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[rambis]

@jbarro
Josh Barro Retweeted Dan Friedman
This means the Times has header information beyond what's in the printout, which shows only display names "Jared Kushner" & "Paul Manafort"

This also probably drastically expands to list of people/servers that can be subpoenaed. Basically anywhere this email touched can be searched.

 

[Dalek]

Whoever came up with the term nothingburger needs to get dropkicked

Absolutely agree with this. So stupid and obnoxious.

 

[shadow_shogun]

The fox news take on this is amusing.

"collusion isn't a crime" is essentially what they're going with

Yeah, same line was used yesterday on CNN by one of Trump's surrogates. I guess this is what we should expect to hear from all fronts now, including republicans.

 

[gutshot]

Yes lets ignore everyone else there.

The fact that the Trump's had contact with Agalarov and his people back in 2013 while setting up the Miss Universe pageant has never been in dispute. The picture proves nothing. I'm not even sure why it was posted in here.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

soon.

"Yeah it's technically treason, but to what degree?"

Fourth-degree chess? Fourth-degree Treason.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Whoever came up with the term nothingburger needs to get dropkicked

Van "Now he's Presidential" Jones.

 

[DJwest]

Ok so what exactly do we expect to come out of this? Is Teflon Don going to swallow that bullet without a scratch like he always has or is it the beginning of the fall?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Whoever came up with the term nothingburger needs to get dropkicked

There was at least a good tweet that said it was made from a mos-cow.

Edit: https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy/status/884802596229312512

 

[maquiladora]

“The emails are simply put damning as a legal matter,” explains Ryan Goodman, a former Defense Department special counsel and current editor of the legal site Just Security. “The text of the emails provide very clear evidence of participation in a scheme to involve the Russian government in federal election interference, in a form that is prohibited by federal criminal law.”

Jens David Ohlin, a law professor at Cornell University, is even blunter: “It’s a shocking admission of a criminal conspiracy.”

“The law states that no person shall knowingly solicit or accept from a foreign national any contribution to a campaign of an item of value,” Goodman tells me. “There is now a clear case that Donald Trump Jr. has met all the elements of the law, which is a criminally enforced federal statute.”

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/10/15950590/donald-trump-jr-new-york-times-illegal

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

I'm so what exactly do we expect to come out of this? Is Teflon Don going to swallow that bullet without a scratch like he always has or is it the beginning of the fall?

Doesn't matter.
At least his son will be prosecuted.

 

[Jay Shadow]

Ted Cruz actually comes to his senses!!!

Yes, the average Texan is definitely focused on regulatory reform.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Man, this shit just gets weirder and weirder:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-russia-moscow-miss-universe-223173



The whole article should be read. Donald was all-in on Russia. All the way back to 2013.

Trump was made a Russian asset all the way back when he visited the Soviet Union in the 80s.

 

[Tovarisc]

I'm so what exactly do we expect to come out of this? Is Teflon Don going to swallow that bullet without a scratch like he always has or is it the beginning of the fall?

This is very big reveal, but maybe not EasyD killer in itself. Mueller will pull on this thread hard and add this into pile of other threads he has going on.

It all adds up.

Jr. is very fucked either way.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Geeze, you go away for a few hours and more shit has hit the fan. Someone better get arrested at the end of all this.

 

[BronsonLee]

@jbarro
Josh Barro Retweeted Dan Friedman
This means the Times has header information beyond what's in the printout, which shows only display names "Jared Kushner" & "Paul Manafort"

UM

One of them flipped.

100%.

 

[Aeana]

I'm still trying to understand why Trump Jr., like, tweeted the exchange out, exactly...?

You know how sometimes someone says "inb4" when they know what someone else is going to say, like somehow that makes it look less bad because they said it first? This is the real life version of that

 

[BFIB]

Some Democrat needs to hold a press conference asking if anyone can provide any link of these emails directly to the President to please come forward.

I mean, collusion isn't illegal right?

 

[rambis]

I'm so what exactly do we expect to come out of this? Is Teflon Don going to swallow that bullet without a scratch like he always has or is it the beginning of the fall?

If you find yourself asking this after every bit of news then you are doing yourself a disservice. Every single revelation is adding to the pile, quit looking for him to be jailed at every article. Lol if you think Trump hasn't been touched yet.

 

[F0rneus]

I want to see arrests soon.

 

[3rdman]

Look at this FOX News spin!

https://twitter.com/ScottyLiterati/status/884812832524685313

How about a summary for us poor slobs at work?

 

[DJwest]

You know how sometimes someone says "inb4" when they know what someone else is going to say, like somehow that makes it look less bad because they said it first? This is the real life version of that

Lmao, this is hilarious

 

[prag16]

Absolutely agree with this. So stupid and obnoxious.

I seem to remember seeing it here CONSTANTLY during the Clinton email drama though.. Nobody complained about it then.

 

[Pillville]

Collusion, yet another thing we can add to the "Trump made it ok" pile.

