNN)Robert Mueller may not be through with Rick Gates, a deputy Trump campaign aide and one of the four people who have been charged as part of the special counsel probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

In a court appearance Monday in Manhattan, Gates' attorney Walter Mack said that federal prosecutors have told him that more charges, called superseding indictments, may be coming.

"We don't know what the government is going to do," Mack said in court, referring to both Gates' case and a white-collar case in New York involving one of Gates' business partners. "I mean, in both cases we've been told that there may be a superseder. We don't know what's happening."

Mueller charged President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Gates, on October 30 with 12 alleged crimes related to money laundering and foreign lobbying violations. Both have pleaded not guilty. The charges against Manafort and Gates are unrelated to the Trump campaign, though it's possible Mueller could add additional federal charges.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/05/politics/rick-gates-indictments/index.html

May 17, 2017

We do not absolutely need a tape of the meeting with the Russians May 10th ...

because
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-uncovered/trump-gave-russians-secrets-news-orgs-are-being-asked-withhold-n760811

White House counterterrorism adviser Tom Bossert, who was not in the May 10 meeting, learned about what Trump said when he read notes immediately afterward, a U.S. official with direct knowledge told NBC News. He immediately called officials at the CIA and the National Security Agency to report a security breach, the official said.


Trump's own people noted the compromise in their notes that Bossert read.

Vlad, you can sit this one out!
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKCN18D1EA
May 11, 2017

Nance: "these are people who hunt America's enemies within the U.S."

https://twitter.com/NetworkJunkyz/status/862767192080867330

Stuff like the above is making me feel a little better about all of this.

It's a tragic place for a new administration to be for every American.
But "Truth, Justice and the American Way" can prevail if these people get to do their jobs and their results are prosecuted.
May 10, 2017

How does Jeff Sessions square his letter firing Comey with this video

when he defends Comey for doing what he did in October and before?

Googled Image of Sessions Letter:


I note Sessions letter stands behind his deputy's allegations linked here:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/fbi-james-comey-fired-letter/

Youtube Video from October 2016
Sen. Sessions on the FBI’s new investigation of Clinton’s email case



In that video above, Sessions says:
"He (Comey) had to tell the American people .. rather than keep it secret because if it is different than what he told the congress in his testimony and the American people uh then he had to correct it."

"I didn't like the meeting on the airplane (of Lynch and Clinton) ... it put Comey in a position where he had to make this announcement..."

"... And now he's (Comey) stepped up and done what his duty is I think"

"He's got evidence to go forward now with further criminal investigation. He has no other responsibility than to follow that and then tell the American people what he is doing.

"I think it's significant. Otherwise, he wouldn't have done it."


How do you keep a two faced, lying sack of shit like Sessions (who already perjured himself on Russia) as Attorney General of the United States when by basically his own admission in prior statements (above), blatantly conjures up contradictory bullshit to fire the FBI Director who is investigating him and his boss for their ties to Russians that messed with the general election?

This is way beyond Watergate.
March 21, 2017

Why wasn't Trey Gowdy outraged by leaks related to Clinton emails

investigation along with the rest of the GOP? The hacking of classified Secretary of State emails was a national security issue. The Inspector General for the Intelligence Community was involved as was Comey and the FBI.

Why didn't Trey go after those leakers who provided info on the case to the media?

Rhetorical question?

Without those leakers, Flynn would still be Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and National Security Adviser to Trump and Comey might not be so pressured to look into Russia's involvement with Trump.

March 13, 2017

For 24 million more Americans, it's dirt cheap!!

.. as in the dirt tossed on their coffins ..

March 13, 2017

For every million uninsured, about 1,000 die

So Paul Ryan's plan is to quietly commit about eight 9/11s per year on the American people by 2026 or about 186,000 Americans dead due to a lack of healthcare by 2026 under Trumpcare.

Trump must think this is a smart plan because dead people can't vote. Or maybe he'll claim they're voting illegally from the grave.

March 13, 2017

Donate to Independent Special Prosecutor looking into Trump campaign & Russia

No brainer.

Bet the majority of America - not just the majoirty of the press would agree with me

March 11, 2017

+1 Это правда

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