Trump's most lasting effect might be the lowering of standards we will have in elections going forward.

 

[Beer Monkey]

UM

One of them flipped.

100%.

When's the last time Manafort was seen in public?

 

[sir_kevith]

Whoever came up with the term nothingburger needs to get dropkicked

Whoooo buddy I'm right there with you!

 

[Username1198]

Since the campaign, a popular, behind-his-back nickname for Trump Jr. within among these advisers has been “Fredo,” referring to Fredo Corleone, the insecure and weak failure of a son in The Godfather series who ends up causing major damage to the family.

Over the past week, one senior White House official and a former top Trump campaign aide both independently and bluntly described the president’s son as an “idiot” — one who played a role in the campaign and Trump’s political rise simply because he “shares the same DNA,” the official noted.

Lmao jr is such a fucking clown

 

[Randolph Freelander]

How about a summary for us poor slobs at work?

Is this meeting the work of democratic operatives.

Seriously.

 

[greatgeek]

How about a summary for us poor slobs at work?

"Democratic operatives may have set Jr. up, as supported by no evidence at all."

 

[Frustrated_me]

How about a summary for us poor slobs at work?

"Did a DEM force the meeting between the Trump camp and Russians?"

 

[EdibleKnife]

Yeah, same line was used yesterday on CNN by one of Trump's surrogates. I guess this is what we should expect to hear from all fronts now, including republicans.

Any journalist worth a bit of salt needs to continue on the "what if this was a Democrat" train to throw these idiots off.

 

[Fercho]

Me, not knowing the actual rules and laws on presidencial campaigns and treason of US. Realistically these are incriminating news that would (not "can" but "would) lead to criminal persecution?

 

[TheCochese]

UM

One of them flipped.

100%.

Everyone is pretty sure Manafort flipped a month or two ago.

 

[TwoDurans]

This isn't Trump sacrificing his own son to make the Russia thing go away is it?

 

[MetalGearZed]

the sunken place

perfection.gif

 

[Sapientas]

Look at this FOX News spin!

https://twitter.com/ScottyLiterati/status/884812832524685313

I don't even understand this spin.. Dude just assumes there's a democratic operative setting something up and talks like that's common sense?

What the fuck?

 

[hitgirl]

Is it possible for any of them to face the death penalty for this?

haha, lordy. Trump isn't going to get impeached for this. His family isn't going to get any sentences. Get real people. Rich people like this in our county avoid the law with impunity.

 

[facetheslayer92]

Lol, if this was anybody else, their ass would be serving multiple life sentences at ADX Florence.

 

[Tovarisc]

https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/884830531531177984

 

[mysocksarepink]

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/884736083715661824


what does this pic show? eli5

 

[R0ckman]

I love this gif and can't help but bust out laughing everytime I see it as it summarizes everything in the political arena from 2016-2017 in one animation.

 

[captive]

Yes, the average Texan is definitely focused on regulatory reform.

one of Cruz's representatives is meeting with my wife and her boss today. They work for a hospital, they're both liberal. Wife and I talked about how to tell them Repubs AHCA bill directly affects their business and care for patients as they are a largely paid by insurance.

 

[Carn82]

@jbarro
Josh Barro Retweeted Dan Friedman
This means the Times has header information beyond what's in the printout, which shows only display names "Jared Kushner" & "Paul Manafort"

Email mime header contains tons of info, forwarding and receiving smtp servers, etc. Should be good.

 

[Euron]

I mean, collusion isn't illegal right?

It goes against all laws of campaign finance to receive assistance from a foreign power. Trump has called for it in the past but now we have full proof it actually occurred.

This is a treasonous offense and all those involved should be removed from their positions. The question is: How far does this extend? The Trumps, Kushner, and Manafort were compicit but who else? Did Pence know? Flynn? Bannon?

Hopefully we see actual repercussions for treason

 

[EdibleKnife]

Is this meeting the work of democratic operatives.

Seriously.

So they're literally just saying that the administration is as smart as a bunch of bunnies to be lured into a trap. Also how is it not then fucked up that your Republican leadership so eagerly and desperately fell for the bait?

 

[serenewarfare]

Someone on Fox News literally just used the argument "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION? RUSSIA IS FINE."

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Someone on Fox News literally just used the argument "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION? RUSSIA IS FINE."

How would these people function if Clinton or Obama didn't exist?

 

[jmdajr]

Someone on Fox News literally just used the argument "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION? RUSSIA IS FINE."

Sure it's wrong, but look at Satan. Much more worse!

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

1987. Donald Trump visits the Soviet Union, specifically Moscow and Leningrad.

Immediately after he returns he expresses interest in running for office and takes out full page ads in major newspapers railing against NATO.

Trump ran for president several times over the subsequent decades.

He was the architect of the Birther nonsense to attempt to discredit Obama.


This election has been in the making for 30 years.

 

[Angel_DvA]

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Donald Trump could shoot someone on fifth avenue.

Fox News would be like "did a Democrat sell him the gun?"